Homestead Creamery — Restaurant in Virginia

I LOVED this place from the rocking chairs in the front for anyone to sit & relax, to the shelves of homemade goodies! There were pint jars of pineapple/hot pepper sauces; jam of various berries mixed together(plus small crackers & spoons for people to sample); spices ranging from $.89--$.29 ; there are bags of blue popcorn to microwave popcorn you can pop from the cob. There are peanuts of all types including bbq; different types of chocolate candies over fruits. Then they let you taste their organic milk, lol yes they have their own cows that they milk. They sell cheeses they make & have samples for tasting. They sell fresh tomatoes, sweet potatoes, white russet potatoes, sweet white onions as well as frozen foods. I loved every square inch of this place but my favorite part was the homemade ice cream flavors! I can eat ice cream all year long & their flavors ranged from Apple pie, pumpkin, peppermint, gingerbread cookie, eggnog, strawberry cheesecake, cherry vanilla, coconut chocolate chip, blueberry pomgranite to name a few. I chose blueberry pomgranite & it was delicious on a waffle cone. Oh and they have a deli offering sandwiches of various types on homemade bread, meat grown on their farms, w/ homemade mustard & mayonnaise & something to drink. It is a must see visit. Well...

Although I’ve never been to the market, I purchase the products at Kroger. The price for quality is stellar. They use gentle pasteurization, only use antibiotics when an animal is ill, and their cows don’t live in stalls. If you’re not familiar with gentle pasteurization you should definitely research it. That’s only about their practices. Now the products, 🤯!!! The milk is just delicious. I used to get oberweis delivered and this is even better and A LOT cheaper. Have you tried the chocolate milk!?! It’s the best I’ve ever had!!! The butter is good. I like it. I just enjoy a bit more salt. My husband can’t get enough of the eggnog during the holidays and thinks the creamsicle milk is from heaven. I use the heavy cream to make homemade ice cream and I can’t even tell you how perfect it is. The last time we bought ice cream at the grocery store we ended up throwing it away. And I don’t mean some cheap ice cream either. I paid $6 for bluebell. As NO ONE in my house likes it anymore. That’s how wonderful the cream is. NOTHING compares. We have also enjoyed the lemonade and punch. Also excellent.

There is a $2 bottle deposit for each purchase, but you get...

Writing this from Dallas Georgia where I was thrilled to find the best holiday surprise taste testing your products at my local Kroger where they have recently been introduced. I have been back several times to purchase the varieties to try and each one is simply unbelievably delicious. It does taste like it goes directly from the cow to your home and I am from a country area in Pennsylvania where I grew up next door to a very large dairy farm and know what that is like! I too, as other reviewers have mentioned remember getting glass bottled milk delivered several times a week to our porch milk box when I was a young girl. This is the first time I felt that compares to the experience I recall as a long ago cherished memory. How cool is that?? Thank you for producing such a pure product and making it available so easily for everyone to enjoy. I will spread the word of your great products to anyone I know. Your impressive quality products and best packaging has made a huge fan of me! Much obliged for all your laboring and success in this delivery to us all. Happy 2015 Homestead...