CULTURE, CURDS AND CHEESY CHATTER [December Newsletter]
Volume 13, Issue 12 – Download PDF
REMINDER DATES:
The Center is closed for season!
No meeting of members in December!
And a blessed and safe, healthy New Year
Stirring the kettle, With President Jim
(Editor’s Note: The following letter was received from a visitor to the Center. The names have been redacted for privacy concerns, since both are VIP’s from a metropolitan area. The donation referred to was very LARGE! We seldom get missives like this but it surely makes all of our efforts worthwhile!)
“Dear Mr. Glessner,
I wanted to thank you so very much for the personal tour of the National Historic Cheesemaking Center on Sept. 25, 2020. I anticipated the trip weeks before (*****), and I had arrived, and I have to say the trip and the tour were both fascinating. I knew that making cheese was a “process” but had no idea until my visit. History is AMAZING!!!! Especially in the cheese world.
Thank you also for the wonderful lunch. Of course, I could not pass up having a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch, being in cheese country. I also must acknowledge the superb piece of Swiss cheese that was offered on our tour by one of the cheesemakers. Honestly, that piece of cheese was the smoothest piece of cheese I have ever had. It was delightful! I wish I could have had more or purchased some!
I think of that cheese daily. And now, knowing the process of making cheese, it makes it that much more memorable. Meeting you and Donna were, of course, the highlights of the day. I cannot
thank you enough for your kindness, for your book, the tour, and lunch. It was an excellent “cheesy day” all around.I wish you much success with the Cheese Center, and will remember your kindness always. I hope the attached donation will help the Cheese Center a bit during this very trying time in our world of a pandemic and closers. We all have a role to play to keep our history going, especially when it involves cheese.
Keep on smiling and sharing cheese culture with the world. One can never have enough cheese!”
– Until next issue, Jim
The National Historic Cheesemaking Center is a tribute to those who have gone before…and is dedicated to the hard work and sacrifices of all those in the dairy industry who have made this area of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois internationally famous.
The unique center recalls the rich heritage of the area and is illustrative of the lively cheese industry which still flourishes today.
