What a weekend!!!! We have just come home from the British Cheese Awards set in beautiful Cardiff Castle and would you believe we have won the Best New Cheese for our Talley Mountain Goats Cheese! Wow!!! Mike and I were absolutely stunned when our name was announced.
We must thank Carmarthenshire Cheese Company who contract make our cheese. Fittingly they won the Best Welsh Cheese with their own Pont Gar Garlic and Herb, soft white cheese. So a brilliant weekend all round.
I have been out and shown the goats their trophy and I have to say they were more interested in the stand (which is made out of wood of course) rather than the cheese iron that sits in the top. Monty felt that this was a little hard for his pallet! So the girls are all having a rich tea biscuit after their tea during evening milking, and the boys are having their usual treats of dried pasta - only one piece of penne each of course! Well, it is a treat! I will post a picture of our wonderful award as soon as I have a copy to hand.
Monday, 29 September 2008
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
AWARDS and NEW CHEESES GALORE!!!
Hi everyone
We have great news - We won first and second prize in the Goat Cheese class at the Royal Welsh Show for our Talley Mountain Goats cheese and Kid Me Not mild goats cheese respectively. We then came second and third in the new cheese section at the Royal Welsh, in the same order - we are absolutely thrilled and thank our cheesemakers at Carmarthenshire Cheese for a wonderful job! We also had a fifth place at the Great Yorkshire Show in the Celebrity Special class which was judged by no other than "Paddy" from Emerdale - who liked our Talley Mountain goats cheese - thanks paddy!
We have also launched three new cheeses to tantalise the taste buds over the summer. Great for picnics and barbecues to impress friends and relations with a new cheeseboard!!!
Firstly we have our Blue Talley Mountain - a blue version of our award winning Talley Mountain Goats Cheese. Mild with a delicate blue taste, simply delicious.
Secondly, Smoked Talley Mountain - yes, for those cowboys out there who love that natural smokey taste. Not over the top but a real Ye Ha moment!!!!
Thirdly, Smoked Mild - we have taken our Mild Goats cheese and again naturally smoked with a mix of oak and beech chippings for a light barbecue taste, a mouth watering morcel.
So you see we have been a little busy here in the hills and mountains of Wales. We are also out and about every weekend so do check our calendar and see if we are going to be near you over the next few weeks. If so, come and try all our cheeses, and not forgetting our fudge and chocolates!
Happy Bloggings. Loraine
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
New for the web site!
Hi everyone, well we have had a busy time here. You may have noticed changes to our web site - the kids page should be going live soon, we are having a little game put on for our young members!
By popular demand we have also been busy putting our bags of fudge onto the web site. Yes, that's right, especially for all those of you who want to buy our fudge without the gift packaging, this is now available! Do have a look for all your favourites!
Well, as I am writing this I am looking out of the window at our wonderful summer - yet again the rain is pouring, I have visions of another muddy Royal Welsh Show! Last weekend I was in Yorkshire and we had a fantastic welcome and wonderful weather on Friday but then Saturday and Sunday were wet, in fact our stand was a little like the singing in the rain set - We were standing on a sheet of corragated iron, kindly loaned by Newby Hall, (thanks guys) which eventually had a large puddle on top. So Mike and I slushed our way from one end of the table to the other singing and splashing mud everywhere - great fun!
Having said that we did take our three new cheeses with us for their first outing and I have to say that we are extremely pleased with the reaction so far. This weekend I can be found at the Woodcote Steam Rally, Nr Reading, so please do come and say hello. Mike and my eldest daughter Kiri will be at Cardiff International Festival so pop along and say hello to them.
Our three new cheeses are two smoked and a blue - keep looking at the web site, they should be there towards the end of the month.
By popular demand we have also been busy putting our bags of fudge onto the web site. Yes, that's right, especially for all those of you who want to buy our fudge without the gift packaging, this is now available! Do have a look for all your favourites!
Well, as I am writing this I am looking out of the window at our wonderful summer - yet again the rain is pouring, I have visions of another muddy Royal Welsh Show! Last weekend I was in Yorkshire and we had a fantastic welcome and wonderful weather on Friday but then Saturday and Sunday were wet, in fact our stand was a little like the singing in the rain set - We were standing on a sheet of corragated iron, kindly loaned by Newby Hall, (thanks guys) which eventually had a large puddle on top. So Mike and I slushed our way from one end of the table to the other singing and splashing mud everywhere - great fun!
Having said that we did take our three new cheeses with us for their first outing and I have to say that we are extremely pleased with the reaction so far. This weekend I can be found at the Woodcote Steam Rally, Nr Reading, so please do come and say hello. Mike and my eldest daughter Kiri will be at Cardiff International Festival so pop along and say hello to them.
Our three new cheeses are two smoked and a blue - keep looking at the web site, they should be there towards the end of the month.
