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Amish Goat Monterey Jack

$10.49 Amish Goat Monterey Jack Time for a history lesson: Legend has it that Monterey Jack owes it origins to Franciscan friars of what is now known as California who had produced Queso Blanco (some source say they called it house cheese, “queso del pais”) in the Carmel Mission. During the 1849 gold rush, a Scottish immigrant named David Jack moved to California. Jack soon become a wealthy (albeit controversial and highly litigated) landowner in Monterey. Jack began shipping a particular formula of this cheese from dairies he owned in the early 1880s, and is now credited with popularizing the cheese that would soon come to bear his surname and the name of the place it was produced. Who said Penn Mac doesn’t know Jack? This Amish Goat Monterey Jack doesn’t come from Monterey, but it does come from a group of people with a long history of producing great cheese. The Northeast Family Goat Farm belongs to an Amish cooperative in North East Ohio Amish Country, and has been long dedicated to producing wonderful organic cheese. They do so without the aid of BST hormones, just old-fashioned hard-work and expert know-how. This particular variety is a doubly smooth cheese. It has a smooth, mild taste and is easy on the digestive tract due to the goat’s milk. Smoothly compliments dishes with Southwestern flair.