Sunday, October 24, 2010

Trevin Farms

A couple of weekends ago we went up to Trevin Farms in Sudbury, Vermont. It's a B&B and dairy goat farm all in one... what more could we ask for?! We signed up for their 3-day cheese making class. We arrived on Saturday evening with Sophie in tow. We went to visit the girly goats in the barn.Troy, one of the owners, is *really* into his goats and treats them like they're part of the family, which was right up our alley. The second day we gave goat milking a whirl. Troy asked if we had ever milked an animal before. Rodney had milked a cow once when he was much younger and I'd only ever milked a human, so neither of us were very well prepared. :) Sophie made some new friends: Zeus and Zoe. Luckily they were very friendly because they could have swallowed Sophie whole if they had been so inclined.This is one of their two horses - can't remember if this is Tyrone or Texas. Either way, he was HUGE. Enjoying the crisp Vermont air. Cheesemaking class: on day 1 we learned how to cook the milk then add the rennet and starter. We left this out overnight to set. In the morning we had to separate the curds and whey.I have no idea why Little Miss Muffet would have wanted to eat curds and whey, it looked rather unappealing to me at this stage.After ladling out the curds and hanging them to dry, we went for a drive around the roads of Vermont. The foliage was not quite as spectacular this year as I've seen it other years, but the country roads are still nice and scenic. All in all we had a great weekend. I'm still working out some of the finer details but Nelson Farms B&B Farmstay should be opening some time soon.

5 comments:

Andrea said...

Oh my goodness. Do they specialize in oversized animals? Sophie looks tiny in between those dogs! Love the pictures but you leave out a very important detail, how did the final product taste?

jenny said...

Andrea, the final product was very yummy. We brought home plenty of the chevre we made, as well as a gallon of raw goat milk, which was also super tasty... much better than the stuff you buy at the store. Fresh goat milk is much less "goaty" than the store bought stuff.

joan said...

Looks like you had a great time.
Those dogs are massive - can you imagine that one on the left taking over our sofa? i was wondering too if that is Sophie's happy look?

jenny said...

Joanie, every look is Sophie's happy look! She just always looks so thrilled, doesn't she?

EFS said...

Ummm... you mean Nelson-Fera-Stein Farms B&B Farmstay, right? Right???