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Festivals Galore
Hello Bloggers
Well so much has happened since my last blog. Unfortunatley I have lost my polish couple who help me on the farm, Wiktor and Aneta. They have had to go back to Poland because of family commitments so we wish them well. In their place I have two new Polish men, Marek and Jozef who are extremely helpful but speaking very little English at the moment so hopefully with my several Polish dictionaries and a awful lot of laughter etc we will get there in the end!!!
We are now in full swing with the craft and food festivals all over the UK and are enjoying meeting everyone. I am doing my usual snail impression (travelling slowly with my home on my back) that's right driving with the caravan. Apologies now to anyone who gets stuck behind me, I do try to pull over to let you pass whenever possible! This weekend we are off to sunny Staffordshire to visit Shugborough which I have to say is very beautiful, although hopefully it will be sunny as it is not so much fun when it is raining.
I look forward to meeting more of you over the summer months, do come and try our wonderful products.
Well that said I am going back to my polish dictionary to see if I can find the nearest word to fudge.
Well so much has happened since my last blog. Unfortunatley I have lost my polish couple who help me on the farm, Wiktor and Aneta. They have had to go back to Poland because of family commitments so we wish them well. In their place I have two new Polish men, Marek and Jozef who are extremely helpful but speaking very little English at the moment so hopefully with my several Polish dictionaries and a awful lot of laughter etc we will get there in the end!!!
We are now in full swing with the craft and food festivals all over the UK and are enjoying meeting everyone. I am doing my usual snail impression (travelling slowly with my home on my back) that's right driving with the caravan. Apologies now to anyone who gets stuck behind me, I do try to pull over to let you pass whenever possible! This weekend we are off to sunny Staffordshire to visit Shugborough which I have to say is very beautiful, although hopefully it will be sunny as it is not so much fun when it is raining.
I look forward to meeting more of you over the summer months, do come and try our wonderful products.
Well that said I am going back to my polish dictionary to see if I can find the nearest word to fudge.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
HOORAY HOORAY
Our new food processing unit is finally completed - hooray! At last after many months of planning and building we are in our new food unit. Everyone is pleased as we have more room to move and already have started to develop even more fantastic flavours for fudge and chocolates - yummy!!!!
The goats seem happier now that the weather has improved (although the last couple of days haven't been fantastic!).
You may have noticed that our web site is also having a new look! It is on-going so please do keep popping in to see and any comments greatfully received! The children's spot should be there soon!
The goats seem happier now that the weather has improved (although the last couple of days haven't been fantastic!).
You may have noticed that our web site is also having a new look! It is on-going so please do keep popping in to see and any comments greatfully received! The children's spot should be there soon!
Friday, 7 March 2008
KIDDINGS CONTINUE
Well Folks the kiddings are continuing thick and fast we must have a good 200 kids here at the moment and have a fair few goats in the parlour now.
We have had a busy few weeks with new accommodation for the kids and a new food processing unit underway with hopefully a finish just before Easter, hence I have not blogged for a while - many apologies. The mud has been over my wellies with lorries and tractors galore charging around. I can't wait for that moment that we move into the new unit and I can try and get on with my real job - I'm still trying to define exactly what that is but at least I can take project management for the build off the list!!!
I will endeavour to take a few pictures of this years kids in the next couple of weeks and place them on the site - we have a multitude of colours and have some really naughtly girls with playful characters, can't wait to get them into the parlour in 18 months time! I will also take some pickies of the new unit so that you can see how all our hard work is coming together.
Research is also continuing on our new produce for this year with a hopeful launch date in July - do keep looking on the site for news of this.
Well I am going to keep this short today as I need to go back and check the shed. Don't forget to comment so I know you are out there.
We have had a busy few weeks with new accommodation for the kids and a new food processing unit underway with hopefully a finish just before Easter, hence I have not blogged for a while - many apologies. The mud has been over my wellies with lorries and tractors galore charging around. I can't wait for that moment that we move into the new unit and I can try and get on with my real job - I'm still trying to define exactly what that is but at least I can take project management for the build off the list!!!
I will endeavour to take a few pictures of this years kids in the next couple of weeks and place them on the site - we have a multitude of colours and have some really naughtly girls with playful characters, can't wait to get them into the parlour in 18 months time! I will also take some pickies of the new unit so that you can see how all our hard work is coming together.
Research is also continuing on our new produce for this year with a hopeful launch date in July - do keep looking on the site for news of this.
Well I am going to keep this short today as I need to go back and check the shed. Don't forget to comment so I know you are out there.
Thursday, 17 January 2008
Happy Kiddings for 2008
Well all you goat lovers Happy New Year, lets hope we have a better farming year in 2008, what with Foot and Mouth and Blue Tongue 2007 was not good news for anyone. More cheerfully We had a lovely Annual Dinner with Surrey Goat Club last Saturday and it was great to catch up with everyone.
