The Cheese Corner

[RaoulDuke]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

I know purists don't want you to eat fine cheese with bread, but I just can't have one without the other. .

WTF

I've never heard that. Noone eats cheese without bread.

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

The tart sounds insanely good. Might need to look up a recipe.

Google 'tarte poire fourme d'ambert'.

It's fourme d'ambert not bleu d'auvergne, but it's practically the same.

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

One day, buy the drinks and I'll give you the recipe for a dish we cooked in France, "Gnocchi au Roquefort". Basically, pâte ŕ choux quenelles baked in cream and roquefort. When they exit the oven, they're puffed and melt in your mouth. Essentially, an orgasm on a fork.

Wife does that sometimes. The sauce, not the orgasms.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by RaoulDuke

WTF

I've never heard that. Noone eats cheese without bread.




Google 'tarte poire fourme d'ambert'.

It's fourme d'ambert not bleu d'auvergne, but it's practically the same.




Wife does that sometimes. The sauce, not the orgasms.

Just a bunch of pretentious (read: jerkoffs) folks I have met as both a cook and restaurant patron. Like you, I think bread is a necessary accompaniment to cheese. The only caveat for me would be that the bread should be a simple one with fine cheeses. That way it does not mask any of the subtle flavors.

Thanks for the tart reference. Also glad that you've had the gnocchi dish. I've also seen it called "Gnocchi ŕ la Parisienne". Like Olivia Munn, I could eat that every day.

[John_0515]

Let me tell you about cheese.

I live in Maryland, and before that New Jersey. The cheese down here is awful.

Yes, the cheese (and bread) for that matter is 1,000 x better in NJ/NYC. Why? I don't know, but you can't find anything remotely as tasty as back home in the civilized part of the world.

So, I'm relegated to buying Boar's Head or Cracker Barrel, just to get a decent flavor, even it is is filled with uber preservatives and other chemicals that make it less attractive.

I can't wait to go somewhere else where there are better cheeses which make life worth while.

The few, the proud, Cheese.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by John_0515

Let me tell you about cheese.

I live in Maryland, and before that New Jersey. The cheese down here is awful.

Yes, the cheese (and bread) for that matter is 1,000 x better in NJ/NYC. Why? I don't know, but you can't find anything remotely as tasty as back home in the civilized part of the world.

So, I'm relegated to buying Boar's Head or Cracker Barrel, just to get a decent flavor, even it is is filled with uber preservatives and other chemicals that make it less attractive.

I can't wait to go somewhere else where there are better cheeses which make life worth while.

The few, the proud, Cheese.

John, you folks have farmer's markets in your area? Often, local cheese makers will sell their goods at these places. You might also look up to see if any artisanal cheese makers (Amish or otherwise) are nearby.

[JStokes]

Love most cheeses, and yes I use parm reggiano and pecorino romano or a sharp provolone in many of my dishes, but I love me some stinky cheese in this order, stinky, stinkier and stinkiest. Love bleus, gorgonzolas, LOVE goat cheese, but I like mild cheeses as well. I like pairing 3 cheeses of different textures and mildness to stinkiness ALWAYS with crispy bread with cocktails, a little fig jam on the side.

Best goat cheese I ever had was at my buddy's house in the south of France--it was unpasteurized, and he left it out on the counter to turn and we'd slice off some every day during cocktails. The first day it was as good as any goat cheese you get in the U.S. (pasteurized), but he said "wait till it sits for a few days". It got stinkier and better by the day. By the fourth day it smelled like God's feet and was indescribably creamy and powerful.

The other French cheeses I liked when I was over there were St. Marcellin, St. Felicien and Reblochon, but because of the raw cows milk, I don't think we can get them over here.

As it happens, am off today and am making the GF tonite panko crusted chicken breasts stuffed with mushrooms, shallots, chives and goat cheese topped with a light white wine pan sauce (even though I've given up wine for Lent, I'm figuring if the alcohol cooks out I'm still good). Pilaf mixed with rocket and a handful of parm as a side.

And vodka.

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[John_0515]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

John, you folks have farmer's markets in your area? Often, local cheese makers will sell their goods at these places. You might also look up to see if any artisanal cheese makers (Amish or otherwise) are nearby.

