Fan Heidi G. posted this adorable photo of her "Baby Loaf" on Facebook

How was your Mother’s Day weekend? Do anything fun? This Baby Loaf spent the day with my Mama Loaf. I made her breakfast in bed and then we went for a walk on the beautiful Oregon Coast. It was a perfect day!

Anyhoo, here’s a little snapshot of some of my favorite  conversations with fans this week. As always, thanks for a great week!

Lots of Loaf Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Sharon F.: My fridge is never without Tillamook. I will go without if I don’t have a Tillamook option :) My kids are following my lead now as they set out on their own!

From Renee K.: So I was at my local grocery store yesterday and what do my wondering eyes see? TILLAMOOK CHEESE! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Missouri is now a little more bearable with the taste of Oregon!

From Gretel B.: I love the ice cream too! but a loaf of cheddar is a staple.

From Emett S.:  Far as I can tell, Tillamook Butter is the best in the world too. Smoothest melting and best to cook with and of course better tasting than the rest.

From Shane T.: Eating your cheese right now! It has lifted my morning from the drabby existence of butterless toast to a tasty experience comparable to Willy Wonka’s magical land.

Twitter:

From @rozay_23: So I’m eatin a big bowl of Tillamook Banana Split flavored ice cream, w/Cool Whip, & sprinkles! #Winning

From @mel_leilani: Tillamook Marionberry Pie Ice Cream. I am a fan. #nummy

From @EvelynSeven7: I said “mom I’m not gonna eat a sandwich till you buy my Tillamook Cheese!” & today I find some Tilliamook Cheese in my fridge (:

From @beana619: My kids would LIVE on cheese if I let them. String or Tillamook Sharp Cheddar. Those are the only passing cheeses.

From @wendywoowho: Drink fabulous wines. Drink incredible beers. Get up in the Gorge if you can. Eat Tillamook anything. #PDX

By Loafy

Seletta "Luna" Raven, Tillamook Cheese May 2011 Fan of the Month

Meet our May Fan of the Month, Seletta (a.k.a. Luna) Raven! She’s one of our most fun and interactive Twitter followers (we know her as @LunaRaven13). She calls herself a “Kitchen Witch” and food lover, and often tweets to us about her love for Tillamook. Here’s a little more about Seletta and her fondness for Tillamook…

Q: How long have you been eating Tillamook products? When did your “Loaf Love” for Tillamook begin?
A: The first time I recall eating Tillamook was as a teen as my brother-in-law was from Oregon. I truly fell in loaf love in my 20′s.

Q: What’s your favorite Tillamook product?
A: I adore the Smoked Cheddar, though for sandwiches I also go for the Medium Cheddar. It makes the ideal grilled cheese on seeded bread!

Q: What’s a random fact about you (something most people don’t know about)?
A: I’m a  great singer and lyricist. It’s been way too long since I’ve performed.

Q: Anything else you can share about your love for Tillamook?
A: Yes, that you make a really fine butter! Hard to locate in the Bay Area but so worth the hunt. Tillamook Butter makes baked goods sing!

Thanks to Seletta for being our Fan of the Month (and for being such a super cheesy fan)! Your Fan of the Month Tillamook Cheese gift box is on its way!

By Loafy

Jason, a Loaf Love Tour Brand Ambassador, posted this photo on our Facebook wall of Loaf-loving firefighters in Rialto, CA.

Another week has flown by! Things are calming down around here after the hustle and bustle of National Grilled Cheese Month and the Grilled Cheese Invitational. Now that April is over, does that mean I have to stop eating grilled cheese!? No whey!

Here’s a little recap of some of my favorite conversations I’ve had with fans this week. As always, thanks for making each day a little more fun… and a little more cheesy!

Lots of Loaf Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Sharon F.: My fridge is never without Tillamook. I will go without if I don’t have a Tillamook option :) My kids are following my lead now as they set out on their own!

From Renee K.: So I was at my local grocery store yesterday and what do my wondering eyes do I see? TILLAMOOK CHEESE! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Missouri is now a little more bearable with the taste of Oregon!

From Brian S.: I am so glad to be back in Oregon so I can have great Tillamook Cheeseon a regular basis. I will take Tillamook cheese over the mid-west stuff any day!

From Charlsie P.: I saw the most darling Tillamook Cheese commercial here in Phoenix last night just after our local news. It was the one with the Baby Loaf and the Baked Potato …. their offspring… Tater Tots. It had me laughing until my side ached…WONDERFUL commercial. You’re commercials are great and so clever.

