Dale Baumgartner interview conducted by Jared L. Schmidt, 2022-03-04
Dale Baumgartner talks about his career as the Head Cheesemaker at the Tillamook Creamery. He starts by describing how he began in the cheese industry at age 16 while growing up on a small dairy farm in Hebo, Oregon, and how his employment with Tillamook began as a result of county-wide consolidation of smaller regional cheesemakers. He talks about changes in cheesemaking as technology…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Baumgartner, Dale F. - Schmidt, Jared L.
Date:2022
Audio Recording
Dale Baumgartner second interview conducted by Jared L. Schmidt, 2022-03-18
Dale Baumgartner, the retired Head Cheesemaker at Tillamook Creamery, talks more about his career. He describes his youth on a coastal dairy farm; working in a small, rural creamery as a "grunt"; and his introduction to cheese making in Hebo, Oregon. He then turns to more technical aspects of cheesemaking, such as the ratios of milk and fat required to produce a consistent Tillamook…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Baumgartner, Dale F. - Schmidt, Jared L.
Audio RecordingDale Baumgartner interview conducted by Jared L. Schmidt, 2022-03-04 Dale Baumgartner talks about his career as the Head Cheesemaker at the Tillamook Creamery. He starts by describing how he began in the cheese industry at age 16 while growing up on a small dairy farm in Hebo, Oregon, and how his employment with Tillamook began as a result of county-wide consolidation of smaller regional cheesemakers. He talks about changes in cheesemaking as technology…
Audio RecordingDale Baumgartner second interview conducted by Jared L. Schmidt, 2022-03-18 Dale Baumgartner, the retired Head Cheesemaker at Tillamook Creamery, talks more about his career. He describes his youth on a coastal dairy farm; working in a small, rural creamery as a "grunt"; and his introduction to cheese making in Hebo, Oregon. He then turns to more technical aspects of cheesemaking, such as the ratios of milk and fat required to produce a consistent Tillamook…