by Sonia M.
Member since:
July 22, 2006

Kidding around.... (For those on dial-up: Beware - lots of pictures)

March 18, 2007 08:17 PM UTC
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I'm writing an article about a goat farm not too far from where I live owned by friends of mine, for a new magazine being launched in Hawaii.  It is part of the Edible magazine family and will be called Edible Hawaiian Islands.  I was requested to turn in several articles, but I'm not sure in which issue they will appear......but I wanted to share some of the pictures I took for it with you!

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The goat farm is located at about the 1800 foot elevation on the flanks of Mauna Kea (our snow mountain) in a beautiful macadamia tree grove...the macnut trees are there, but they don't harvest those to sell.

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Beware: Goat Crossing!!!

 

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Hi...!  Wanna play?

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Aloha there!  My name is Vanilla!

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Bag of chévre, assorted herb & pepper flavored chévre and guava wood-smoked goat cheese pyramid

Follow me to the next article to see what I made with the smoked pyramid!

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Sonia R. Martinez is a Gather Food Correspondent.

You can keep up with Tropical Taste a regular twice-monthly feature of Gather Essentials: Food

Sonia is a cookbook author and freelance food writer for several publications in Hawaii and is also a Hawaii Island Journal restaurant reviewer in partnership with her son Anthony Mathis.

She lives in a beautiful rural rainforest area on the Big Island of Hawaii
You can keep up with her adventures and ongoing love affair with Hawaii in her food & garden blog at Sonia Tastes Hawaii and her Gather contributions by clicking on http://foodiesleuth.gather.com

Comments: 27

Lori Cee Mar 18, 2007, 8:31pm UTC
ive never tried goat products. that white one is adorable!
Sonia M. Mar 18, 2007, 8:32pm UTC
Kathleen, I make those 'pastelitos' with guava and cream cheese too! I make them with puff pastry! - Love them!

David, thank you!

The pictures are taking forever to load....so although I intended to add more I didn't!

Maybe it will be better when I post the results of what I made with my cheese goodie bag!
Wendy HUSSEIN R. Mar 18, 2007, 8:32pm UTC
Love the pics Sonia!
Sonia M. Mar 18, 2007, 8:35pm UTC
lori, I love goat cheese. They also make a great feta

Thank you Wendy!

Did y'all have a hard time getting the pics to download? I have high speed internet connection and even so, it was slow going!!!!
Debbie G. Mar 18, 2007, 8:46pm UTC
Ohh I have a soft spot for goats and kids! Love goat milk cheeses too! Great article!
No trouble with the pictures here. I truly enjoyed!
Madame Donna C. Mar 18, 2007, 8:49pm UTC
Sonia, goat cheese is one of my favorite ingredients for salads, desserts and stuffing things. The more you write, the more convinced I am that I need to make a trip over there. It's been too long since I circled that island.
Connie C. Mar 18, 2007, 9:09pm UTC
I love goat products.
Pearl 2 Mar 18, 2007, 9:48pm UTC
Does the farm exist just for cheese production or is it also a source for goat meat?

I love sharp cheeses but the last couple of goat cheeses I tried were so STRONG, it turned me off. Haven't had any for a while. Got any recommendations?
Sonia M. Mar 18, 2007, 10:23pm UTC
Thanks for reading and commenting Phaedra!

Glad you had no troubles w/the pics. I had a h___ of a time publishing it!

Donna, of course you need to visit again! Wait til I get back from the mainland, though ;-)

I do too, Connie!

Pearl 2U, their main interest in the cheese. Except for a handfull of what they call their "Estate Status" girls - who have earned their peaceful sylvan retirement - they sell the unproductive goats to a third party - what he does with them we can only speculate........but no, the farm does not sell meat.

The cheeses from this farm are not gamey or too strong. they are delightful!
☃ Shannon K. Wendt Mar 18, 2007, 10:54pm UTC
Cute pics! We LOVE goat cheese!
roxanne m. Mar 18, 2007, 11:00pm UTC
The goats are tooo cute! :)
Sonia M. Mar 18, 2007, 11:31pm UTC
Thanks, Shannon, we do too! I like your garden outfit!

Thanks Roxanne, they really are....I swear they have personalities......!
Madame Donna C. Mar 19, 2007, 12:03am UTC
Ok, Sonia, when you return I will consider a visit in late summer or early fall. I think that might work with my schedule. I would so love to hang out with you.
Sonia M. Mar 19, 2007, 12:21am UTC
Donna, there is a small group of foodies from different parts of the country getting together here (in Hilo) in July. I'm planning some fun things for them while they are here - one of them is a cooking class at the Vanilla Co kitchen just for the group.

If you could join us then and then stay a few more days when the group leaves, it would be loverrrly!
Madame Donna C. Mar 19, 2007, 1:22am UTC
Sonia, so, so tempting. I'll talk to the guy I am married to and see what he thinks. It would be fun if he'd come with me and then get lost while I'm fooding...LOL.
Sonia M. Mar 19, 2007, 1:58am UTC
Donna, he will not be the only husband in the group...there are at least 3 others coming for sure! ;-)
John F Walter Mar 19, 2007, 12:51pm UTC
Sonia, these goat pictures were delightful! I showed my wife Inma all the chevre and other goat cheeses in the one photo and she started salivating. Now I´m running out to El Cortes Ingles to buy her goat cheese, thanks to your darn photos! (Grinning)

Thanks, my dear.

You make the mundane seem marvelous.
Sonia M. Mar 19, 2007, 2:31pm UTC
El Corte Ingles!!!!! Oh wow, I loved my visit to the one near La Plaza del Sol in Madrid....I came out of there 'loaded' with shopping bags and wondering how in the world I was going to get all that stuff packed to take home!!!....including a huge, flat, hand-woven basket! Never fear...I managed!

Writing for newspapers and magazines is a great adventure for me....I get to see places and do things that most people would think mundane, but when you look at them through the eye of the camera (even if you're just seeing the picture in your head first) and words are trying to rush out of your brain, and into your fingers while feverishly typing.....it is a rush, my dear....it is a rush!

Unless you were already born with them, you have acquired the galantry and charm of Spanish men.....your compliments and flattery go straight to my head!

Sonia, the Grandma Moses of food correspondents
Sonia M. Mar 19, 2007, 3:46pm UTC
I got too carried away......of course is La Puerta del Sol NEAR La Plaza Mayor!

OK...it was bugging me....
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Sonia M. Mar 19, 2007, 5:02pm UTC
Thank you, for the heads-up Faith!!!
kitchenMage (blog.kitchenMage.com) Mar 19, 2007, 6:04pm UTC
goat cheese and adorable goats... not my first image of the island, i must admit, but charming...
Katrina Hall Mar 19, 2007, 8:37pm UTC
Oh Sonia, thanks for bringing that exotic pyramid cheese that looks so awesome - and that cute Vanilla. Great photo!
Louise M. Mar 20, 2007, 3:45am UTC
My little granddaughter was just taken of all dairy products except goat.
Sonia M. Mar 20, 2007, 1:27pm UTC
;-))) Most people think of Hawaii as just palm trees, beaches, sand and hula........but we do have farms, chicken, pig, cattle and goat farms, just like anywhere else!

Thanks, Katrina! It is delicious and the goats are all so cute!

Goat milk is already pasteurized by the time the goats are milked, but it is completely different from cows milk........my son also had to go on goat's milk when he was a little baby, but later on was able to tolerate cow's milk....to this day
Angela M. Jul 21, 2011, 9:43am UTC
cute goats
Sonia M. Jul 22, 2011, 8:25pm UTC
;-)

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