From Jeffrey J.: When worlds collide. Saw the Baby Loaf Buses AND the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile on the same day last week. A veritable Cheese-Dog day!!

From Rachel G.: Dear Loafy – We were desperately in need of a loaf yesterday and swung by our local Business Costco… no loaves! They tried to convince us to buy whatever other cheese they had instead, but that was a no go! A detour to Smart and Final found our delicious loaf of Sharp Cheddar… so far we’ve had apples and cheddar, grilled cheese sandwiches, tuna salad with cheddar and an omelet with cheddar. We love ya Loafy!! There is NO substitute!

Twitter:

From @robcalibur: @TillamookCheese Glad to see you’re on twitter. Your customer curd-esy is great! Gouda for you.

From @MommyBlogExpert: A @TillamookCheese #GrilledCheese Sandwich recipe that’s #healthy that #kids can make http://tinyurl.com/43taazg #kosher #kids #food

From @Lexirob: Dear @TillamookCheese thank you for making Marionberry Pie Ice Cream

From @EmbarkCreative: Wondering what @TillamookCheese is up to, besides making the tastiest cheese on the planet? They’re up to a lot http://bit.ly/kZQvoL

From @AdEase_Rachel: Cheese > chocolate. Especially when it comes to a delicious taco topping. Happy Cinco de Mayo @TillamookCheese #foodlovestillamook

By Loafy

Congratulations to Crissy Durst of Pennsylvania for winning our #cheesymomMother’s Day Twitter contest! Crissy won two Tillamook Cheese gift boxes – one for her mom Judy and one for herself. Here is Crissy’s winning tweet about her mom:

Happy Mother’s Day to you and your mom, Crissy! Thanks again for sharing your #cheesymom memories with us!

By Loafy

A cute little Baby Loaf! Posted on our Facebook wall by fan Melissa L.

This has been one of the best, most delicious weeks of my life! Last Saturday was the Grilled Cheese Invitational in sunny L.A. I met SO many amazing cheese-lovers, ate tons of grilled cheese, and danced till it hurt. I also ran a fun Twitter contest and gave a year’s supply of cheese away to six different people. As you can imagine, they were whey excited to win!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Don’t forget to enjoy a grilled cheese sandwich during the last few days of National grilled Cheese Month!

Lots of Loaf Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Barbara G.J.: Tillamook Cheese… more than just cheese. THE BEST cheese ever… and best ever ice cream. My relatives and friends who live EAST of Tillamook KNOW this!

From Dee P.: I just bought some Tillamook Extra Sharp Cheese in NEW ORLEANS, LA! So happy to have finally found some Tillamook Cheese in the South! ♥ ♥

From Kim H.: Tillamook products I have in my fridge/freezer: Medium Cheddar Baby Loaf, Oregon Black Cherry Ice Cream, Butter and Light Sour Cream. By far the best products available for purchase!! I LOVE the light sour cream, it’s SO rich, for sure doesn’t taste light.

From Bernardo L.B.: My partner is from PDX and living in Italy since 2006… GOING CRAZY as we can’t find you over here… send us some or he is going to be tillamookholic

From Neil S.: Tillamook yogurt? THE BERST EVER! Vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron… YUM YUM try it… you will just LOVE IT!!

Twitter:

From @AGWilson: Hey, look everyone, the Cheese that Food Loves is following me! ;-)

From @clickmecoupons: @TillamookCheese tried your #Cheddar bacon waffle recipe this weekend. It was a hit!

From @RyBitz: Finding out that @TillamookCheese started following me has made today infinitely better. Now, to find some cheese.

From @djonehitwonder: My favorite ice cream is Tillamook Chocolate Peanut Butter. Chocolate ice cream with ribbons of peanut butter. Soooo yummy!

From @Acts4Food: I just won a year’s supply of cheese from @TillamookCheese. This may be the best day of my life.

By Loafy

Tweet 4 Mom! Say thanks to mom this Mother’s Day for filling your childhood with cheesy memories, tasty-good times, and Tillamook Cheese and you could win two free Tillamook Cheese gift boxes—one for you and one for your mom! The gift box for your mom can be shipped directly to her doorstep—just in time for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 8. 

Here’s How to Enter:
Between Monday, April 25 and Friday, April 29, follow @TillamookCheese on Twitter and tweet any of the below sample tweets. Or make up your own tweet using hashtag #cheesymom – photos are encouraged! There’s no limit on the number of #cheesymom tweets that you send, so tweet away!

