Monday morning the phone rang and it was my ever adventurous sister-in-law, Daphne. She asked if we wanted to take a spur of the moment field trip to the Ashe County Cheese Factory. Well, who wouldn't?!? After trying to wrangle up some dogs that had gotten out at their house, we set off.
In downtown West Jefferson on a side street you will find the Ashe County Cheese Factory. You can't miss it. These 3 huge milk holding tanks painted as cows are the dead giveaway. Can't miss 'em if you tried. :)
About to go "See Cheese Made!"
Here we are in the Holding Room watching the men and machines work on different stages of the cheese. They also have a short but very well done video playing in the corner up above telling the process of cheese making. It was wonderful! We got to see the curds and whey and understand exactly what Miss Muffet was eating when she had that unfortunate incident with the spider.
Afterwards, we marched across the street to the Cheese Store to sample and fill our baskets. It was fabulous! (They also have ice cream and fudge to sell if you are so inclined) We filled our particular basket with Swiss Cheddar (a soft spreadable cheese which we had sampled), Smoked Gouda, butter that was 1/2 off, and 2 packages of cheese curds. Now, I have to tell you that I have always seemed to have an aversion to cheese curds, must be the name, but my husband asked for some and the chil'ren loved the samples, so what could I say? :)We had a wonderful time and are so thankful Aunt Daphne had the idea. The children kept saying, "This is the best day EVER!!!" If you're in Ashe County, we highly recommend this FREE experience (unless, of course, you buy some of the cheese which you really must as it's so good!). Now to set out some cheese and crackers. ;)
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