Tag Archives: Parmigiano-Reggiano

 

Where the milk comes from

Dec 15

So today’s trip was to the dairy farm: we got in the bus to go to the farm to meet the man who owns the cows who give the milk that makes the cheese… But before the farm, there was … Continue reading →

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The real thing – Parmigiano-Reggiano

Dec 15

Again the sciopero raises its ugly head. We had been scheduled to visit a cheesemaking factory and then a dairy farm on Wednesday and Thursday, but the bus strike would have affected our, um, bus, so the visit and our … Continue reading →

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Cheese-off

Dec 7

Colorno fountain We learned something about cheese tasting yesterday in a first class on that subject, when we went nose-to-rind with four fabulous cheeses. It was very exciting and entirely delicious, which was a small miracle given the continuing cold-type … Continue reading →

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Thorns in the cheese and elsewhere

Nov 30

Piazza Garibaldi, Colorno Interesting fact learned the other day: the tool used to break the curd during the making of a parmigiano-reggiano cheese is called a spino, meaning thorn-bush, after the hawthorne bushes traditionally used in the process. We are … Continue reading →

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