| Show THIRD In here took summer County their for every They Sanpete the day used the milk cows feed The Twenty at PLACE HISTORICAL ESSAY CURDS AND WHEY Norma Barton 122 West Union St Manti Utah 84642 to gallons least two pioneer the women families east mountains made made cheese ten buckets of that each from pounds fresh settled of the milk cheese sweet milk or morningand nightmilk together provided that the nightmilk was promptly cooled when fresh and kept cool about 50 degrees Usually they soon as the new were brought out Before making took grass of down in late fall cheese She set wood-burning kitchen until morning the cows into sprouted the hard skim about mountains cheese milk stove in the 15th storms pan heated on it as The cows drove housewife flat and May when the mountains made the until them cottage back ofcurd formed The whey was drained off the curd was cut into small cubes and salt was added After the whey was drained sufficiently the housewife mixed thick cream with it anddelicious supper was enjoyed in the early spring of cottage cheese little green onions and radishes from the garden and homemade bread just out of the oven spread with fresh sweet butter In 1866 Catharine Jensen her husband Lars and family were crossing the plains in the Peter Nebeker Train when Mr Jensen died near Sweetwater County Wyoming Catharine brought her children on to Manti Utah It was natural no means of support news of their son for her to come Upon her arrival death to her here in-laws but she had she gave the sad later Catharine married Peter Mickelson short time Catharine had beenprofessional cheesemaker in Denmark and now her neighbors often brought their surplus milk to her home where she made cheese for them On designated days they brought all their milk and she 39 |
