WSU COUGAR GOLD CHEDDAR Our most famous popular cheese Winner of several national and international awards. A rich white cheddar with a smooth firm texture. This unique cheddar has a depth and intensity that most people have never before experienced. Its creamy lingering flavor will leave you wanting for more Our current stock of Cougar Gold is just over one year in age. Buy 2 and store one for aging as it becomes more sharp and crumbly with age developing crystals throughout which can give it kind of a crunch. NOTE: Age it for 5 years and have an amazing cheese DIRECTIONS: Keep Refrigerated. WSU CREAMERY Why cheese in a Can In the 1930s the Creamery became interested in different ways to store cheese. Cans seemed the best option as plastic packaging materials had not been invented and wax packaging sometimes cracked leading to contamination. One of the cheeses resulting from the research was Cougar Gold. The tradition lives on. The Mission of the WSU Creamery: We provide teaching and research opportunities to the university community and to the dairy industry exceptional work experience to student employees and financial support to students and university operations. This will be accomplished by constantly providing safe dairy products of exceptional quality with outstanding customer service