After my goat meat post, I started craving my favorite cheese these days, Little Bloom on the Prairie from Prairie Fruits Farm in downstate Illinois.
My appetite gave me a chance to finally check out the new Marion Street Cheese digs. Wow. The space is impressive. And so is the cheese selection. [I was disappointed that the otherwise lovely display of wines didn’t have good local labels. I gave up on searching and went back to the cheese fridge and olive bars.]
I ended up skipping the Prairie Fruits option because I saw a cheese new to me: a paprika topped Piper’s Pyramid from Capriole Farms in Greenville, Ind. I had to look it up, but Greenville is way down in Southern Indiana, a stone’s throw from Louisville, Ky.
But it’s still Indiana for sure. Yes, a Hoosier-made artisanal goat cheese. Yay! It’s slightly sweet, creamy, almost like butter, and slightly tangy. Perfect for tasting with my bottle of Spring Splendor from Leelanau Cellars, which is very nice, btw. [The wine is slightly dry, not too sacharine and had no unwelcome aftertaste.]
If you’re not anywhere near Greenville, the farm has a gift order section.
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