The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 5, Episode 04: Praise Cheeses, We’re Back!

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The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 5, Episode 04: Praise Cheeses, We’re Back!

S05E04: Secret cheese caves and dairy divination?

Oh, yes. We’re getting really cheesy with this one!

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Show Notes:

Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:

Natali: Secret Cheese Caves:

• • Farmlink Project- https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese
  • The Oxford Companion to Cheese- https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Oxford_Companion_to_Cheese
  • Artful Living Article- https://artfulliving.com/missouri-cheese-caves-history/
  • Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
  • Food & Wine Article- https://www.foodandwine.com/missouri-cheese-caves-8631084
  • USDA Commodity Requirements PCD5 Pasteurized Process American Cheese for Use in Domestic Programs https://web.archive.org/web/20071202141026/http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/pcd5.pdf
  • The Tyranny and Comfort of Government Cheese- https://tastecooking.com/tyranny-comfort-government-cheese/
  • 2022 Cold Storage Report: https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/pg15bd892/s4656m01d/6q183q71p/cost0422.pdf
  • Springfield Underground- https://www.springfieldunderground.com/

Tyromancy:

• • Saveur Article- https://www.saveur.com/culture/tyromancy-cheese-divination/
  • Wild Hunt Article- https://wildhunt.org/2024/04/1505682.html
  • Eater.com Article- https://www.eater.com/23934947/predicting-future-cheese-tyromancy-jennifer-billock-kitchen-witch
  • Classes: https://kitchenwitch.substack.com/p/tyromancy-sessions

Further Reading:

• Fundraiser: https://givebutter.com/1QNLUa/bones-bobbins/nataliheuss2