Said to be scotlands most ancient cheese crowdie dates back as far as viking and pictish times when it was made by every crofter in the highlands of scotland the more traditional method for making crowdie in those days would be to slowly warm a bucket of milk straight from the cow by the fire until it soured and curdled we think you might enjoy our method instead the cheese was often eaten on oatcakes before a ceilidh as it was said to alleviate the effects of whisky drinking the kit