Recently you may have seen and read articles regarding the additive qualities of cheese. According to Healthline “Cheese may be mildly addictive due to its protein casein, which your body breaks down into casomorphins. These compounds attach to dopamine receptors in your brain, possibly triggering cravings for similar foods.” WebMD describes dopamine as “a type of neurotransmitter. Your body makes it, and your nervous system uses it to send messages between nerve cells. That’s why it’s sometimes called a chemical messenger.” **
If you disagree with any of the above, clearly you have never tried Nutty Sister’s Cheese Squares. These cheese crackers are nothing short of “cheese crack”… to the point I have
to hide them from The Man… okay, I hide them partly in order to hoard them for myself… but you get my point.
Michelle Weatherbee, the Chef behind these babies, works out of a certified kitchen in Hartwell and delivers them locally in Lavonia to Sweet Combs of Honey. LaDonna, Owner of SCOH, tells me they sell out every week.
Based on a family recipe (aren’t most Southern foods based on family recipes?) which Michelle modified to make them less crumbly (for better shipping and traveling), these cheese crackers are chocked full of Georgia pecans from her family farm in South Georgia. There’s a touch of heat that comes late in the taste – just enough to make them even more interesting.
The Nutty Sister also produces a toffee cookie. I have not tried it but if the cheese squares are any indication of quality… you can’t go wrong.
** For Cheese Nerds I found this trivia bit interesting “Dopamine made in the brain through a two-step process. First, it changes the amino acid tyrosine to a substance called dopa, and then into dopamine.” Those wonderful crunchies found in some aged cheeses are tyrosine… which got me to wondering if cheeses that contain tyrosine crystals are more addictive than younger cheese which have no tyrosine crystals? Another rabbit hole to explore…
In addition to being a member of the Internationale Guilde des Fromagers (Jura and Garde) and an American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional, I am a Certified ServSafe Food Production Manager with certifications that also include ServSafe Certified Instructor and Proctor. I am available for cheese events, cheese program development, cheese training, food safety training and 3rd party food safety auditing. See my About Me and Resume pages for more details or call me at 360 921 9908 to discuss availability.
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The Man, aka Peter M. Wright, has written his first novel: Gold Fever, available at amazon.com as a kindle book for only $2.99.
Written in the flavor of one of our favorite movies, Romancing the Stone, Gold Fever is a romantic adventure that 
brings together an archeologist looking to establish his name in his field and a rock star on the verge of burn-out.
In GOLD FEVER an Archeologist motivated by a newly discovered clue, searches for a fabled Native American Legend – the long ago lost Seven Golden Cities of Cibola. While the Archeologist seeks to prove the legend is actually true, he is constantly under attack by a second group seeking the treasure.
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