Ashe County Cheese has been producing, shipping cheese for nearly a century

It's a West Jefferson icon. Everybody wants to visit Ashe County Cheese. The factory has been there for almost a hundred years and ships its cheese across the country.
Posted 3/18/2022, 1:50:46 AM

US HOW IT'S MADE.

COME TO WEST JEFFERSON AND

YOU'LL PROBABLY VISIT ASHE

COUNTY CHEESE. THE 2 HAVE

BECOME.

>> INTERTWINED. SO THIS THAT

HOLD AROUND 18,000 POUNDS OF

MAIL AND MORE THAN MILL KURDS

AND WAY COOKED AND DRAINED.

SO THE WAY HAS BEEN DRAINED

OFF OF THIS AND THAT.

>> SO NOW WE'RE LEFT WITH JUST

HEARD IS THE FRESHEST MILDEST

FORM OF CHEESE, SALT. AND ONCE

WE ADD SALT TO THE TEENS, WE

WILL IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO SHE

TO 22 POUND WE WE WILL NOT THAT

HE'S OUT OF THE FORMS. WE'LL

PUT THEM ON FLOATS AND WE'LL

>> TO BEGIN THE AGING PROCESS

AND STILL NOT SEEING 30 ABOUT

CRAFT COMPANY. THE FACTORIES

EARLY DAYS THAT CALM. THERE

WAS A LOT OF DAIRY FARMS IN THE

AREA. SO THEY NEED A PLACE TO

TAKE ALL THE MILK THAT THEY

HAD. THAT'S WHY THEY BUILT THE

FACTOR HERE. MUCH EVERYTHING

THAT SHE'S FACTORY CHANGE PAIN,

NOT PAIN. 86. THAT'S WHEN YOU

STARTED. YEAH. THAT'S ABOUT THE

TIME. THE NAME CHANGE TO ASHE

COUNTY THIS FAN AND GUYS.

ARE YOU GIVEN WISCONSIN A RUN

FOR ITS MONEY?

>> WE ACTUALLY SHIPPED ALL OVER

THE UNITED STATES, THE UNIQUE

PLACE OR NOT MANY CHEESE

FACTORIES. AND IN THE ENTIRE

SOUTHEAST, WE'RE THE ONLY

>> ACTUALLY FACTORY IN THE

CAROLINAS THAT MAKE TEAMS

WAXING THAT SHE WOULD HELP

PRESERVE. IT IS AN OLD

FASHIONED WAY OF PRESERVING

CAME FROM THIS POINT. WE'LL GO

TO CUTTING. WELL, FIRST OF

CHEESE IS A VERY MILD CHEESE.

THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRODUCT.

THERE'S NOT MANY PLACES IN THE

COUNTRY THAT EVEN MAKE CHEESE

ANYMORE. WHO DID SHE IS GOOD.

A VERY POPULAR.

>> IT IS A VERY POPULAR TEAMS.

YES, THE FACTORY IS A POPULAR

DESTINATION. MOST PEOPLE THAT

COME TO WEST JEFFERSON END UP

COMING HERE TO VISIT US AND

THEY VISIT THE COW STORES, OUR

LARGEST CUSTOMER AND THEY BUY

IT AND EVEN BUTTER AND ADMIRE

THE OLD PICTURES ON THE WALL.

IT'S A BUSINESS. IT.

>> IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR

ALMOST 100 YEARS AT IT LIKE,

OH, I LOVE ABOUT THIS.

>> A STEP-BY-STEP, SLOW

PROCESS. AND WE SAID LEE GROWN

AND GROWN AND SPREAD ITS NE

NE ASHE COUNTY CHEAT ALL THE

WAY TO WISCONSIN. YOU ACTUALLY

SHIP YOUR CHEESE TO WISCONSIN.

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