That's the only way it comes close, but my area is so transient (big government housing/people coming and going) that everything is so commercial.

They just opened a Wegman's. It's like an airport. That helped a little.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by John_0515

That's the only way it comes close, but my area is so transient (big government housing/people coming and going) that everything is so commercial.

They just opened a Wegman's. It's like an airport. That helped a little.

No idea where you live, but pulled these up online. If you've not seen them, hope it's useful information.

http://www.tastingsgourmetmarket.com/store/

http://find.mapmuse.com/map/cheese-s...59,-77.51953,8

http://www.gourmetfoodstore.com/chee...VR1KLXBE4X48K2

[shakin318]

28 posts into a cheese thread and no one's said it yet.

I ain't gonna do it. It's not part of my job description to do it.

[Apache 51]

We have a very good cheese shop in Summit, cheese can pricey, but worth the money, I like them all.

[John_0515]

Originally Posted by Borgoguy

No idea where you live, but pulled these up online. If you've not seen them, hope it's useful information.

http://www.tastingsgourmetmarket.com/store/

http://find.mapmuse.com/map/cheese-s...59,-77.51953,8

http://www.gourmetfoodstore.com/chee...VR1KLXBE4X48K2

Thanks, man. I eat very healthy, but when it comes to cheese it's a free for all.

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by RaoulDuke

Claude Le Ghey in the house

For a correctly presented cheese assortiment you would need 3-4 cheeses (to be taken from the weakest to the strongest):

My top 3:

- A camemebert 'done' (meaning like wine, the cheese should be kept at room temp for about 3-4 hours. when the room starts to stink, you're good to go ). Camembert is the French cheese. In Normandie they also take some salted butter with it. Very good.

Done, it should leak like this





- I also love me some St Felicien: when it’s done correctly it’s really creamy, almost liquid cheese



- A 24 month aged Comté is to die for. It’s aged so much you can taste the salty crystals in it. Can also be replaced by an equally aged mimolette (a bit like cheddar) which can have the same salty crystals too.




Not a big fan of blue cheeses (except for gorgonzola) or goat cheese (too dry)


PS: When you sending over my 4 pack biatch?

probably a month or two - better weather.

[quantum]

The only "exotic" cheese I've tasted is camemebert and I liked it. I was reluctant to post in here because I actually like merlot, and merlot has a bad rep since that stupid movie.

Made me question my own tastes....

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by quantum

Made me question my own tastes....

we all question your taste.

[Borgoguy]

Originally Posted by quantum

The only "exotic" cheese I've tasted is camemebert and I liked it. I was reluctant to post in here because I actually like merlot, and merlot has a bad rep since that stupid movie.

Made me question my own tastes....

Nothing at all wrong with enjoying Merlot. It's one of the great varietals of Bordeaux.

Along with Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot is used to blend the finest red wines in the world. It has a rounder, less tannic, mouth feel than Cabernet sauvignon, which most folks prefer. Just drink what you like.

[nyahay bus]

Originally Posted by Timmy®

Stinky french style cheese - who's in? I'm guessing me, Borg, Claude LeGhey, and JungleShift/Flushing.

Paulie? Maybe a sharp english countryside cheese. Stokes? Probably a light Italian cheese with the most mild of stink. The rest of you Kraft Singles types? F*** no..

Scored some in Montreal on Valentines Day.

The soft one in front, not so bad. The others - clothes pin on the nose.

This thread is not about cheese its about flaunting your Heady Topper and to that I say eff off.

[thebigragu]

This aged cheese you're all describing. Almost liquid ,stinks, aged, salt crystals what the **** is wrong with you. And it looks disgusting as well. You deserve what you get in life just for eating that ****. I may do a fondue here n there but that's it.

[Jungle Shift Jet]

A pungent French cheese I happened to like was Trou du Cru-
a much milder one I recently tried and enjoyed for New Year's was Ossau-lraty, made from sheep's milk in the Basque region.

[PlumberKhan]

Originally Posted by Dimitri_0515

Feta cheese right here.

+1

I put that sh*t on everything.