So as some of you remember, I did a GB type buy for some of my smoked cheese. I know I stated it was a 3 cheese blend, but when I was at the store talking to the guy behind the cheese counter, I learned that 2 of the cheeses I was using were the same thing. So, for the upcoming buys, I will actually be using 3 cheeses. The three I am using will be romano, reggiano, and asiago. I am not sure what you would call this type of buy, but here is how it will work. The buy link will stay open during the season which I can smoke the cheese without to much worry about melting due to temps in the smoker. I do hope to aleviate this issue this summer with a home built smoker that separates the smoke/charcoal chamber from the meat and cheese chamber with enough distance to prevent the cheese from heating to the point of melting. I doubt I will be able to do cheddar and other higher moisture content cheeses, but I am hoping I can do the Italian low moisture "granular" style cheeses.
Either way, this will be a rolling style buy. The link stays open and when I hit a determined number of portions ordered I will buy, smoke, send invoices, and mail. I think I am going to start with setting the number of portions to 50. This may change, I just don't know yet. Haven't looked that much into asiago to see what it typically gets sold in for weights.
Prices are going to stay the same for now, $5 per 1/2 cup portion of preshreded blend + shipping + PayPal fees ($.30+2.9%). At this point I am considering a bit of a discount for a larger orders, over 5 portions, and I will give a fairly serious discount for anyone that wants to buy the cheese in full blocks, not shredded. This option can include any combination of the 3 cheeses listed. Last I checked shipping in a flat rate priority box was $6.80, though I believe you can get a bit of a discount printing directly from paypal. The cavet here is I can only ship to the address registered to the paypal account. So, as of me writing this, I will ship to registered paypal address for that price, or to any other address for the $6.80. Also, I apologize, I can only support CONUS shipping. Me personally, I am pretty adventurous about eating stuff that has sat on the counter overnight and such, but I am paranoid about sending this anywhere with longer than 3 day shipping.
Thank you for your time and ordering my cheese. All porceeds will be going towards funding my mill that I will be using to make some kick ass stuff for the forums.
Order form for PRE-GRATED only