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Home » Dairy » Cheese » Firm (aka Hard) Cheeses » Lamb Chopper Cheese

Lamb Chopper Cheese

Lamb Chopper Cheese

Lamb Chopper Cheese. Bev Sykes / flickr / 2013 / CC BY 2.0

Lamb Chopper Cheese is smooth, firm and yellow inside, with a mild, almost sweet taste. On its label, the cheese has a lamb on a motorcycle complete with helmet and scarf.

It is similar to Gouda. Though Lamb Chopper is sold as an American cheese, it is actually made in the Netherlands.

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  • 1 Production
  • 2 History

Production

The cheese is made from pasteurized sheep’s milk curdled with vegetarian rennet, and formed in 4 ½ kg (10 pound) wheels, then waxed. It is aged in the Netherlands for 3 months, then shipped to California and aged further, and finally sold at 4 to 6 months of age.

The American aging is done by Mary Keehn of the Cypress Grove Chèvre company in McKinleyville, Humboldt County, northern California.

History

Mary Keehn’s goal was to stop the mould from other cheeses such as her Humboldt Fog from jumping to the Lamb Chopper, and her own facilities weren’t big enough (only about 300 square metres / 3,000 square feet), so she farmed the production out to a maker in the Netherlands.

Lamp Chopper cheese wheel.

Lamp Chopper cheese wheel. © CooksInfo / 2022

Lamb Chopper Cheese, cross section.

Lamb Chopper Cheese, cross section.© CooksInfo / 2022

This page first published: Jun 29, 2005 · Updated: Apr 28, 2022.

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