Irulegi Irratia
II-142b
- Record: II-142b
- Piece: A03
- Time: 00:20:05 - 00:27:00
- Themes: nutrition:
- Summary: At the age of fourteen he was already making cheese. That was where he learnt it and this is why when he went to America he did not suffer hardship as some had done. He learnt to make cheese with the shepherd and his father. They would heat the milk in the wood fire and then they would make the cheese. The size of the cheeses would depend on the quantity of milk.Nowadays, fridges are needed to keep the cheese in good condition. In the old days, however, it was possible to keep it in the cabin. In this house there was a good place for it as, having been built against the mountain, there was a good temperature. After one month in the cabin they would take the cheese down to the house.Father and sons would go off to sell the cheese on foot and carrying the sack on their back.They would start to make the cheese after the sale of lambs in January.