With all that said, what a fantastic evening I had last night with a room full of business women at Pembrey. We were all there to meet The Pod Cast Sisters - Yes that's right, Heather Gorringe from Wiggly Wigglers and Anna Farmery from The Engaging Brand - and what a fun evening was had by all of us and what an eye opener. Here's me just about getting my head around the blogging when there's a whole new world out there with pod casts and social networking - well let's just wait and see! I do have to admit that I'm one of these people that sees the notices in shops saying ipod and I quickly put my head down and hurry past but I guess one of these days I'm going to have to sit my four year old down and ask him what it is all about!!! Well aren't they born with the "Knowledge" these days!?! Or maybe I should try the 21 year old - what do you think?
Anyway if this blog works properly at this point I can say "HI" to Heather and Anna because they will know that I have mentioned them tonight. But hey guys can you let me know coz so far no-one has commented on the blog so I don't yet know whether I am just talking to myself (and my IT guy cos' he told me today he had, oh and Sally-Anne from Yokshire cos' she phoned and told me!!!). If there is anyone else out there do let me know!!
Especially for Anna and all those busy mums and goat cheese lovers out there I have a fantastic goats cheese recipe for you to try, I haven't put exact measures as I tend to play in the kitchen and it depends how many people you want to serve. We had this after new year when I found the packet of smoked salmon - oooppps! And it didn't take very long to cook- Here goes :- Sautee some chopped onions and a finely chopped clove of garlic in a little oil, preferably rapeseed as it is much better for you (high in Omega 3), but if not a good olive oil will have to suffice, Add a stick of celery and mushrooms, both thinly sliced and continue to cook, sprinkle in some mixed herbs and then add a drop of brandy (or white wine) just a splash and then add a good helping of cream - I tend to use double but I guess you could get away with single. slice some smoked salmon and goats cheese - I use our Talley Mountain which is a brie style with the rind taken off. Stir till mixed in - take off the heat. Cook some tagliatelle. When cooked pop the mix back on the heat and add the tagliatelle. Toss these together and serve. You will notice that the cheese completely melts into the mix and gives a wonderful flavour, delicious and quick. Even my father who hates pasta loved this dish.
Well I had better go and find those wellies and raincoat and go out in this howling gale and check the goats, this is Slightly early tonight as I just might see what all this twittering is about with social networks!!
By for now
With all that said, what a fantastic evening I had last night with a room full of business women at Pembrey. We were all there to meet The Pod Cast Sisters - Yes that's right, Heather Gorringe from Wiggly Wigglers and Anna Farmery from The Engaging Brand - and what a fun evening was had by all of us and what an eye opener. Here's me just about getting my head around the blogging when there's a whole new world out there with pod casts and social networking - well let's just wait and see! I do have to admit that I'm one of these people that sees the notices in shops saying ipod and I quickly put my head down and hurry past but I guess one of these days I'm going to have to sit my four year old down and ask him what it is all about!!! Well aren't they born with the "Knowledge" these days!?! Or maybe I should try the 21 year old - what do you think?
Anyway if this blog works properly at this point I can say "HI" to Heather and Anna because they will know that I have mentioned them tonight. But hey guys can you let me know coz so far no-one has commented on the blog so I don't yet know whether I am just talking to myself (and my IT guy cos' he told me today he had, oh and Sally-Anne from Yokshire cos' she phoned and told me!!!). If there is anyone else out there do let me know!!
Especially for Anna and all those busy mums and goat cheese lovers out there I have a fantastic goats cheese recipe for you to try, I haven't put exact measures as I tend to play in the kitchen and it depends how many people you want to serve. We had this after new year when I found the packet of smoked salmon - oooppps! And it didn't take very long to cook- Here goes :- Sautee some chopped onions and a finely chopped clove of garlic in a little oil, preferably rapeseed as it is much better for you (high in Omega 3), but if not a good olive oil will have to suffice, Add a stick of celery and mushrooms, both thinly sliced and continue to cook, sprinkle in some mixed herbs and then add a drop of brandy (or white wine) just a splash and then add a good helping of cream - I tend to use double but I guess you could get away with single. slice some smoked salmon and goats cheese - I use our Talley Mountain which is a brie style with the rind taken off. Stir till mixed in - take off the heat. Cook some tagliatelle. When cooked pop the mix back on the heat and add the tagliatelle. Toss these together and serve. You will notice that the cheese completely melts into the mix and gives a wonderful flavour, delicious and quick. Even my father who hates pasta loved this dish.
Well I had better go and find those wellies and raincoat and go out in this howling gale and check the goats, this is Slightly early tonight as I just might see what all this twittering is about with social networks!!
By for now
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