tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post4873593598017499269..comments2024-03-14T05:55:13.709-05:00Comments on Farmgirl Fare: Recipe: Low Fat, Full Flavor Fiesta Cottage Cheese Veggie Dip Recipe (and Going on Factory Tours)Farmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-60383768560801267382008-06-27T13:07:00.000-05:002008-06-27T13:07:00.000-05:00I made this dip last week for my family of 20 on o...I made this dip last week for my family of 20 on our vacation to the beach, and it was amazing. I should have made a double or maybe even triple batch, because I think 3 or 4 of us polished it off before the rest of the group could drag themselves off the sand for dinner.<BR/><BR/>I will definitely make this dip again.happylaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17052308925915552629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-68763129032352563222007-10-31T20:43:00.000-05:002007-10-31T20:43:00.000-05:00Bluebell ice cream in Brenham Texas. The best tour...Bluebell ice cream in Brenham Texas. The best tour ever for me. It was fascinating how the ice cream got into the cartons.<BR/><BR/>Anheuser Busch here in St.Louis (that wasn't a kid tour) is always a crowd pleaser...and Shiner Brewery down in Shiner Texas, too.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-80922711832980279202007-10-20T12:10:00.000-05:002007-10-20T12:10:00.000-05:00We drove through Hershey, PA this summer. And yes,...We drove through Hershey, PA this summer. And yes, it's true the whole town smells like a candy bar! Kind of weird and Wonkish. <BR/><BR/>We did the *factory* tour, which of course isn't real,since Hershey is notoriously secretive.It's more like a giant candy store. My kids thought it was just perfect.Madame Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595563988699932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-44361195061383301182007-10-18T00:50:00.000-05:002007-10-18T00:50:00.000-05:00One of my favorite food factory tours is the Tilla...One of my favorite food factory tours is the Tillamook Cheese Factory in Tillamook Oregon - It is fun to do and you get to try all their cheeses & Ice Creams at the end of the tour. Yum. T.Tina T-Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-40443428737903289122007-10-16T21:28:00.000-05:002007-10-16T21:28:00.000-05:00When my husband and I lived back east (Canada) we ...When my husband and I lived back east (Canada) we made sure every summer to go to the Hershey's plant in Smith Falls Ontario. They sold the broken chocolate bars in bulk in their gift shop at that time. YUM!!!<BR/><BR/>I've done many non-food tours, but that is the only food-related one I can remember.<BR/><BR/>From the comments here I may have to try the dip after all. I too don't like cold cottage cheese, but I see a number of people have said it is really really good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-65003292594672293232007-10-16T15:24:00.000-05:002007-10-16T15:24:00.000-05:00hey ...being able to go to the ben n jerry's facto...hey ...being able to go to the ben n jerry's factory as a kid must be a dream come true.... dont think u could've asked for anything more. I wasn't as fortunate as you and did'nt raelly visit many factories. The dip looks wonderfully refreshing. It would be a nice change frm the regular hommous and babaganoush.Kajal@aappleminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819739373540082280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-60977564574813044522007-10-16T12:00:00.000-05:002007-10-16T12:00:00.000-05:00What fun! I think those are great memories to have...What fun! I think those are great memories to have. I haven't been on any factory tours, but I remember the ones from Mr. Rogers. My favorite was watching how they made crayons...all those beautiful colors!Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170711333386608977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-20213353822867470822007-10-16T08:38:00.000-05:002007-10-16T08:38:00.000-05:00Hmm - looks like a great recipe to put in my pile ...Hmm - looks like a great recipe to put in my pile of things to try!!! And thanks for the fun factory tours memories. I grew up in Battle Creek, MI, so tours of the Kelloggs plant there were at least an annual ritual. And then in college I had an engineering internship working in the Post cereal plant there as well, so my daily job seemed like a tour!! But most memorable would be a tour of the Gerber Baby Food plant somewhere in Michigan...its one of my earliest memories (my parents remember it as the tour from hell where I screamed my head off during the entire tour because it was "noisey" - such the sensitive little child!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-5291079161580071372007-10-16T00:52:00.000-05:002007-10-16T00:52:00.000-05:00Susan-A few years ago I went to Las Vegas and was ...Susan-A few years ago I went to Las Vegas and was hankering to go on the tour of the marshmallow factory nearby. Unfortunately I was told they were no longer offering tours...since it burned down.<BR/><BR/>I guess I was a little too late. I wish I'd brought some graham crackers and chocolate along!