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My name is Jim and I am a cheese head. I have a problem, and I am NOT
WILLING TO GET OVER IT.
This may gross some people out, but if you are, just pass on the item.
5 years ago, I made a pilgrimage to Port Clinton's Cheesehaven to score
some cheese. I bought several pounds, and consumed all but one. That last
pound sat in the friderator for 5 years, still vacuum packed. I was cleaning
the fridge out, and came across this perfectly innocent looking specimen of
now 7 year old chedder. I called the cheese dude in PC and he assured me that
7 yr old chedder is indeed a pleasure. It is.
So this item is about CHEESE, and the people who love it.
Oh, the cheese dude told me that hard cheese is more durable than soft
cheese. The rule is hard cheese+mold= scrape the mold off and eat the cheese.
Soft cheese+mold=toss it with extreme prejudice.
I'm about to enter the world of Spanish cheese, that is I'm planning
on spending almost 50 bucks on 3 pounds of Roncal, Manchego, and Cabrales.
Cabrales is blue cheese that is aged in the caves of Asturias Spain,
The one difference is that the Spaniards do not inject mold into the raw
cheese. They let the cave add the mold. I cannot wait to taste this stuff.
I am not paying Meijer $10 bux for a small block of Manchego when I can
get a 1.25 block for $20.
So what is YOUR favorite cheese?
16 responses total.
Hmmmmm.....I don't have one. I love cheddar in varying shades, swiss as well. I'm slowly learning to like goat cheese (I really hate it when it tastes gamey). I love munster and mozarellas... Dude, I just love cheese. It's happy food.
Yeah. cheese is one of the best foods ever. I dont really have a consistent favorite. I like different cheeses at different times. One of my favorite parts of my trip to Paris was all of the cheese. I do love goat cheese too but in moderation since it usually has a very strong flavor and is often rather rich. Whole Foods and Trader Joe's carry a goat Gouda which is very nice.
Bulgarian Feta is a tad sheepy, but decent. I prefer the French version. There is an Italian market here named Sofo's Il Mercado which has wonderful food at pretty decent prices, and let's not forget the cheese and olives. :) I agree. Cheese is happy food.
My favorite cheese is genuine English cheddar, closely followed by genuine English Red Leicester. Since I become vegetarian, I don't eat them anymore because almost all English cheeses are made with real rennet instead of microbial rennet. Cabot and Tillamook both make some very good rennet-free sharp white cheddars, and I am always on the lookout for rennet-free local producers.
I think they sell both of those brands at the Ypsi coop. I can affirm that they are very nice (the Cabot and Tillamook white cheddars). I have never even heard of Red Leicester cheese. I'll have to seek it out.
I bought some white cheddar (Cabot) at Wal Mart tonight. (horrors) <runs that way, screaming> ;)
Zingerman's carries Red Leicester.
I recently spotted something called Seaside English Cheddar at Whole Foods. It's made with vegetable rennet. I'll try some and report back.
Vegetable rennet, what's that? Inquiring minds want to know...
I'm no vegan but I'll hazard a guess that veggie rennet is from a veggie source, although I don't know which veggie. I do know that rennet is an animal product that comes from cows? I don't know that either. What I do know is that you need rennet to make cheese. It's the stuff that makes it curd up and separate. I don't need to look under the hood. As long as it's cheese and it's good, I'll eat it.
From mushrooms.
you fat fucks...disgusting
pull my finger
Feta=Greek crack
Brinza=Romanian crack
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