A Saucy congrats to a trio of Missouri cheesemakers for placing at several big cheese competitions recently. Bloomsdale’s Baetje Farms won two third-place ribbons – one for its fresh Cranberry and Orange Coeur de la Crème and the other for its aged Bloomsdale – at the American Cheese Society’s annual conference and competition, held last week in Austin, Texas. Green Dirt Farm, located in Weston, near Kansas City, also did well in Austin, pulling in third-place ribbons for its sheep’s milk cheeses in the open and flavor-added categories.
And at the first North American Jersey Cheese Awards, held last month in Syracuse, N.Y., Homestead Creamery of Jamesport won a gold medal for its Country Classic hard cheese and a silver for its Golden Glow semihard cheese.
Photo courtesy of baetjefarms.com
This article appears in Aug 1-31, 2009.