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« November "Web Doctor" | Main | Addicted To "Deadwood" » November 25, 2006Hypnotized ... By CheeseElaine and I walked around downtown today, taking in the sights and doing a bit of shopping. We swung through Pike Place Market for a bit, and wound up stopping for a sandwich (and Mac n' Cheese) at Beecher's Handmade Cheese Shop. (Incidentally, these folks have a blog - the "Curds and Whey Chronicles" - and, while I've not spent time on it, I have to say it's cool that a cheese shop is blogging.) Anyhow. While the food was delicious (and the crowd-watching spectacular), the real star of the show wound up being Beecher's big, stainless-steel cheese-making tub, where two guys were transforming these giant slabs 'o cheese (think "four-feet long, one-foot wide, six-inches deep" and you've got the idea) into smaller, chunks - basically, by feeding them into what appeared to be a giant cheese shredder. It's utterly, totally, and completely hypnotic - something about the industrial scale of the operation, the exotic instruments, you name it. A crowd gathered, and the guys doing the work were clearly enjoying the attention. People were packed three-deep behind us at the windows. Anyhow, if you're down in the market this holiday, check it out. Posted by Gavin Shearer at November 25, 2006 5:03 PM. Posted to Cool. CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |