Welcome Cheese Lovers!
MAY CHEESE BITES
end of May. Please check Hours Page for their current hours, and if you're not sure, give a call before you go. And remember, Memorial Day Weekend is our first Trail Open House of the season!
This month's featured cheese: This tangy, delicious cheese is as wonderful in salads and recipes
as it is on its own on a cheeseboard. This cheese changes flavor with age,
offering a unique taste with each piece.
Lively Run is now open daily for the season (except Sundays - unless
it's an Open House Weekend) and you can add a regularly scheduled tour of the farm to your visit for a small fee. You can also find Lively Run's cheeses at many farm markets and wineries throughout the Finger Lakes!
Our creameries participate in many Farm Markets throughout the Finger Lakes,
which start in the spring and run through late fall! Here's a partial list of who's where and when:
Caroline Farmers Market, Brooktondale
Hours: 10-2 Saturdays
Season: 5.5-10.27
Cheese Maker: Snow Farm Creamery
Ithaca Farmers Market, Steamboat Landing, Ithaca
Hours: 9-3 Saturdays & 10-3 Sundays
Season: 4.7-10.27 (Sundays start on 5.5)
Cheese Makers: Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery,
Finger Lakes Farmstead Creamery, Keeley's Cheese Co.
Otsiningo Park Farmers Market, Binghamton
Hours: 9- 1 Saturdays
Season: 5.5-10.27
Cheese Maker: Engelbert Farms
Seneca Falls Farmers Market, People’s Park, Seneca Falls
Hours: 9-1 Wednesdays
Season: 5.23.-10.24
Cheese Maker: Muranda Cheese Co.
Syracuse Regional Market, Park St., Syracuse
Hours: 7-2 Saturdays
Starting: 5.5 (Season is actually year round)
Cheese Maker: Keeley's Cheese Co.
Trumansburg Farmers Market, Trumansburg
Hours: 4-7 Wednesdays
Season: 6.6-10.31
Cheese Makers: Kenton's Cheese Co.
Lively Run Goat Dairy, Muranda Cheese Co.
The Windmill, Penn Yan
Hours: 8-4:30 Saturdays + Summer Holidays
Season: 4.28-12.8
Cheese Maker: Shtayburne Farm
OUT AND ABOUT
Our farms often do tasting events, sales events, charity events and community events off the farm.
Please check our calendar of events for other off-farm appearances!
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SPRING IS FOR BABIES
They will be kidding and freshening starting this month.
Make sure you check out the baby goats
and calves when you visit! (Reminder: Call first.)
Kidding=Having baby goats
Freshening=Having baby calves
(Photo by: Victoria Miller)
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GOOGLE MAP IN TIME FOR SPRING
FEATURED RECIPE: CREME BRULEE 3-CHEESE FONDUE
CHEF SEAN AGATE, OUR HERITAGE CAFE AT HOLIDAY INN, WATERLOO
Here's one of the most amazing fondues we've ever tasted!
It uses cheeses from Muranda, Lively Run and Kenton,
and a rare and wonderful Ice Wine from Sheldrake Point Winery.
And an added bonus? Virtually all the ingredients are local!
(For more recipe ideas, check out our new Favorite Recipes page
which we'll be adding to over the next several weeks!)
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup 2010 Sheldrake Point Riesling Ice Wine
1 lb. Muranda Cheese Co. Colby, shredded
1 lb. Lively Run Goat Dairy Chevre
1 lb. Kenton's Cheese Co. Bianco (Brie) with or without rind
4 Tbs. Red Jacket Orchard Apricot Stomp Fruit Nectar
1 Tbs. Sugarbush Hollow Maple Syrup
1 Tbs. Bee Attitudes Honey
1 Tbs. Caramel
1 tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
Seneca Salt Culinary Flake Salt
DIRECTIONS:
In a medium sauce pan, combine Ice Wine and Nectar. Reduce by 1/4.
Add the softest cheese first (Chevre) and stir gently with a whisk. Mix completely
Do the same with the Brie, followed by the Colby.
Fold in maple syrup, honey, caramel and vanilla.
Stir gently under very low heat for 5 minutes to allow flavors to develop.
If fondue is too thick, add more Ice Wine. If too thin, add equal amounts of cheeses.
Finish to taste with salt.
--ENJOY!--
______________________________________________________________Our farms are switching back to spring hours.
But please check our HOURS page for everyone's hours before you go.
And remember, our cheeses are available at many stores and markets,
so you'll be able to get your favorite cheeses for your festivities!
Check the WHERE TO FIND US page for the stores near you.
Planning your 2012 farm and food tours? Put our Open Houses on your calendar now!
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PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION:
Each of our farms are WORKING FARMS
and may have to make changes to their plans at the last minute.
Also remember that most of the farms have dirt driveways and,
depending on the weather, may have mud or dust or even snow!
We suggest that you come to the farm in
comfortable footwear (not high heels) and jeans or slacks.
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