Fulvi Crotenese

Fulvi Crotenese
Comes from: sheep
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$14.99/lb

So a warning on this one, too: Try not to eat the rind. You can gnaw at the rind, the way you should with all hard cheeses, but I am pretty sure that the rind itself is made of something that is not cheese. Something like... well, wax. Or rennet, as the label says. YAY RENNET.

So I started eating this cheese on Friday, and after I'd consumed most of it I put a touch back in the fridge because, eh. And I couldn't figure out what I wanted to say about it, because, eh. It is a sheep's milk cheese, which is a negative, but it is a hard cheese that flakes right, which is a positive. It doesn't taste too sheepy, which is a positive, but then it doesn't taste strongly of anything, which is a negative.

(We might have... *issues* with mild or gentle flavors over here at Litvak Palate. Y'all can analyze as you see fit.)

So I put this tiny bit of cheese back in the fridge for two days, and then tonight I pulled it out because, eh, hungry, and lo! The cheese tastes much better now. Less... boring. Still unsheepy (hooray!) but with a nice... aged-ness to it. Or something.

In conclusion, then, this is a cheese you might want to sit uncovered in your refrigerator for two days so it can soak up your fridge-scent and replace it with its own vague sheepiness.

Yeah.