This forum needs a cheese thread

[cantunamunch]

I'm enjoying my squeaky cheese curd poutine while watching Paris-Nice Stage 2 on TV. Looking positively balmy over there..

I'm going to have to have a serious cheese sit-down with Tirreno - Adriatico

 

[James]

 

[cantunamunch]

Soft rind, milky aroma is reflected in the milk/whey mouth feel. Not particularly buttery; would go well baked or drowned in fruity liqueur. Inoffensive beginner brie.

 

[cantunamunch]

This one is a bit odd. Ignore the monterrey Jacques name, it is nothing like monterrey jacks you are used to. Slices like a cheddar. No real goaty flavor. Very good gritty mouth feel, but so incredibly mild that it probably wouldn't stand up to a Beaujolais Nouveau let alone more robust reds. Just slight lactic tartness makes it quite nice with medium bodied whites.

Would make a top notch salad cheese with strong greens.

 

[cantunamunch]

Montana does goat cheese? Sure why not. Though if you are looking for strong goaty flavors, look elsewhere. This one is tart! Creaminess is comparable to whipped cream cheese. Slightly oversalted by itself but would make really good tomato sandwiches

 

[coskigirl]

Soft rind, milky aroma is reflected in the milk/whey mouth feel. Not particularly buttery; would go well baked or drowned in fruity liqueur. Inoffensive beginner brie.

I like to let Haystack Mountain cheeses get near their expiration date so they are extremely ripe.

 

[cantunamunch]

I like to let Haystack Mountain cheeses get near their expiration date so they are extremely ripe.

At home I keep brie camembert&c. in the wine fridge, much readier to eat on a weeknight that way.
How is the Haystack in the red wrapper? Today's a travel day so didn't get a chance to grab one.

 

[coskigirl]

At home I keep brie camembert&c. in the wine fridge, much readier to eat on a weeknight that way.
How is the Haystack in the red wrapper? Today's a travel day so didn't get a chance to grab one.

I’m not sure I’ve had it. My favorite of theirs is Haystack Peak.

 

[Uncle-A]

This is my first submission for this thread. Cheese with Olives, Arugula, and Roasted Red Peppers YUMMMMMM.

 

[socalgal]

This has subtle veining, with a milder flavor. More on the creamy than chalky side.

 

[Eric267]

Dunbarton blue vein cheddar. Blue without the phunk. Perfect with big American reds
https://www.roellicheese.com/cheese-shop/dunbarton-blue-cheese/

 

[Eric267]

Blue with phunk

 

[mdf]

The upcoming NE Gathering will be a great chance to acquire Cabot Clothbound Cheddar!

Strangely, they don't seem to have it at the Cabot store on the road between the interstate and Stowe, but they do have it at a food and tchotchke store on the Stow Mountain Road. I forget the name, but remember what the store-front looks like.

 

[David Chaus]

Halloumi or hellim is a Cypriot semi-hard, unripened, brined cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk, and sometimes also cow's milk. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled. Wikipedia

Country of origin: Cyprus
Texture: Semi-soft

 

[David Chaus]

Manchego is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the manchega breed. Official manchego cheese is to be aged for between 60 days and two years. Wikipedia

 

[cantunamunch]

The upcoming NE Gathering will be a great chance to acquire Cabot Clothbound Cheddar!

Strangely, they don't seem to have it at the Cabot store on the road between the interstate and Stowe

Don't forget to pop in to the new Vermont Artisan coffee location.

, but they do have it at a food and tchotchke store on the Stow Mountain Road. I forget the name, but remember what the store-front looks like.

I remember something called a wine and cheese shop on the left as I'm driving up, not it?

 

[cantunamunch]

Halloumi or hellim is a Cypriot semi-hard, unripened, brined cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk, and sometimes also cow's milk. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled. Wikipedia

Country of origin: Cyprus
Texture: Semi-soft
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Sure...but which?

 

[mdf]

I remember something called a wine and cheese shop on the left as I'm driving up, not it?

Just "Street-view"-ed it, and I think that is it. Couldn't they have come up with a clearer name, though?


This is also a demonstration of the somewhat-excessive fame of Heady Topper (though I do really, really like it)

 

[cantunamunch]

Just "Street-view"-ed it, and I think that is it. Couldn't they have come up with a clearer name, though?

Last time I was actually inside, ~2006ish, I remember a reasonably cure-ated selection prices

 

[Rainbow Jenny]

Blue with phunk
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I’d love to try this cheese while listening to:

Visited Cashel last summer, love that country...