Sample Tweets (make sure to use #cheesymom):
- Thanks, Mom, for the [insert cheesy memory]. I loaf you! #cheesymom
- Thanks, Mom, for taking me to the @TillamookCheese Factory when I was younger. I loaf you! #cheesymom
- Thanks, Mom, for filling my childhood w/tasty-good times & @TillamookCheese. I loaf you! #cheesymom

Last Year’s Winning #cheesymom Tweet:
Thx Mom, for bringing lunch to school when I forgot mine: @TillamookCheese on still-warm toast. (You know I forgot on purpose!) #cheesymom – Sent by @gorgonzoladolce

For more information, see the official contest rules.

By Loafy

"Homecoming dinner, enchiladas made with Tillamook, after a year in Afghanistan!" - Facebook fan Laurie D.

Happy Friday, everyone! Thanks as always for the fun conversations this week. Have a delicious, cheese-filled weekend!

Yours in Loaf Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Laurie D.: Tillamook is the ONLY cheese we cook with or eat! My son just returned from Afghanistan and all he wanted was his Grandma’s enchiladas made with Tillamook! We shipped a loaf over to Nashville before he got there just so he could have them! (see above photo)

From Tobyus S.: Tillamook Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream? That sounds too good to be possible.

From Samantha B.: Just fell in love with Baked Apple Pie Yogurt. Where have you been all my life, and do you come in ice cream too?

From Bill P.: Hey… My friends and I ran in to the tour in front of Fry’s in Scottsdale after Diamondback Spring Training opening day. Molly and Jenwere awesome (hello from Bill, Keith and Cindy)!!! We love Tillamook as we use a block a week. Gotta love the loaf-mobile. What a great way to promote and spread the word.

From Jordan W.: Had a great time at the Cheese factory last weekend. We had to go 2 days in a row to sample more cheese squares and ice cream. YUM!!!

Twitter:

 From @elson_cheng: @TillamookCheese ‘s Udderly Chocolate Ice Cream is DA BOMB.

From @kristinaking: @TillamookCheese! It is the best. (as an Oregonian I am required to say that, but it doesn’t make it less true.)

From @Deblavdas: Any1 hittin the Loaf Love Tour with @TillamookCheese? Free entryto Aquarium of Pacific March 5th. Cheesy, yet worthy. hmm

From @Martha_Koenig: Hello @TillamookCheese, you old friend. I didn’t know you’d be on the flight to Munich. http://yfrog.com/h6q76qej

From @TheJakeWeight: saw the @TillamookCheese crew today in #PHX. Best use of Mobile Marketing I’ve seen in a long time: http://loaflovetour.com/

By Loafy

"Before and After" - Twitpics from @HughL

Despite it being winter, it seems like lots of our fans have been talking about Tillamook Ice Cream this week (maybe the cold weather is making them dream about summertime?). I know I enjoy a bowl of Tillamook Ice Cream any time of year – sunny and warm or snowy and cold!

Here are pieces from some of my favorite conversations this week. As always, thanks for hanging out with me online!

-Loafy  

Facebook:

From Jacqui E.: We are still waiting for the Grandma’s Cake Batter ice cream to reappear in Cave Junction, OR!!!! I NEED that ice cream!!!

From Kirsten M.: Love the new yogurt flavors Blueberry Acai and Pomegranate Blackberry yummy.

From Melissa B. (winner of the Tillamook.com Scavenger Hunt): Dear friends at Tillamook… THANK YOU!!!! The cheese pack arrived today… yummy goodness and I was SO surprised that it had all the other goodies in there… nuts, salmon, crackers and a Tillamook cheese slicer!! I especially love the button that says “I loaf you!” … ya gotta know… I’m going to wear it!

From Angela M.: My mom being the amazingly fantastically smart woman she is shipped me 2 baby loaves of medium cheddar for my birthday. I had my first REAL grilled cheese sandwich in over 2 years-since we moved to Georgia. It is amazing. Keep up the good work :)

From Crystal G.: My family absolutely LOVES Tillamook Cheese. We will not eat any other brand! When we lived in NY we could not find Tillamook anywhere, so my mom would send us care products of our favorite NW products and of course Tillamook was on the top of our list!

Twitter:

From @satnightfoodies: @TillamookCheese even makes killer ice cream Tillamook mudslide & Mint Choc Chip and Marionberry pie & peppermint http://yfrog.com/h4e8skdj

From @carrotrunr: Found @TillamookCheese French Vanilla yogurt in Vons today. This brand is new to SoCal. It was tasty! Now I need to find/try Banana Vanilla.

