Happy New Year!
Welcome to Prudence Dapperling’s “Mouse in a Million” BIG
CHEESE Blog!
Whew! Just back from my holiday and what a time it was! For
this season’s year-end extravaganza, I booked passage on a shipment of
high-fiber breakfast biscuits, got loaded onto a lorry in outer London, then a
ferry in Liverpool, and set out for fun and adventure on the Isle of Man. Stayed
in the lovely Hotel Caigneyder-St. Patrick, run by some friendly and very
hospitable church mice.
The Isle of Man is located in the middle of the Manx (aka Irish)
Sea, plopped amongst Northern Ireland, Scotland, and England. Despite it's being the home of the Manx Cat, it's a most
attractive and interesting place, boasting sea, sun (sometimes), green rolling
hills, and the best thing of all—cheese!
In 1934, a group of Manx dairy farmers formed a cooperative
that to this day produces this outstanding cheese from the creamy, rich milk of
Holstein-Friesian cows, grazed year-round in the abundant grasses in the
valleys and on the hills of the island. The
Manx Cheddar is aged 12-14 months, producing a nutty, sweet, slightly salty
flavor with a nice sharp finish. The
cheese won the Silver Medal at the 2009 World Cheese Awards and with good
reason. Never before have I had a more delightful cheddar experience!
If you ever have the chance to try Manx Cheddar, I highly
recommend you take it.
One more thing… Though this may get me drummed out of the
British Rodent Bloggers Society. While doing my usual web surfing, I came
across the blog of a certain cheese-loving feline, Spaulding Gray. Despite the
cat thing, I’ve gotten into Spaulding and find his blog both delightful and
informative. Spaulding blogs through the fingers of his “Lady,” Marcella the
Cheesemonger. Check him and Marcella out here.
And now for this important message. Darklings… Mice and bats and rats, oh my!
Buy it here
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