Alright guys, it is here. I am doing a group buy for my smoke Italian cheese blend. The three cheeses are parmesan, reggiano, and romano. I don't make the cheese, I buy it from the store and put it in the smoker for ~1 hour. There will be limited quantities, but I don't know yet how many as it depends on how it ends up grating.
Each portion will be ~1/3 ~1/2 cup by volume.
Base shipping will be 3 day priority flat rate box, I believe this price starts at $5.95. If you want overnight shipping that will cost $20. All shipping will be via USPS.
I do have to apologize, I will NOT be doing international shipping for this. I am sorry, but the quickest shipping to Canada is 3-5 days and the cost for a single portion shipped this method is $38. While this cheese is very low moisture, has a very long shelf life, and the smoking process adds to this, I don't feel that comfortably doing this. If you still want smoked cheese, I do have a
meat and cheese smoking guide if you want to try it yourself.
Price per portion is $5, I can combine orders to save on shipping, and I am sure I can fit multiple portions in one box. I currently have 7 portions in my freezer, I will see how many of these I can mash into one of these boxes.
Google Doc for an order form will be getting made shortly. I have the cheese on hand, and will be smoking it tonight. Pics tonight during the process and I hope to ship out early next week. This is round 1, more rounds may follow this winter. This will not be available during the summer as the heat prohibits the process.
Edit: I didn't realize today was Thursday and not Friday. These are getting smoked tomorrow night.
Order form is CLOSEDI will be leaving the order form up until Wednesday 20Jan2016. Invoices will start going out tomorrow night after I get these smoked, grated, and mixed. If I don't have enough to satisfy all the orders, I will get more cheese and keep up with this until I can satisfy all orders. These will mail out probably the Monday 25Jan2016, so please get invoices paid quick. The reason for the Monday shipping is because I don't want these sitting in a warehouse all day Sunday.
Thanks again. Each order brings me that much closer to me purchasing my mill and moving on to much more ambitious endeavors.
Melvang
One thing to add, subsequent rounds will be conducted in the Artisan thread due to this being more of a hand crafted artisan item than a group buy where I collect money and buy stuff in bulk.
Edit: Updated shipping price. Correct price is 5.95 not 5.75