<BR/><BR/>(btw: The best tour I ever went on was KitchenAid in Ohio.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-60895758833689099712007-10-15T16:29:00.000-05:002007-10-15T16:29:00.000-05:00This recipe does look good. I have some tomatoes, ...This recipe does look good. I have some tomatoes, just need to pick up some cottage cheese. Or maybe I should just try to eat all the leftovers I have lying around the house for once.<BR/><BR/>When I was 13 in Belize we went on a factory tour of a sugar factory. You can smell the molasses and sugar syrup from about half a mile away, and there are huge piles of bagash (the pulpy, stringy, fibrous leftovers of the cane stalks after the cane juice is squeezed out) that dwarf the factory itself. <BR/><BR/>Behind the factory was a warehouse with a 2 story pile of white sugar sitting in it. I vividly remember watching a line of (probably ecstatic) ants marching out from under the door with crystals of sugar. The warehouse and factory were right on the river, where barges were pumped full of blackstrap molasses and sent downriver. It was an awesome tour...Lyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421751208585173762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-7884630215394424342007-10-15T15:35:00.000-05:002007-10-15T15:35:00.000-05:00I still have tomatoes (the plants even have the ne...I still have tomatoes (the plants even have the nerve to set new blooms - can you believe?) so I'm going to try this recipe out tonight with tacos. <BR/><BR/>As far as factory tours go - I haven' been on many, but I did tour the Purina (yes, dog food) factory in college as part of my distribution marketing class and, I won't lie, it was pretty cool to see the big ropes of dog food goo come shooting out of the weird shaped holes and getting sliced up into teeny Kibbles and Bits and what not. <BR/><BR/>Not appetizing, mind you, but cool.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-17964923267285797132007-10-15T15:22:00.000-05:002007-10-15T15:22:00.000-05:00Full disclosure:1. I have been a lurking until no...Full disclosure:<BR/>1. I have been a lurking until now. Love your blog, and my kids adore the animal photos!<BR/>2. I do not like cottage cheese. Maybe if it's hidden in baked pasta, but cold...ewww.<BR/>Until today!! I made your dip recipe and I am holding myself back from the fridge! It's amazing! I thought I'd try it because I'm trying to be healthier, but it's just yum. Many thanks for sharing it, and all your farm stories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-30484647542353558732007-10-15T11:31:00.000-05:002007-10-15T11:31:00.000-05:00Just made the dip and I am loving it. I even foun...Just made the dip and I am loving it. I even found a few well-chilled tomatoes in my garden (warmed them a few seconds in the microwave!)Kalyn Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-8120742250807128962007-10-15T10:59:00.000-05:002007-10-15T10:59:00.000-05:00Wow, what a yummy-looking dip. I have often used ...Wow, what a yummy-looking dip. I have often used cottage cheese (pureed) instead of sour cream for dips--yours looks lovely.<BR/><BR/>Your account of factory tours was so nice to read--I am so intrigued by the pineapple juice fountain!<BR/><BR/>As for what factory tours have I been on?<BR/><BR/>- Matt's Brewery (when I was a child; now it's called <A HREF="http://www.saranac.com" REL="nofollow">Saranac Brewery</A>). Yes, indeed, at a tender age of 10, my school field trip was to a brewery to learn how beer is made. We all enjoyed a free root beer at the end of the tour!<BR/><BR/>- I've also been to <A HREF="http://www.woccatlanta.com/" REL="nofollow">Atlanta's World of Coca Cola</A>. While not actually the factory, this museum is a lot of fun--especially the tasting room, where my group tried shots of various coca-cola-made soft drinks the world over. Some of them were obviously meant for tastes much more international than mine, while others were delightful, making me wish they were offered in the United States. However the most memorable part of the tasting room was how your feet stuck to the floor when you walked... yuck.<BR/><BR/>- <A HREF="http://www.krispykreme.com/" REL="nofollow">Krispy Kreme Donuts</A> are a favorite in my former hometown of Atlanta... especially at the store located at 295 Ponce De Leon Ave Ne, Atlanta! There you can watch through a giant glass window as donuts travel along their assembly line, from fryer to glazer along a long conveyor belt. All that glaze is everywhere--on the floor, under machinery. Horrifying, really. But oh, so delicious to sink your lips into a warm, freshly glazed donut. Mmm!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the trip down memory lane!