I didn't know Maytag made cheese!

[strongenough78]

As I was google searching different cheeses, (I'm a cheese fanatic) this was listed under American made cheeses. Maytag Blue Cheese. It's quite interesting. I've never seen it anywhere before and I'm dying to try it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maytag_Blue_cheese

 

[danemodsandy]

It Was a Hobby Business....

....Of the Maytag family.

As with all things Maytag during the time the family was in charge, Maytag cheeses are of excellent quality.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

I agree.

Maytag Farms cheese is great. The boss gives each of us a wheel as part of a Christmas gift. You gotta get some! They also make other kinds as well...

RCD

 

[strongenough78]

I've never seen it anywhere here in California. Unless it's sold at specialty shops and not grocery stores. I'm going to venture around town this week and see if I can find some.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

I'm not sure you have it there...

We have to order it from the source. Not sure if you can get it anywhere else except maybe around Iowa.

RCD

http://https//store.maytagdairyfarms.com/

 

[rp2813]

I've seen it in stores here, but can't remember which ones.  Probably small chains and specialty grocers.  In the Bay Area you might find it at Lunardi's, Draeger's or Andronico's.  Berkeley Bowl could be another candidate but I'm pretty sure they only have a single location in their namesake town.

 

Maybe if you call MDF they can tell you the retailers in your area that carry it.

 

[tomturbomatic]

There are limestone caves around Newton where they used to age this. I used to see ads for the cheese in old, old magazines, sometimes at the bottom of the ads for the wringer washers and othertimes in little ads at the back where the ads were only one column wide. I am strictly a sharp Cheddar, I mean Chester, person.

 

[dustin92]

I loved blue cheese until I found out I was allergic to it, I got cold like allergy symptoms (runny/stuffy nose, sneezing) I am highly allergic to mold, but for some reason, it never occured to me that blue cheese is um..... moldy! I now avoid it (and all other "moldy" cheese).

 

[maytagbear]

It's MAGNIFICENT,

and until I became lactose intolerant, there was always some in my fridge! Their cheddar is very good, as well.

Yes, "specialty" stores carry it. I would imagine that Corti Bros in Sacramento might have it, and Treasure Island in Chicagoland. Here, West Point Market carries it.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[polkanut]

You can also order it from igourmet.com in pieces as small as ½lb. 

http://www.igourmet.com/shoppe/Maytag-Blue---Pound-Cut.asp

 

[frigilux]

So...is it made by Whirlpool, now?

 

[danemodsandy]

Frigilux:

"So...is it made by Whirlpool, now?"

Bite your tongue!

 

[rp2813]

Eugene,

 

If that were the case, it would come wrapped in foil and packaged in a long cardboard box.

 

[twintubdexter]

Back in the service department of the appliance store where I worked the guy in the parts department, Walter, was sort of a semi-crusty old man who was always eating stinky cheese at lunch time (not Maytag.) Every year he'd put together an order for Maytag Blue Cheese even though the store did not sell Maytag. As a teenager I liked blue cheese and would order a big wheel mainly because I thought they were kind of neat. The cheese may be the same today but the prices sure aren't! They are much more expensive. The cows must have joined a union.

 

[retropia]

Appetizer

At Columbus' Cap City Diner you can order this Maytag Blue Cheese Chips appetizer. It's yummy and can be easily shared by three or four people.

 

[strongenough78]

As soon as I can I'm going to order some. Thank you everyone for getting the links for me and giving me your input about it

 

[redcarpetdrew]

You're funny, Ralph!

You're also telling the truth. You forgot a couple of things, tho. It would come damaged in the package and half the time the wrong cheese would be in the right package...

I'm not certain if Whirlpool got its hands on the Maytag Farms. Did it become its own identity?

RCD

 

[redcarpetdrew]

I looked it up and it seems that the Maytag family still owns the Maytag Dairy Farms, not Whirlpool.

RCD

http://itsassimpleasthat.com/2012/09/19/maytag-blue-cheese/

 

[rp2813]

Two Logos

When I first saw this thread, a different image of the Maytag logo came to mind than the one that's commonly associated with MDF.  I found a picture of it on line.  This is the logo I remember seeing in the grocery store.  I love the "Care and Serving" tips, which carry an appliance theme even though the dairy farm was an entirely separate operation.

 

 

 

[rp2813]

Keep an eye out for it in repackaged form as well.  Looks like a situation where the grocer bought in bulk, then cut into chunks to sell in smaller quantities for a higher profit margin.

 

 

 

[lotsosudz]

Village Cheese House

If you live anywhere near Palo Alto, CA (Bay Area) you can probably find it at the Village Cheese House, in The Town and Country Shopping Center. Great place with a huge selection of cheeses. Just Sayin.....
Hugs,
David