I remembered hearing from a friend that Zingerman's Creamery, where they make a few select soft cheeses from local milk, gives tours on the weekends. Since Chad and I are both kind of nerds about cheese (the cheese counter at Whole Foods is one of our favorite places, ever)... which is perfectly excuseable considering our dual Wisconsin heritage... we decided to make a reservation for a tour on Sunday. It's only $5 and you get a $5 coupon for each person to use in the shop after the tour, which makes it basically free. The girl who gave us the tour was really knowledgable about cheese and cheesemaking, and while she talked she made fresh mozarella from a starter rennet. It was kind of awesome to watch it go from a block of rennet, to a taffy-like product after hot water was poured over it, and then to those perfect half-pound size balls that you see in the store (she did this by hand). We got to try it fresh out of the salt bath and OMG, so delicious! Having skipped lunch, Chad and I promptly bought ourselves a ball after the tour, a fresh French bagette at the bakery next door, and some salami and scarfed all of the above at a little cafe table next door to the creamery. They also made vanilla bean gelato which we got to sample; it was tasty too but we were there for the fromage, yo. Overall a fun activity for a Sunday afternoon - I'd definitely recommend!
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