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Guild Members Awarded at 2010 ACS Competition

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Congratulations to two Maine Cheese Guild cheese makers who were awarded multiple ribbons at the 2010 American Cheese Society conference competition, the largest cheese competition in North America including entries from the US, Canada, and Mexico.

A total of five awards went to the two Guild members: Pineland Farms Creamery won three awards; Appleton Creamery won two awards. Maine maintains its lock on the Feta category, with each cheese maker winning ribbons there, while Pineland’s Salsa Jack has won awards for several years.

All the 2010 ACS competition awards can be found here.

Soft-ripened white mold cheeses, flavor added:
1st place — Appleton Creamery, “Camella”

Feta, cow’s milk:
3rd place: Pineland Farms Creamery, “Feta”

Feta, sheep’s milk:
1st Appleton Creamery, “Sophia Feta”

Monterrey Jack, flavor added:
3rd place: Pineland Farm Creamery, “Salsa Jack”

Cheese Spreads, flavor added:
2nd place: Pineland Farms Creamery, “Spreadable Salsa Jack”

Benefit Supper For Painted Pepper Farm

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BENEFIT SUPPER

Lisa Reilich of Painted Pepper Farm was in a serious auto accident on May 25th. She needs our help. Join us for a spaghetti supper with salad and dessert and silent auction to help Lisa and her three girls.

DATE: July 24th, 2010
PLACE: First Congregational Church of Ellsworth
TWO SEATINGS: 5pm & 6pm
PRICE: $8 per person at the door & $7 before July 20th

Sponsored in part by:
Mix & Match 4-H Goat Club, First Congregational Church, and many generous donations from friends and business associates of Lisa Reilich. For more information or to purchase tickets before July 20th, contact Ruth Tainter 664-7520 or Lore Lipkvich 537-5673. Also, contributions can be mailed to Ruth Tainter.

Sanitation Training & Introduction to HACCP for Cheese Makers

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***POSTPONED***

Unfortunately this had to be postponed. Beth and Gary will try to reschedule for November. We will post an updated announcement on the Guild web site when we get more information.

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McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House; UMaine, Orono campus
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm (Registration starts at 9:00am)

Lunch is provided.

$10.00 for Guild members
$20.00 for Non-Guild Members

Please register with Melissa Potts via email: mpotts@umext.maine.edu or by calling toll free: 1-800-287-7170, as we have a registration limit of 30 people.

A minimum of 15 participants are needed, registration is due by May 7th. We reserve the right to cancel the workshop by this date if the minimum participant numbers are not met.

Directions can be downloaded from this website, including a campus map: http://www.umaine.edu/locator/BuildingDisplay.asp?id=360.

If you do not have internet access, please call Melissa for a campus map.

Speakers include: Barbara Brooks, Seal Cove Farm
Beth Calder and Gary Anderson, UMaine Cooperative Extension
Dr. Al Bushway, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition

This training is a basic sanitation workshop that covers milk and cheese room sanitation, cleaning equipment, milk quality testing, appropriate cleaning/sanitizing products, bacteria and techniques to control growth, HACCP and how to apply this information in a farm setting.