In short, our Milk and Whey became in such repute that we got on from two Cows to six, and at length to Twelve, and had the largest Milk-walk in the neighbourhood.
Local farmers would process the milk from their own cows by removing the butterfat or cream, which was hauled in cream cans to the cheese factory, while the skim milk or whey was fed to hogs raised on the same farm.
The finished burrata is traditionally wrapped in the leaves of asphodel, tied to form a little brioche-like topknot, and moistened with a little whey.
Mish is a sharp and salty product made by fermenting cheese for several months in salted whey.
After graduating in the first class from the new Appleton East High School, Kagen worked as a Teamster in a dairy bagging sugar and whey for part of a summer.