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Come Hang with the Herd!

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Come Hang with the Herd!

We are opening our gates Saturday December 29th from 1pm-4pm for a free community open house. Come play with the goats. Attend a cheese making demo in the Creamery at 2pm. There will be a short talk about suburban goat keeping at 3pm, also in the Creamery. Forecast shows a chance of rain, so wear your boots!

Mariposa Creamery at the Zane Grey Estate – 396 E Mariposa Street – Altadena, CA 91001 – Parking on Mariposa Street

Where did this year go?

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Oh my. I’ve been busy on our facebook page but not very diligent about posting here. In fact it’s been almost a year to the day. Here’s a very brief review of what’s going on around here:

  • Our cheesemaking classes have been packed and keeping us very busy. We continue to teach our 3-part series through the Institute of Domestic Technology. The fall series is mostly sold out at this point, but there is a new series starting in January 2013.
  • Our cheesemaking classes have recently been featured in both Bon Appetit and Los Angeles Magazine! See our Press page for some links, but both of these complete pieces are only available in the print versions of the magazines.
  • We had 4 perfect babies in the spring: Apple (in image), Poppyseed, Honeybee, and Chewy. There are many many photos of all 4 on our facebook page.
  • We have been working toward opening our new restaurant in Altadena and recently finished the drawings for our Conditional Use Permit Application. We expect to file our application with LA County by the end of the year.
  • We bought 70 acres in the Angeles National Forrest where we plan to expand our goating and make cheese for both of our restaurants. The new project is called Angeles Crest Creamery, and you can see photos here.
  • Also, I continue to go to work every day as Director of Sales for Truesense Imaging.

When I review this list, I don’t feel so bad for not posting more!

Saturday Workshop: Goat Keeping for Dairy in Los Angeles

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I have this fantasy that 5 years from now we have a dozen or more families in Altadena operating homestead dairies. We buy and store hay collectively, share breeding stock, document local best practices, and coordinate vet visits so we can convince a real goat vet that its worth his time to come all the way out to Altadena. A girl can dream, right? Also, a girl can hold a workshop.

Here are the details:

Goat curious? Live in LA County? Interested in providing your family with milk, yogurt, cheese and butter from your own homestead dairy? Come learn more at this introductory workshop at Mariposa Creamery in Altadena. We will cover the legal and practical aspects of suburban dairying—from zoning to fencing and feed. Learn about the time investment and the benefits so you can decide if home dairying is right for your family. Tour a working home dairy in action and meet the goats.

This workshop is free and registration is not required. But you can rsvp on our facebook event page if you like:

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135516213216348

10am – 12pm, Saturday, October 29th
Mariposa Creamery at the Zane Grey Estate
396 E Mariposa Street, Altadena

Good Food!

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Today we sent off our entry for the Good Food Awards! We sent 2 samples of a lovely young mold-ripened cheese made entirely from Ru’s milk. Roberto (Mariposa Industries, Woodworking Division) made us these lovely african mahogany boxes. And we used our new stamp with logo designed by our neighbors at Sugarhouse Farm. Thank you to everyone who helped get our submission together! Especially Ru!

Milkcrafting 101 on Saturday!

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On Saturday we are teaching a sold out class for the Institute of Domestic Technology here at the Creamery and we are super excited. Here’s our syllabus!

The Institute of Domestic Technology: Milkcrafting 101

Mariposa Creamery, Altadena

Saturday, October 8, 2011, 9:30am – 2:00pm

9:30am                 Check in & continental breakfast

Snack                  Monkey & Son coffee served with fresh goat’s milk

                             Oatmeal scones served with fresh chevre

9:45am                 Introductions

10:00am               Paneer make using Organic Pastures raw cow’s milk

10:45am               Discussion of milk quality and its relationship to cheese making

Taste                   Milk tasting: cow & goat, raw & pasteurized, farmstead & pooled

11:00am               Overview of ingredients and tools for fresh cheese making

11:15am               Yogurt, crème fraiche & kefir demonstration

Taste                     Goat yogurt, cow crème fraiche, goat kefir with fresh fruit

11:30am               Chevre make using pasteurized goat milk from Summerhill Goat Dairy

12:00pm               Meet the goats & discuss urban dairying

12:15pm               Lunch

Meal                     Paneer & Cucumber in Lemon-Pepper Dressing

                             Vegetable lasagna made with cow ricotta & chevre*

                             Roasted red pepper soup with crème fraiche*

                             Fresh baked bread

1:00pm                 Cottage cheese make using raw cow milk and crème fraiche

Taste                     Crème Fraiche Cottage Cheese and fresh fruit drizzled with honey

2:00pm                 Graduation

* Menu items at The Press Restaurant (www.thepressrestaurant.com)