Ewe Calf to be Kidding Cheese from Wisconsin

This bright and flavorful, award-winning triple-milk cheese from Hook’s Cheese in Mineral Point is as fun as its name implies. Made with milk from sheep (ewe), cow (calf), and goat (kid), it’s a complex, veiny blue cheese crafted by high school sweethearts and Hook’s Cheese owners, Tony and Julie Hook. One of the many reasons to celebrate this cheese: it’s the first triple-milk blue produced in the U.S. We love how each milk shines in this mouthwatering Wisconsin original -- creamy cow, earthy sheep and zippy goat -- all in one.

Appearance

Ivory with greenish-blue streaks

Texture

Firm and moderately crumbly

Flavor

Moderate blue: Fruity, tangy and melt-in-your-mouth delicious

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Hook's Cheese Company, Inc.

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Performance Notes

We like Ewe Calf to Be Kidding at room temperature. Wash the knife after slicing or cutting this blue, since milder cheeses will get overpowered by this residue of this powerhouse.

Pairing Notes

We like to team this unique Wisconsin blue with white wines, beers and cider. For wine, champagne, chardonnay, riesling, müller-thurgau and sauvignon blanc are great. For beer, reach for amber ale, Belgian ale, bock and brown ale.

Serve

We can’t get enough of this ultra creamy cheese. Try tossing it in a salad with a citrusy vinaigrette and a healthy dose of dried Wisconsin-grown cranberries. It’s also fantastic blended into a dressing for a classic wedge salad. It holds forth on a cheese board too, especially when accompanied with other simple pleasures like fruits, nuts, chutneys, pickles and a selection of cured meats.

EWE CALF to be KIDding