Cheese.

[DrPizza]

Also, going back to the simple again, you mentioned cheddar. Did you just mean grocery store cheddar? If you go to a good cheese shop, you can discover how different one cheddar can be from another, especially the aged cheddars. The grocery stores typically carry mild, sharp, and extra sharp cheddar. You should try some cheddar that's been aged for 5 or more years. MMmmm.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I got a wedge of cheap gorgonzola yesterday. It's pretty good. How am I supposed to store an unfinished wedge of cheese? Covered? Uncovered? In the fridge? How long can it store it for after I've opened it?

Plastic bag, in the fridge, just like (pretty much) everything else.

 

[AreaCode7O7]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I got a wedge of cheap gorgonzola yesterday. It's pretty good. How am I supposed to store an unfinished wedge of cheese? Covered? Uncovered? In the fridge? How long can it store it for after I've opened it?

Plastic bag, in the fridge, just like (pretty much) everything else.

You can store cheese pretty much indefinitely. It doesn't "go bad". It may grow mold on the outside, at which you can just cut the edges off and the inside of the cheese is just fine.

 

[AMCRambler]

Cheese gives me gas. BAD gas. Like "run the other way he just sharted" gas.

 

[maineyak]

One word, Muenster

 

[torpid]

Whole Foods markets tend to have a really good cheese selection when compared to other big grocery stores. The people working the cheese area usually can guide you in the right direction too. I'm partial to cave-aged bandaged cow's milk cheeses but there really is a lot of stuff worth trying.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: maineyak
One word, Muenster

I tried what was called a "young muenster" recently (not sure if it was an apt title) and it was quite disgusting in aroma and flavor. Let's call it an "acquired taste" to be generous. Buyer beware!

 

[daveshel]

My current favorite is Trader Joes sliced asiago. Sliced maximizes surface area; maximizes flavor.

 

[AreaCode7O7]

Originally posted by: torpid
Whole Foods markets tend to have a really good cheese selection when compared to other big grocery stores. The people working the cheese area usually can guide you in the right direction too. I'm partial to cave-aged bandaged cow's milk cheeses but there really is a lot of stuff worth trying.

Great recommendation. Whole Foods does have a great selection. In the Seattle area, Metropolitan Markets is another good source.

 

[datalink7]

Watch this video!

 

[sash1]

camembert! try it with a nice white wine!

my favorite go-to cheese is probably havarti, though. always good.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
Pecorino isn't Parmesan, it's pecorino.

Besides, romano sucks anyway. Pecorino fresco or fail. Pecorino should be semi-soft, not brick-hard. Pecorino fumare is good too, but GL finding that in the states

I didn't say it was parmesan, I said it was like parmesan. In a perfect world, both cheesees are very hard and grate into a perfect granule size for sprinkling on pasta, occasionally pizza, garlic bread, some soups, etc. Both are very salty and sharp.

Of coruse, sometimes you get a piece which has been exposed to moisture, or more likely, not aged enough... and it's all soft and almost creamy. Disgusting. If you want a softer hard cheese get ricotta forte :heart:

 

[compuwiz1]

Ya mean there's better stuff than Cheese Whiz?

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pecorino romano from italy, not that kraft shit. best off a wheel from a good cheese dept.
stilton, which is english blue, is possibly the best cheese on the planet. eat with some apples and good wine. or port.

mmm port

Pecorino romano is pretty much the poor mans' parmesan. It's more brash and lacks the delicate flavor of parmesan but that can be a good thing depending what you're doing with it. Both rock.

Uh, pecorino is a sheep's milk cheese. Not sure what you're trying to compare, they're different styles, other than both being hard.

 

[Tim]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
i like my cheese on a bun bun

:laugh: John, you win the thread as far as I'm concerned

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: sjwaste

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pecorino romano from italy, not that kraft shit. best off a wheel from a good cheese dept.
stilton, which is english blue, is possibly the best cheese on the planet. eat with some apples and good wine. or port.

mmm port

Pecorino romano is pretty much the poor mans' parmesan. It's more brash and lacks the delicate flavor of parmesan but that can be a good thing depending what you're doing with it. Both rock.

Uh, pecorino is a sheep's milk cheese. Not sure what you're trying to compare, they're different styles, other than both being hard.

And salty, and sharp, with similar flavor and similar physical characteristics.

 

[tboo]

A shout in for Smegma

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I bought some Swiss Gruyere yesterday. Most expensive cheese I've ever purchased at $22/lb. My little block was $8. Is this expensive for a cheese? Anyway, it was a bit grainy, so I'm thinking it was a more mature Gruyere. Anyway, it's good. Not mind altering, I-want-to-stuff-myself-with-it good, but fun to taste bit by bit.

They had a sheep's cheese, but it didn't have a barcode on it so I didn't get it because I wanted to do a self check out cuz I had condoms in my basket

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pecorino romano from italy, not that kraft shit. best off a wheel from a good cheese dept.
stilton, which is english blue, is possibly the best cheese on the planet. eat with some apples and good wine. or port.

mmm port

Pecorino romano is pretty much the poor mans' parmesan. It's more brash and lacks the delicate flavor of parmesan but that can be a good thing depending what you're doing with it. Both rock.

parmesan is a poor man's parmigianno reggiano.

that stuff is way fantastic. again, get it off the wheel. try it on everything. it's great on brownies.




try an aged red leicester.

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

They had a sheep's cheese, but it didn't have a barcode on it so I didn't get it because I wanted to do a self check out cuz I had condoms in my basket

go to a drug store, buy the biggest package of condoms you can buy. go up to the old lady at the checkout counter, and proudly slam down that pack. while she's ringing it up, buy a slim jim as well.

and the better grocery stores with better cheese departments don't sell condoms, in my experience. so you may want to look at a higher end chain if you want some really fantastic cheese. not to say you can't get good stuff at kroger's.

 

[ghost recon88]

I love any kind of smoked cheese, and this kind of cheddar with little slivers of red pepper in it. I can't remember the name though.

 

[lizardth]

I like to go to the farmer's market and buy locally made goat cheese! They ususally come in a variety of flavors and are wonderful and tangy!

 

[sao123]

there is no cheese but Mozzarella and his prophet Longhorn.

 

[Lamont Burns]

fermunda cheese

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I thiunk you've confused Brie with a goat cheese. Brie is nothing like cream cheese, and is quite delicious.

 

[JJ650]

Smoked Gouda:thumbsup: