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I am writing this blog amidst a huge gale! Well I do have the protection of the CHEESE HQ around me, but it has stopped me going on one of the cheese collecting trips today - I will be going tomorrow hell or high water as I will not let the lovely cheese loving customers of Country Cheeses down- plus it really is great fun seeing our cheesemaking pals, tasting cheese, and getting excited about the prospect of bringing super scrumptious offerings back to CHEESE HQ, then of course taking them into our shops where all the cheese crew get so exuberant over them too. What a fab job! and no you cant have it! Often I think to myself that it is not a proper job as all I do is talk to people I like, taste and eat cheese which I love and a couple of days a week stand in one of the shops with our truly lovely and knowledgeable cheese 'operatives ' talking mostly cheese and a bit of other stuff to other people who love real cheese, and also happen to be customers. Cheese world is a good world to be in.
Saw a very dear friend on Sunday, she worked for us some years ago when we had a shop in the centre of Exeter. She was at uni, we kept contact and after working in the hotel/restaurant business she came back to work for us as our P A . We were very sad to see her leave ........ you never know, I might just name a cheese in your honour ' LOVELY LAURA'.
Crickey we are now in March and we have still not had our official shop opening cos it's been too busy! Can't complain about that but we WILL have one of our cheesy (and winey) knees ups in due course. We have been overwhelmed with support and the unbridled cheese loving of visitors and locals alike and thanks to our faithful tribe of followers from Tavistock and Topsham who have come in we have seen lots of familiar faces too - I think we will have to get some badges done for all those cheesetastic folk who attend all our shops! We will endeavor to make seeing, smelling and tasting REAL cheese a real pleasure for all of you. Our passion for this wickedly wonderful food is HUGE come and enjoy a slice!
Big up Harriet, and the rest of the Country Cheeses team Hiske, Yvette and Rebecca you are the Totnes team... and you rock!
Almost uber exciting is the new cheese of ours - made 23rd Jan, this is a long maturing cheese that will be ready in about 9 months. An idea we had and after going through many cheese recipes and getting the starter cultures needed. The make went ahead in Jan, it is looking fab and we are giving the cheeses alot of TLC to encourage the right moulds to grow. Watch this space, I will try and give a pictorial record of it's progression to maturity... time allowing!
Gary
Tavistock's loss is Totnes's gain: Harriet (second from the right) will be managing the new branch.