It’s summer, and it is supposed to be hot, right? No point complaining when the corn, and tomatoes  enjoy the heat.  And we get to enjoy all the great produce from Lloyd Craft Farm! While picking up your weekly share of veggies please stop at our Diamond S Delights table for other goodies - speciality cheeses, breads, tortillas.  Order all your dairy needs a head of time so we have what your family likes on Thursday.. PLUS we will be adding Saturdays starting 7/28 8 a.m.  Diamond S will be delivering to Bee Healthy.   Let us know if this suits your schedule better.  AND let's all try and kick back, grill those burgers add a slice of cheese of course, and add some great vegetables and enjoy a picnic before July is all gone. 

For the week of July 23 thru 28th you can reserve:

• Hot Pepper fresh pressed cheese
• Garlic Chive fresh pressed cheese
• Quark or some call it Dream Cheese - Much like a cream cheese this is very popular in Europe and of course NZ and Amelia will be sharing one of her favorite ways to serve this great cheese.
• Cheddar - our new batch of cloth bound cheddar is finally ready to cut.  It will be packaged in 8 and 12 ounce packages plus we will have samples for you to try.
• Manchego- a cheese a lot of folks haven't heard of before, but we are liking the way this one ages and keeps so hope to have this one regularly.
• Ultimate Kefir Cream Cheese Spread + we will be bringing a new flavor to sample. Last week lots of you got to take home one we call Shelly Cheese, seasoned with dried herbs.  Let us know your thoughts.  Our sample was rolled in lavender buds from the Craft farm, and even the little ones came for a second dip with sourdough bread.  

Here Bob and I are mixing Sourdough Bread in Switzerland.  I can't believe it's been a year ago that we traveled three weeks in Switzerland.  We hiked and walked the steps of the late Weston A Price, learning what traditional foods he found and studied from people all over the world that seemed to be healthier than those eating different diets.  Of course raw dairy was one of the items he researched the most as well as the fermented breads and vegetables.  We don't make our sourdough bread in batches of this size but the concept is the same.  What a memorable wonderful trip, with wonderful like minded folk from many countries.

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Today will be our first share pickup at the Craft Farm from 4 to 6 pm.  This is definately our Happy Spot.  Join us. This will be our third year -  being invited to join all members with a Diamond S Delights table.  Before heading out to Crafts and thru garden season will also include  a BEE HEALTHY stop at 3 o'clock to restock our raw milk product orders at our wonderful Health Food store in Worland.  Most of our Delights are by special order, but if you see something you like that isn't labeled with someone else's name please feel free to purchase.  We ask all 1st time clients to read an information sheet and sign a 1/2 page waiver sheet so we have your contact information and also it is to let us know you are truly a raw milk drinker and are doing the research to find all the wonderful health benefits it provides. These two half sheets are inside our client folder that everyone keeps track of their orders.  We'd love to have you join us.  Below Diana Gulas one happy shopper, right top, just a portion of what we got in our first basket, bottom left the sanitized bottles,  after returning ready for our next delivery, last a 10 # bowl of seasoned Feta ready for bottling.  The new batch for this coming week! 

What's available the week of July 16 thru 21 at Diamond S Delights and for deliveries:

• Sourdough tortillas
• Sourdough sandwich loaves of bread
• Traditional Queso Blanco Cheese - which is a traditional Latin American Cheese.  The beauty of this cheese is that when heated, it softens but doesn’t melt.  That’s why it makes a creamy addition to recipes, and is often used as a topping for spicy Mexican dishes such as enchiladas and empanadas.  The cheese is soft but can still be grated or cubed and added to stir-fry dishes.  It browns very nicely and has a mild but sweet flavor.  When added to other dishes, it will take on the flavor of whatever it is put with.  

From the Farmers wife Terri Craft - "I don’t see how you can miss with tacos done with home-made tortillas, wonderfully seasoned grass-fed beef (Oregano from our herb bed?), and a cheese full of flavor…maybe include a homemade salsa with Cilantro from our cooler.  That would be homemade tortilla’s, fresh herbs, great cheese, with a FRESH salsa."

• Fresh cheese ball rolled in freshly picked  Lavender, courtesy of Craft Farms 
• Swiss Cheese
• Ultimate Kefir Cream Cheese Spread
• Small bottles of chocolate milk
• Kefir fruit smoothies
• Plus our regular weekly milk, cream and maple/vanilla kefir orders delivered weekly

Remember if you want on our list or want any of the limited supply of what's listed above saved with your name on it please e-mail by responding to the blog or text 307-272-5334 as early as possible.

Thank you for joining us,
​Kris for Diamond S


 

Tuesdays and Saturdays are cheese making days at the Diamond S and we indeed were planning a cheese class for today.  Unfortunately our guests had to reschedule so our cheese making  turned to a much younger class.  Amelia got two clients, Lilly and Bridger and I got a seasoned cheese maker Cedar.  We made an Alpine cheese in three small vats.  Each cheese maker had a vat and a helper,  curd was seasoned with three different recipes.  We hope you like them.  Along with the cheese curd we've cut one wheel of Swiss, and will have a small batch of cottage cheese ready.  Listed below will be everything we can deliver this week!! TEXT ORDERS NOW  small batches of all fresh cheeses are made.  They need to be spoken for within a 7 day period.  We like you to have our product fresh, so get your name on what you want us to deliver to you!!

• Swiss cheese in 8, 10 and 12 oz packages.  $7, $8.75  & $10.50
• Three kinds of Artisan cheese curd seasoned, then pressed for several hours, cut into bite sized squares and packaged for your enjoyment.  $5 each 1/2 pound packages

1. Alpine Cedar - Seasoned with freshly dried Basil, with bits of red pepper flakes and roasted garlic added.
2. Tomme Lilly - Seasoned with our ranch dressing mix
3. Salt and pepper Bridger curd

• Cultured butter $13/pound $6.75 1/2 pound
• Cottage cheese - 14 oz containers $5.75
• As well as all our orders for the day of MILK, CREAM & VANILLA-MAPLE KEFIR
• Marinated Feta $15 pints $24 quarts
• Blueberry Greek yogurt - yummy watch for new flavors and let us know your favorite
• Ghee $14.75 12 oz bottles

Remember please e-mail gkrob324@gmail or text 307-272-5334 for your order to be delivered on the 4th or 5th of July!!

The email went to Diamond S members but the blog didn't get published.  So sorry, but we still have butter, Feta and Swiss for the taking here at the store and at Bee Healthy in Worland.  New blog with what's available this week will be posted soon...hoping Sunday or Monday. Please join us at Craft's farm this week - Thursday July 12th between 4 and 6 pm.  Or stop at Bee Healthy.  Let us know which location is easiest for your weekly orders. ​
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Kris for Diamond S Delights