From @HughL: @TillamookCheese BEFORE http://twitpic.com/42atzv AFTER http://twitpic.com/42au47 (see above photos)

From @CrumbDispersion: Thanks @TillamookCheese! Once again your orange goodness made my day. #cheeseisagreatsnack

From @will8907: Good morning everyone. You know what I realized this morning that saddens me? I don’t think they have @TillamookCheese here! #windycity

By Loafy

"Good until the last drop!" - Jaclyn P.

It’s finally the weekend! I think I’ll take some advice from the little guy above and celebrate by eating (drinking?) every last drop of ice cream. Have you tried our new Cinnamon Banana Bliss? It’s, well, blissfull!

Talk to you all next week!

-Loafy

Facebook:

From Claire B: i LOVE Tillamook Butter.. always buy the unsalted… its always creamy and delicious…. two thumbs up!!!

From Keri K.: I keep a membership at Costco just for the Tillamook Cheese!

From Stacey W.: Tuesday morning I woke up dreaming of a grilled cheese sandwich, then this morning I dreamed that Tillamook Cheese had changed it’s name….but I didn’t know the new name and I couldn’t find it in the store. What a catastrophe!

From Kristi M.: The new Banana Vanilla yogurt is amazing!

From Amy F.S.: Happy early birthday to one of the greatest companies in the world, and we are so lucky that you are here in Oregon and that we get to have your products anytime, again Thanks.

Twitter:

From @wendywoowho: What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything? 42…lbs of Tillamook in the fridge.

From @shoshpd: Any sandwich made w/ @TillamookCheese is automatically in the running for best sandwich ever.

From @davidpetersonh: @TillamookCheese I’ve lost 25 pounds in 2 1/2 months and Tillamook Cheese has been a constant in my balanced, healthy diet. :-)

From @thirdfloorwatch: Somebody suggested I make cheese enchiladas with Velveeta instead of Tillamook Sharp Cheddar. I ate 2…and threw the rest out.

From @quesoqueen: Loafy at the @TillamookCheese factory presidents day weekend? Consider me there! Woot!!!

By Loafy

What a whirlwind of a week in the Tillamook online world! This past Monday, we launched our brand new Tillamook.com website (the one you’re looking at right at this very moment!). Have you had time to explore it? What do you think? We’ve also been celebrating our new website with fun giveaways (free cheese!). Have you had the chance to play our Cheese IQ Quiz yet? There’s a question about me, Loafy, in the quiz!

Happy weekend to everyone!

From Charlotte C. (about our new Cheese IQ Quiz): That was FUN! And thanks so much for the question on squeeking cheese curds – I’ve actually always wondered why they did that, and now I know! :)

From Collin P.: Today, as I was running some errands at my neighborhood’s local Fry’s grocery store (Tempe, AZ). I was pleasantly, and enthusiastically, greeted by Noel and Andrea. During this warm and bright encounter I conveyed to them my undying love for Tillamook Sharp Cheddar Cheese! Thank you for sending them out to share the joy of Tillamook. They did a wonderful job: great smiles, teaching some more history of the people who produce Tillamook Cheese, and telling me of various other ways to use the product beyond what I presently use it for. They were also kind enough to let me try and capture my personal enthusiasm for Tillamook on video in hopes to let you all know what a wonderful job you do… also I constantly tell other people of your superior product and that it would be well with them to use/experience it!

From Lorna V.: Tillamook cheese could make cardboard taste fantastic! So putting it on a croissant must rock!

From Pamela B. (see above photo): Hello, I’m a native Oregonian out in Boston’s big snow storm right now… this little guy came back home with me after the holidays- just wanted to let you know he’s keeping warm in the snowpocalypse.

From @Rayne73: @TillamookCheese Dear TC even being Vegan I sometimes cheat and eat your Vintage Sharp Cheddar cus I cant help myself its my addiction

From @JeffGreenhouse: Love it! Great photos and well constructed: RT @TillamookCheese Have you seen our brand new website?! http://www.tillamook.com/ #cheese

From @iphlogger: @TillamookCheese – asked daughter to bring a new “loaf” up from the freezer… She brought up tillamook cheese instead of bread.

From @almostmonday: @TillamookCheese Guess who was today’s winner!? Me!!! I’m soooo excited! Thanks for the fun IQ test too!

By Loafy