My brother has the most outrageous Thanksgiving dinner that I have ever heard of. His wife’s extended family, from both parents, come as well as our family. This year he will be serving 80 people all sitting down at the same time! My brother loves it. My kids love it. He has asked me to get the turkeys for him this year as I know many of the Maine farmers. John Bernstein from Maine-ly Poultry is supplying us with four, over thirty pound, fresh turkeys and six dozen eggs! My brother makes the stuffing and cooks the turkeys; the women mostly cook the veggies and potatoes. The children, supervised, make all the desserts. There are too many desserts and lots of mess and noise in the kitchen that day. I am always happy to see that in the midst of it all, he finds a way to escape for an hour or two to row out on the lake. Some years I have joined him. It is lovely out there, peaceful and serene.

 Of course, being the Cheese Lady, I must bring the cheese. His daughter’s name is Eleanor, so I am required to bring some Eleanor Buttercup for her. Debbie Hahn of Hahn’s End Farm makes this cheese in Phippsburg Maine. This is a 6 month raw natural rind cow’s milk cheese.  Debbie has won some terrific national attention in the American Cheese Society competitions. This cheese was named after her grandmother, “because my grandma was so sweet”, and so too is the cheese. This raw cow’s milk cheese with a natural rind is aged about six months and has a light bright sweetness to it. It is the sweetest out of all of Debbie’s cheeses. I really like it with fruit and any white wine.
 

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