![]() The distinctive holey appearance (in the cheese industry, these holes are called “eyes”) of what most Americans think of as Swiss cheese is most associated with the regional cheeses of Emmental and Appenzell, which are but a couple of the dozens of types of cheese made in the West Central region of Switzerland since the late 13th century. In Switzerland’s legendary cheesemaking traditions, several cow’s milk cheese varieties have a similarly robust flavor profile, including famed cheeses like Gruyère, L'Etivaz, Sbrinz and Vacherin Fribourgeois. While awaiting her reply, I fall down the always-fascinating rabbit hole of cheesemaking history and dairy science. I fire off a barrage of questions via email to Gossner Foods CEO Kristan Earl about her family history and Gossner Foods’ current production. And how did those established traditions of European cheesemaking translate to large-scale production in Utah in the last century? As much as I love to dork out about eating cheese, I realize that I’ve really never delved into the technicalities of what makes Swiss cheese, well, Swiss. of Gossner’s famed Swiss is predictably empty, but my mind is brimming with questions. I feel fortunate to be able to procure delicious goodness produced by people living right here in Cache Valley, made with milk sourced from about 130 small, independently run family dairies in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho.īy the time I arrive back home in Salt Lake City an hour-and-a-half later, my deli container of 0.295 lbs. (Read: “Meet the Women Leading Utah’s Food and Beverage Renaissance.”)ĭuring the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m particularly grateful for this masked-up moment of normalcy. There’s even a section of the reach-in cooler dedicated to the unique Alpine-style cheeses made by Rockhill Creamery, a nearby artisan cheesemaker in Richmond. ![]() I eyeball the ice cream flavors available today and plan on a scoop to go. Plus, they offer convenient deli containers filled with snackable cubes of creamy dill Havarti and the Old-World Swiss that made Gossner’s famous. Wandering the store, I fill my basket with sliced muenster, shredded cheddar, smoked cheese curds and tetra-packed shelf-stable chocolate milk (my kiddo’s favorite post-mountain biking refuel). Located just outside of Logan, the store looks like it was plucked right out of the Alps: gorgeous mountain views, flower boxes, brown wood shutters and an old Swiss proverb about the importance of farmers painted in a dramatic blackletter typeface on a wall near the shop’s entrance. A must-do whenever I’m in the area is a pitstop at the Gossner Foods Store, which is adjacent to the cheese plant. Its ubiquitous holey appearance is used as an analogy describing medical conditions or the inadequacy of a legal argument.Īnd in an ironic twist of modern cheesemaking history, for a time in the late 20th century the biggest producer of Swiss-style cheese in the world wasn’t based in Switzerland at all: It was manufactured in northern Cache Valley by a Swiss immigrant named Edwin Gossner.įortunately for visitors to this beautiful valley, the delicious legacy of that dairy dynasty lives on through the family-run company Gossner Foods, with operations based near Utah’s far northern border with Idaho. Our purpose is to provide an open, unbiased, and fully-transparent contest to recognize the best businesses, organizations, and people that live, work, and serve in the Cache Valley, Box Elder County, Bear Lake, Preston, & Franklin County areas Over the next several weeks, the Cache Valley Media Group will invite our 100,000+ radio listeners, 100,000+ Cache Valley Daily readers, and 85,000+ social media followers to get involved.Swiss cheese is so iconic as a type that it visually represents cheese as a food category in everything from the earliest cartoons to your phone’s keyboard emoji. This contest is a celebration of local business. George market for several years ( Best of Southern Utah), as well as in the Cedar City area ( Best of Iron County) and it’s been so popular that we wanted to bring it here. We’re excited to share some details with you about the 2021 BEST OF NORTHERN UTAH contest! Our company has run this promotion in our St. There are ads on all 10 radio stations, digital banners plastered across the internet & social media, and plenty of chatter among local business owners. If you live in Cache Valley, you’ve probably seen or heard about it by now.
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