{"id":3847,"date":"2024-06-13T03:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/exploring-the-best-cheese-dreams\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T03:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:01:48","slug":"exploring-the-best-cheese-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/exploring-the-best-cheese-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Best Cheese Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cheese has a way of finding its way into every aspect of life, some people even dream of cheese. In fact, dream dictionaries go into great detail explaining what dreaming about cheese means. Eating cheese in a dream could signify success in love, it could also represent financial security or abundance. Other interpretations include cheese as a symbol of nourishment, growth, or simply pleasure. Cheese has inspired many dreamers and not only do some people dream of cheese, but sometimes cheese is the dream.<\/p>\n

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A Dream that Inspired a Cheese<\/h2>\n
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Mary Keehn the founder of Cypress Grove<\/a> started as a self-taught cheesemaker and created her first cheeses in her home kitchen. Read more about <\/em>Cypress Grove<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> She had been making goat\u2019s milk cheeses for a while and experiencing some success, when in 1992, she and Judy Schad, of Capriole Goat Cheese<\/a> in Indiana, decided to travel to France. There, the two of them visited small goat\u2019s milk cheese producers all over the country, walked through lavender fields, and tasted dozens upon dozens of cheeses. Read more about <\/em>Capriole<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the plane ride back to California, Keehn fell asleep. \u201cOn her flight home, all of these things were swirling about in her head, and there, in her dreams, she saw a bloomy rind goat\u2019s milk cheese that when you cut through it, there was a line of ash, and the ash feathered through. the cheese,\u201d shares Janne Rasmussen, marketing manager for Cypress Grove. \u201cIt looked just like the fog that cut through the coastline in Humboldt County.\u201d So, when Keehn finally arrived home, she knew that she had to make that cheese of her dreams. \u201cIt was the right cheese at the right time when people were traveling more,\u201d recalled Keehn.<\/p>\n

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Humboldt Fog Chevre photo credit T. Depaepe<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To make the cheese, Keehn did not follow the methods of European cheesemakers. Instead of letting the curds just drain in the forms, she squeezed the whey out first while the curds were in a curd bag and started with a drier curd, which she then pressed into the form. This method also allowed her to start with a lesser amount of cheese forms, as she could press the curds out, form a cheese, remove it from the form, and then repeat the process with the same form. \u201cWe still make the cheese that way today even though we could afford more cheese forms,\u201d Rasmussen says.<\/p>\n

The cheese not only was delicious and became award-winning, but it had an easily identifiable name, which resonates with people.\u00a0 \u201cIt was an American original before there were American originals,\u201d Rasmussen says. \u201cIt became Cypress Grove\u2019s specialty, which was making goat cheeses for the American palate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHumboldt Fog is such a beloved cheese, and we did some consumer research, and people who buy it often buy it for its emotional resonance,\u201d Rasmussen says. \u201cIt\u2019s more than just cheese. It\u2019s a social sidekick, as in, \u2018It will be fine to have my in-laws over for dinner if I have Humboldt Fog on the table.\u2019\u201d People buy the cheese once to try it, but then they buy it again and again because of how they feel about it, Rasmussen says.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people buy it because of the feeling it evokes in them,\u201d Rasmussen says. \u201cIt really is the cheese of their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Dreamy Cheese Contest<\/h2>\n
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Chrissy Teigen & John Legend photo source Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When John Legend gifted his wife Chrissy Teigan a ginormous wheel of Parmesan cheese for Christmas<\/a>, that got the creative wheels spinning at the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. \u201cShe was over the moon to receive it,\u201d says Suzanne Fanning, chief marketing officer for Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. \u201cTo see that she was so excited\u2026we realized that was a cheese dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it wasn’t the first cheese dream come true that Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin helped turn into reality. There was a child from Make-A-Wish who wanted to make cheese recalls Fanning. \u201cWe got him a cheese coat embroidered with his name when he went to the cheese factory to make string cheese,\u201d says Fanning.<\/p>\n

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Su Fanning, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those two dreamers made Fanning and her team realize that there were probably quite a lot of other, ordinary people who dreamed of cheese. So, they set up a contest, and people had to answer, via video, two questions: What is a Wisconsin cheese experience you\u2019ve always wanted to have but never thought would be possible? How can Wisconsin Cheese plus up your happiest moment? After posting these questions on social media, they waited for the answers to come in.<\/p>\n

The initial thought was to award a couple of grand prize winners, but then the dreams started coming in, and hundreds of people ended up entering the contest.\u00a0 The organizers held a viewing party, and in watching all of these people express their passion for Wisconsin cheese, they decided that awarding only a couple of winners was not going to be their thing. \u201cWe thought, \u2018How could we say no to them?\u201d Fanning says.<\/p>\n

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Choosing the Best Cheese Dreams<\/h2>\n
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So, they decided to make 125 cheese dreams come true. \u201cSome of them were very easy to fulfill,\u201d Fanning says. \u201cOne person wanted to be a Wisconsin Cinderella, whisked away in a cheese carriage, and another guy, who is in the Santa International Hall of Fame, wanted to showcase Wisconsin cheese for all the Santas who are coming to their convention in Appleton this year, and how could we say no to Santa?\u201d<\/p>\n

Some were just dreaming of the perfect cheeses to make a lasagna or other cheesy delights; one person wanted to give away cheese instead of chocolate milk and have cheese at the finish line of a marathon. \u201cSo we also said we\u2019ll give you cheese and chocolate milk,\u201d Fanning says. \u201cAnd we gave away a lot of cheese wedding cakes, too.\u201d Read <\/em>how to incorporate cheese into a wedding celebration<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

One woman was an artist who wanted to paint a mural of cheese so they\u2019re looking for a public building to help her paint it. A lot of people dreamed of either returning to Wisconsin or coming to Wisconsin for the very first time to visit cheesemakers so they\u2019ve organized a big trip this summer for them.<\/p>\n

Some dreams, however, stood out.\u00a0 Two women have long-held dreams of making cheese. A woman named Alaina, from North Carolina, is coming at the end of April to make cheese with professional cheesemakers, and Megan, a Cheeselandian from Illinois will be making cheese at the end of August. They\u2019re going to get to spend some time at the Center for Dairy Research and then spend a lot of time making cheese.<\/p>\n

But the biggest winner has to be Libby Rasmussen, a Washington, D.C.-based influencer of @libbylivingcolorfully<\/a>, is going to host her bachelorette party with her 11 bridesmaids in Wisconsin. \u201cLibby has this very exciting life as a fashion influencer, and she said that bachelorettes are going to all of these international destinations for their parties, and she said \u2018My roots are in Wisconsin, and all I want is to pull my bridesmaids back to Wisconsin, where my roots are and show them how great Wisconsin is. I want to rub wheels at Sartori and milk cows and make cheese boards,\u2019\u201d Fanning says. \u201cThat really touched our hearts so we\u2019re going to make that happen for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin are fulfilling these dreams, through September 2024, there were some dreams that didn\u2019t make it – and these people basically disqualified themselves. \u201cOne person just filmed their carpet,\u201d Fanning says. \u201cIf you didn\u2019t put in any effort, you weren\u2019t going to win.\u201d Most people, however, did put in a lot of effort so Fanning and her team put together a video announcing the winners, their wishes, and their wish fulfillment, here<\/a>. Interested cheese dreamers should follow them @wisconsincheese<\/a>, and\/or join Cheeselandia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, it turns out, they\u2019re our dreams, too,\u201d Fanning says. \u201cAnd I am definitely enjoying my summer as the dairy godmother.\u201d<\/p>\n

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