Fabio
Matsui, Brent Mitchell, and Doug Brown, on location
with the orphanage's cash cows, the goats
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In
which our MBA candidates become 'chavos' after a daybreak
introduction to the goats
ATLIXCO,
MEXICO - Thanks to the great hospitality of the staff at
IPODERAC, the four of us are feeling like part of the team
here at the orphanage and we've been here less than a week.
As a show of our acceptance here at IPODERAC, our status
has continually become more casual. First we were referred
to as "Ustedes" - a formal term of respect, then
"Jovenes" - young ones, and finally "Chavos"
- dudes.
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We
got up at 6 a.m. and spent the day in the "queseria"
to learn the cheese making process that supports the majority
of IPODERAC's expenses. The sophistication of the process
is impressive.
Raphael, a lifetime cheese maker from Switzerland who moved
to Mexico 20 years ago, explained the process as it progressed.
He and the staff made goat's milk boursin from over 100
liters of "leche de cabra" milked earlier that
morning by the boys at IPODERAC. He also used another large
batch of milk delivered fresh from a neighboring goat rancher.
Raphael takes great pride in his work and was happy to offer
us samples from the 20-kilogram wheels of gruyere cheese
from the aging room.
By
the end of the day, we had no doubt that IPODERAC makes
the highest quality cheese around. We hope we can help them
market it more effectively to increase funds available to
the orphanage. More about that in our next dispatch ...
—Team
IPODERAC (as known in Atlixco):
—Doug "Dooglas" Brown
—Joost "Rhymes with Most" Krikhaar
—Fabio "Brazilian Model" Matsui
—Brent "Bran - Brandon from 90210 without the
Don" Mitchell
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