CULTURE, CURDS AND CHEESY CHATTER [June Newsletter]
Volume 14, Issue 5 – Download PDF
REMINDER DATES:
NHCC is now open until Oct. 31 Thursday thru Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.!!!
Congratulations to the four newest Master Cheesemaker graduates in the 2020 and 2021 classes!
Steve Bechel – Eau Galle Cheese – Durand, WI- Kirk Hansen – Nasonville Dairy – Marshfield. WI
- Larry Harris -Meister Dairy – Muscoda, WI
- Brian Jackson – Nasonville Dairy – Marshfield, WI
The program is very unique, as it is the only advanced training course of its kind in the United States. The National Historic Cheesemaking Center Museum will recognize and add dedicated bricks of the newest graduates to our “Masters Walkway” leading into the Cheesemaking Museum this summer.
Stirring the kettle, With President Jim
Well, here we are into June and the visitors keep coming. Recently one a Sunday morning, in walks a young lady from New Jersey and wanted to know EVERYTHING about us. Two hours later (with an exhausted docent) she was satisfied. Be aware that we can adjust tour times to any timeframes from walkthroughs to highly informative tours. Just let us know.
As of June 7, we have already had visitors from 25 states and Paris, France and Turkey. WOW.
A reminder: we invite our readers to join us June 19 if you are available. We are not holding our cheesemaking day again this year due to the pandemic.
Instead yours truly has been asked by the Monroe Library to host and speak on a historic topic of which I am immensely familiar. For those of you who are not aware, I authored an Arcadia Publishing tome on Colony Brands (successor to The Swiss Colony) in 2006.
As a follow up during the firm’s 95th year, the library asked me to do a presentation on the history of The Fascinating History of the Swiss Colony.
It will be from 1 to 2:30 on the west lawn of the Cheesemaking Center. So if readers are fascinated by local history, join me for a fun, show-and-tell (many artifacts and stories that are little known).
Just bring a lawn chair, enjoy the June breezes, and after, take a tour of the Center which staff will keep open after closing hours!
– Until next issue, Jim