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748231341500700924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-23943025904628673822007-10-15T10:27:00.000-05:002007-10-15T10:27:00.000-05:00The cottage cheese dip sounds fabulous. I love cot...The cottage cheese dip sounds fabulous. I love cottage cheese so this would be the perfect pairing with crackers, veggies or whatever. When I was a kid we often toured the Blue Mountain Pottery facorty in Collingwood Ontario. Here in the Okanagan it is wine tours through our over 70 wineries.Valerie Harrison (bellini)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10205920305666658534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-89876146614779451502007-10-15T10:14:00.000-05:002007-10-15T10:14:00.000-05:00Yum Yum! It looks so simple too, thanks!Yum Yum! It looks so simple too, thanks!Katerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281121494977813591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-12794786314229818052007-10-15T09:02:00.000-05:002007-10-15T09:02:00.000-05:00OOh! The best tour I've ever been on was the Jack ...OOh! The best tour I've ever been on was the Jack Daniel's Brewery in Lynchberg, TN. No samples, pout, pout, but it was a fasinating tour.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415109939081901773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-40739720370838307632007-10-15T09:01:00.000-05:002007-10-15T09:01:00.000-05:00That looks delish! Hubby loves cottage cheese and ...That looks delish! Hubby loves cottage cheese and pretzels, his favorite snack, so I'll whip this one up for him this weekend! Thanks for the fun post!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259505239817138757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-38840743938384890102007-10-15T08:20:00.000-05:002007-10-15T08:20:00.000-05:00That dip looks wonderful! I once visited a beer fa...That dip looks wonderful! I once visited a beer factory/brewery in England and a chocolate factory in Geneva (Favarger)...<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>RosaRosa's Yummy Yumshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-55663131868087219282007-10-15T03:03:00.000-05:002007-10-15T03:03:00.000-05:00Factory tours.... hmmm. The best and dare I say ON...Factory tours.... hmmm. The best and dare I say ONLY tour I've been on was the Tillamook Cheese Factory, in Tillamook Oregon. Not once but twice! It's always I nice way to break up a road trip down the Oregon coast. I even witnessed a cheese jam on the conveyor belts as cheese was backed up bumper to bumper until it was sadly overflowing to the floor.<BR/> <BR/>Unlike Marie, I loved the cheese curds and the way they squeak when you're chewing them like eating a rubber cheese toy. She didn't mention the ice-cream samples, however, and that's what it's all about. Ice cream.<BR/><BR/>Now that I'm living in Britain, I think I'm overdue for a trip to Cadbury World. That's right, the world where they make those delicious fruit and nut bars. I hear you can take as much chocolate as you can pack into your handbag as you leave....the queen beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02143906306646908949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-26180288573854934442007-10-15T02:56:00.000-05:002007-10-15T02:56:00.000-05:00Made your lovely full flavor fiesta cottage chesse...Made your lovely full flavor fiesta cottage chesse veggie dip recipe today and it was great! As usual, a big thank you for sharing. :)East Meets West Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04622166767937903485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-51999460821437624932007-10-15T02:51:00.000-05:002007-10-15T02:51:00.000-05:00Oh, brilliant! I was looking for a nice, healthy d...Oh, brilliant! I was looking for a nice, healthy dip to serve this weekend, and this totally fits the bill. Perfect! :)Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18224478760304481724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-66087098736513128142007-10-15T01:47:00.000-05:002007-10-15T01:47:00.000-05:00Two years! How the time does fly.Factory tour, whe...Two years! How the time does fly.<BR/><BR/>Factory tour, when I was ten we went to the Twinkie factory and I saw how they got the cream inside the cake. I felt I learned the secret of the universe. Hey, I was only ten.Deborah Eley De Bonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004751898042497609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-54231198651507466122007-10-14T21:11:00.000-05:002007-10-14T21:11:00.000-05:00Your recipes looks amazing! What a talent you hav...Your recipes looks amazing! What a talent you have.... Can't wait to try some of them!<BR/><BR/>I would love to go to some major factory tours one day... Until then, we have a favorite stop close to home. It is the Albanese Candy factory. They have a chocolate waterfall and offer tours on a regular basis. They have some to die for crunch bears and excellent chocolates... Hmmm, I think I have a blog topic myself. Thanks for the inspiration!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-39568613289606375492007-10-14T13:55:00.000-05:002007-10-14T13:55:00.000-05:00I loved hearing about these factory tours. The on...I loved hearing about these factory tours. The only food factory I ever toured was when, on a grade school field trip, we were packed into buses for a 90-mile (each way) trip to the Heath Bar factory. We did get samples at the end. I had forgotten about this. Thanks.sister AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253107622268200803noreply@blogger.com