Gotta Get Out
After three days of being cooped up with this cold I felt a little better and told Jim I needed to get out...anywhere. So, on this gray day, we took a drive south on 79 to check out the Winchester Cheese Company.
The young man who served us said his Grandpa went to Holland in the early 90's an bought some cheese making kits. He came home and experimented, finally coming up with his own recipe for Gouda. We were a bit disappointed because we hoped to find some good cheddar, but the Gouda is not too bad. Maybe you can see in the picture that the "building" is actually a cover for 6 semi trailers that house the cheese factory. Our guide explained that this meant they could do business on a DMV license instead of paying for thousands of dollars for a factory. Hmmm....does that mean they don't have any health regs? Oh well, the cheese tastes really good :)
You can see that the mural looks like the California cheese ads on TV. I asked if the cows were happy and was told that they are very happy because there are 300 cows on a dairy designed for 1000.
Then we went up the road to Winchester Farms where we've been buying really good Texas Rio Star grapefruit along with our Mrs. Renfro's corn relish and other goodies. I like how they've recycled the old cattle grain feeder into the landmark signage.
We finished up at Von's grocery where we bought the fixings for vegetable beef soup because the temps are going to fall and rain is in the forecast. So it will be good to put a pot of soup on the backburner tomorrow.