Mississippi State University has opened up sales for Winter again

[fzxdoc]

A few weeks after we relocated following Hurricane Helene's merciless onslaught, I contacted MSU and gave them the address change, mentioning the cause of the address change, saying that we didn't have, at that time, an idea of how long we would be at the temporary location.

One of the MAFES staff wrote back with a new tracking number and said that he was putting a little something extra in the package.

That "little something" is a double order! It arrived yesterday. What a thoughtful gesture.

Kathryn

[klflowers]

I didn't realize this either. I hope you guys are ok

[fzxdoc]

jfmorris and klflowers , my description of what we and others went through is in the Hurricane Helene topic.

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/pitmaster-general-discussion/1649219-hurricane-helene?p=1651773#post1651773

and

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/pitmaster-general-discussion/1649219-hurricane-helene?p=1661268#post1661268

with a couple of my posts in between these two.

K.

[jfmorris]

Kathryn, thanks for sending me to see the updates. I don't know how I missed those. My heart continues to break for those affected. So many people and places.

Several of my friends at church are retired men and are working disaster relief on chainsaw crews sent up there by the Alabama Baptist Association, and have been for weeks, with no end in sight. We've got feeding crews and chainsaw crews in multiple places up there.

[jfmorris]

My cheese order arrived yesterday mid-afternoon, maybe about 2pm. They rang the doorbell when they left it, and were heading down the road by the time I got up there from my home office, in a separate building. It was room temp as well, but I just pulled out the cheese and put into the garage fridge for now. I don't want to open it until I figure out what I am going to do with it. I am thinking I will not cut into them until we have Thanksgiving with the kids and possibly my parents.

For some reason the cheeses are not as "big" as I expected them to be. Somehow I felt the Edom would be bigger, but I am apparently not good and knowing how big a hunk of cheese is for a given weight.

[Donw]

Over 3 and a half pounds of Edam is pretty big in my book.🙂 Last year I ended up slicing it up in rounds, vac packing it, and giving some to my neighbors.

[Donw]

My cheese order is on the UPS delivery truck today. There will some cheese on tonight’s menu.🙂

And for anyone thinking about placing an order this year the deadline is November 25th.

[Huskee]

I ordered the villagret, wanted to try their cheddar and edam as well but 2lbs blocks of each is a touch much, and pricey, and the white gift pack is pricey too. So we'll see how the villagret works out. Sad that the soonest they ship is Nov 18. I want it 2 hours ago!

[Donw]

I predict you will enjoy the cheese you ordered. Who wouldn’t love some Norwegian Swiss cheese. 🙂

[Mosca]

Good lord. I completely forgot about this. I’m trying to use up my current inventory; I made a freaking 9x13 dish of mac & cheese yesterday, filled to the top 2” deep. 7 cups of shredded cheddar and gruyere, and that didn’t even make a dent in what I have. And now this is coming!

[Huskee]

I wish I was your neighbor. And that you feed your neighbors.

[Mosca]

I just checked my account, mine hasn’t been prepped to ship yet. So I got time to eat more cheese.

[Michael_in_TX]

Chessy mac and cheese is cheesy! (I think the most I've used is four cups!)

[GolfGeezer]

I didn’t get a notice about mine being shipped, so I checked my order and it is supposedly being delivered today! Woo-hoo!

[klflowers]

I talked to the MSU people today. I talked with a very helpful young lady who told me that the cheese is shelf stable for 7 days so as long as it wasn't really hot outside it is OK. The shipping took 1 day - they picked it up on the 5th and delivered on the 6th, so that leaves 6 days if my math is correct. The young lady said if the cheese felt soft and mushy, or if I found a lot of moisture when I cut the cheese (cut the cheese lol. If you are old you know) to let them know and they would replace it. The Vallegret was in clear wrappers so I could see there was no excess moisture, and the Edam felt pretty firm. I'll cut it tonight.

[GolfGeezer]

I got mine. klflowers , not sure about the math. Mine was picked up on the 5th and delivered today. That’s 2 days near as I can figure.

[klflowers]

I am good at math just not the accurate. Quote from a electrician I used to work with

[Mosca]

My goodness. I’m glad I decided to click on the tracking number! It’s been sitting outside for 4 hours!

[klflowers]

Wow that is some good cheese. I cut open the Edam to make sure it is still good. Is it ever! Very dense, I had to force the knife through it. But man is it tasty. Thanks to all you enablers, you done good.

[fzxdoc]

It's a very dense cheese. It freezes great. We find that each of us can only eat a small piece at a time, say an ounce or two? So one cannonball lasts a long time for us.

We find that the Villagret goes faster because it's not as rich as the Edam.

K.

[CandySueQ]

Got 2 villagrets this year and already gave one away! May have to order an edam after looking at klflowers photo.

[jfmorris]

I've got one villagret and one edam and probably will make some cheese cubes out of both for a Thanksgiving appetizer. Gonna try to resist until then, and eat my store bought Cabot seriously-sharp cheese.

[klflowers]

Mosca those cheese bags were right on time!

[jfmorris]

So I have a couple of those bags. I guess you just wrap in the bag like it says, tuck the open end of the bag underneath, and place it in the "cheese drawer" of the fridge like that?

[klflowers]

jfmorris that's what I did. I have never used them before but so far they seem to be working well.

[yakima]

Cheese storage bags. New to me. Someone please expound. Sources, brands, storage tips. I see numerous choices on the net.

[yakima]

All this cheese chatter reminded me of the dairy store of my alma mater, U of Nebraska-Lincoln. They had/have a store on East Campus, the ag campus. Back in the day, 1969-73, would go there for ice cream; great spot for casual date.
Turns out they sell several packages of cheese, made on campus. Am thinking Nebraska family will receive some, and perhaps my Secret Santee here. (Santee may not be a word, but you know what I mean.)

[klflowers]

yakima these were a part of the swag at the Texas meat up. I had never heard of them but they came in handy.