This morning Shelly & I had a meeting at the creamery in Kent with Abbe Turner, the founder and owner of Lucky Penny. She gave us a tour of the creamery, which has been up and running for five months now, and then we discussed what our duties will be for the next 2 months as interns.
The creamery is housed in what used to be the Kent Labor Temple. It's a strange coincidence that my parents had their wedding reception in the Temple's main hall (which is now used partly as a retail space) 36 years ago. Shelly will spend much of her time there learning the ins-and-outs of the cheesemaking process. Currently, Lucky Penny produces fresh goat's milk chevre, goat's milk feta, and cajeta, which is a caramel sauce also made with goat's milk.
Abbe showed us the makeroom (where the making of the cheese actually happens), the raw milk room, the packing and brining room, and other areas of the creamery. The picture above features the raw milk vat, which is currently loaded by hand.
Oh, did I mention that the farm is home to over 160 dairy goats? I'll be finding out more about that next Monday, when I spend my first full day there. The tentative plan for day one on the farm is to build a fence. We'll see if Vergil has anything to say about that...I'll post later this week with something about Book 1 of the Georgics, which I finished reading a few days back.
In the meantime, I'll be spending my days with Rheinhart, who turns 2 years old today! We have lots of visits with friends and family planned, and we may even start swimming lessons tomorrow. And I thought I was done with the Roosevelt High pool for good back in 1995...
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