点评:On a late morning while in the Finger Lake District, we decided to visit one of the local dairies, the Lively Run Dairy. It was offering cheese tastings, and cheese would be the perfect appetizer to an afternoon lunch. Now, cows can be fairly mundane and boring to observe, but goats are true characters and fun to watch.
First the cheese tasting and then seeing the goats. We were served a long platter and along one side were six different goat cheeses; most of them soft, one blue, a cheddar, and others. Down the other side of the platter were six cow cheeses. The tray came with some crackers, but one could also request the addition of dried fruit or chocolate. All the cheeses were delicious. The shop offered a fridge with cheeses to purchase and a shelf with other local gourmet items. We enjoyed the tasting and bought some cheese, but we really wanted to visit the goats in a side barn.
The barn had sections of different goats and we could walk down a raised central area to view them all. Our first encounter was with one who begged for a chin tuck and any that approached the fence we were welcome to pet and get to know. A hand-washing station was nearby, for when we were done. Some seemed to know a camera and posed offering their best side.
There are about 200 different breeds of goat, and not all the pens had name tags, so it was hard to know which breed we were looking at, but my best guess was that there were Anglo-Nubian, Saanen, Boer, Lamancha, Alpine, and Toggenburg goats, although there was at least one Angora goat. Several breeds were grouped together and they seemed to get along fine. One white one was obviously pregnant. Another seemed to have the skill of undoing a gate and pulling it open with its mouth. Others were too busy eating straw. A baby goat frolicked about and entertained us. The cheese was really good, but watching the goats was even better.
翻译:在手指湖区的一个上午晚些时候,我们决定参观当地的一家乳制品厂,Lively Run Dairy。它提供奶酪品尝,奶酪将是下午午餐的完美开胃菜。现在,牛可能相当平凡且观察起来无聊,但山羊却是真实的人物,并且观看起来很有趣。
首先品尝奶酪,然后观看山羊。我们享用了一个长拼盘,一侧是六种不同的山羊奶酪;大多数是软的,一种是蓝色的,一种是切达干酪,等等。盘子的另一边是六块牛奶奶酪。托盘上配有一些饼干,但也可以要求添加干果或巧克力。所有的奶酪都很美味。商店提供了一个装有奶酪的冰箱和一个装有其他当地美食的架子。我们很喜欢品尝并买了一些奶酪,但我们真的很想参观旁边谷仓里的山羊。
谷仓里有不同的山羊,我们可以沿着凸起的中心区域走来观察它们。我们第一次遇到的是一个乞求下巴收紧的人,任何接近栅栏的人都欢迎我们抚摸并认识。附近有一个洗手站,供我们完成后使用。有些人似乎熟悉相机,并摆出了自己最好的一面。
大约有 200 种不同品种的山羊,并不是所有的围栏都有名字标签,所以很难知道我们正在看的是哪个品种,但我最好的猜测是有盎格鲁-努比亚山羊、萨能山羊、波尔山羊、拉曼查山羊、阿尔卑斯山羊。和吐根堡山羊,尽管至少有一只安哥拉山羊。几个品种聚集在一起,它们似乎相处得很好。一名白人明显怀孕了。另一个似乎拥有打开大门并用嘴将其拉开的技能。其他人则忙着吃稻草。一只小山羊在我们身边嬉戏玩耍。奶酪真的很好吃,但看山羊更棒。