Never let it be said we don’t know how to have fun on vacation.
November is an odd month in Vermont. Since it’s after leaf peeping season, but before ski season… many places close down for a we’re sick of the stupid tourists month long winter siesta. This leaves explorers like us with limited opportunities, hence cheese on day 3.
Cabot, Vermont is home to Cabot cheese…. and they take it very seriously.
It’s cheese, how can you not?
A tour of the creamery and free sampling is a must, so off we went.
Only to arrive and be told they no longer give creamery tours because the government shut the program down due to food contamination concerns.
At first I was bereft….
No cheese?
Then I was mad.
No cheese at the cheese factory?
The salesgirl must have seen my “I have PMS and a handgun, any questions?” face because she immediately directed us to the tasting station.
Slightly mollified, I got my cheese on.
I made my way around the table, but still must have looked homicidal dissatisfied, because the salesgirl made a special tasting plate for us with the expensive limited reserve cheese and pairing jams.
I must have smiled…. she retreated behind the counter.
This was as close as we got to the creamery.
But there were cow facts.
And a gift shop full of tasty treats.
We bought the elderberry.
I believe I heard the salesgirl exhale loudly in relief when we left. Clearly she realized how close she had to come to death…..
Do not come between me and my cheese.
River's world..... 
I mean, did they think you were going to lay on the cheese or something? Cheesus. Let us see the damn cheese!
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To be fair, if they had let me in I might have tried to dive head first (with my mouth open) into a vat of Special Reserve Cheddar, but that’s probably just me.
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Trust me. It’s not just you.
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Hence the new law…..
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To be fair, they really should have known letting tourists swim in the milk vats was a bad idea.
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You would think so…
A little common sense goes a long way.
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I love smoked cheese, but do you know what is so hard about smoking cheese. Keeping it lit. [snarf] 🙂 🙂
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Ha!
😄🧀😄
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How timely! We enjoyed a Grilled Cheese on Toscano Pano for dinner last night. The cheese ~> Cabot Extra Sharp White Vermont Cheddar!
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Cabot Cheddar rocks!
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Not a fan of cheese at all unless it’s some kind of fake cheese used in snack products. But I have a squirrel for you Sunday who is very much a fan of cheese….
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Don’t. Like. Cheese? How is this possible….
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It’s probably why I went almost three decades without eating pizza. I’ve found out that if I get extra sauce, I don’t notice the cheese as much…
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Holy Hell!! 30 pizzaless years? Good God man….. how did you survive.
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No pizza?
That’s just nuts!
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Cheese is a bit like sex to me … the worst being pretty good …
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Ha! When you’re right… you’re right.
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Oh I totally logged out there last time we went. I don’t know why I didn’t get frequent flyer miles there actually ..spent over $80 on cheese alone. It’s easy to do. I probably would have spent more if my sister in law wasn’t disapproving my every move.
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Preach! $102 later we staggered outside…..
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I had stuffed my face too. Good job they don’t weigh you going in and leaving..
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My husband nibbled… I sampled everything they had. Twice. Free cheese is a beautiful thing.
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Some samples were more than twice too.
‘im indoors didn’t try anything. I think I may be married to a psychopath. If I go missing, scrutinise his alibi
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Will do.
Mine was the same… he kept asking “Haven’t you had enough cheese?” With a straight face no less. It’s like he didn’t even know me.
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Men. Can’t live with them, can’t bury them in a vat of cheese..
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Could…. but shouldn’t.
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Hah! I pray to the cheesus too.
On the way to my husband’s grandparents’ house, there is a cheese shop/factory, and a few years ago it closed leaving us absent of cheese and deeply pained. I loved that place.
I buy Cabot white cheddar fairly often. I prefer to make my mac n’ cheese with it.
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Cabot used to be a fairly regional thing… I’m always surprised how far afield it travels now.
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Here, it’s found in the upscale cases, with the brie and goat cheese, etc. not something you can find just anywhere. (But it’s worth it.)
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I recommend the Tuscan, the Private Stock and the Lamberton. The last two are original recipes from 1919. Cheesy heaven right there…
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I’ll keep an eye out! Thanks!
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Finally a food picture–even if it is only tasting samples–I had a pound bar of Cabot cheese Wednesday for a snack!
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A pound sounds about right…
😉
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Um….AMPI up the road from me won the best Cheddar Cheese……world wide competition…..We may have to duke this out. Bring me some of your cheese and we’ll have our OWN taste test…..*raises left eyebrow*
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Well, let me clarify – for New England…. Cabot rocks.
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