Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Say buddy, can you spare some chèvre?

For reasons too drawn out to mention, I need to come into a dependable source of goat cheese which won't bankrupt the family. A probably dairy allergy is behind this sudden interest. Goat milk is easy enough to find in our local stores, but the only goat-derived cheeses are feta or creamy chèvre, which aren't all that suitable for a macaroni and cheese or cheeseburgers.

Most goat cheese producers appear to be located in California, if Google is to be believed. Redwood Hill has a cheddar-like goat cheese that showed much promise (ie affordable price) but shipping costs nixed that deal. I've found three Texas-based goat dairies that market cheeses: White Egret Farm outside of Austin, La Cuesta Farm in Clifton and Pure Luck in Dripping Springs. They all have positives, but also varying degrees of drawbacks. I find it hard to believe with the huge number of goats being raised in South Texas and the huge Hispanic population in San Antonio that there aren't any goat dairies closer to our area. But I'm not finding any. And sheep cheese is right out. Yikes! What am I, made out of money?

If anyone has suggestions, please, offer them up.

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