Sunday, March 14, 2010

Pont L'Evenque, Roth Kase Gran Queso, Pleasant Ridge Reserve

Pont L'Evenque
Comes from: cows (and real rennet)
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$19.99/lb

Gran Queso
Comes from: cows
Puchased at: Whole Foods
$9.99/lb (on sale)

Pleasant Ridge Reserve
Comes from: cows (and vegetarian rennet)
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$29.99/lb

You know, I expected these cheeses to be better than they were.  The Pleasant Ridge was good, though.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Brie Lepetit, Capriole Mont St. Francis, Abrigo

Whole Foods was out of the Delice de Bourgogne, was the real problem with today.  Still and all I persevered.

Brie Lepetit
Comes from: cows
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$14.99/lb


A standard brie offering.  I wanted brie and I got it, yo.

Also, it is *amazing* how much better this "standard brie" is than, say, the standard brie offered at Wal-Mart or Winn Dixie.  AMAZING.

Capriole Mont St. Francis
Comes from: goats
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$27.99/lb


A medium-hard-soft goat cheese.  Like muenster on the hard and moist scale, but with a solid goaty flavor.  This cheese tasted expensive, if you understand what I mean by that.

Abrigo
Comes from: goats
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$22.99/lb

A slightly firmer goat cheese.  I liked this one better than the Capriole for whatever reason; the bite, probably.  Mmm, bite.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Tomme des Bois Noirs, Taleggio, Big Ed's

Tomme des Bois Noirs
Comes from: goats
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$16.99/lb (on sale)

Nom nom nom.

Taleggio
Comes from: cows
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$12.99/lb

Despite smelling like it would be stinky, this cheese was not as stinky as it might have been.  In fact, it was quite good.

Big Ed's
Comes from: cows
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$14.99/lb

Satisfying.  Mild.  Etc.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Robiola Bosina

Robiola Bosina
Comes from: cows and sheep
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$29.99/lb

I'm not exactly sure what to say about this cheese.  It was not as good as I expected, but still good?  A thicker rind and more solid than initially anticipated.  An odd taste, and then I realized, oh, wait, it's got sheep's milk in it; carry on, then. 

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Let's do this crazy cheese thing: Delice de Bourgogne and Fourme de Montbrison

Oh, friends.  Friends, I have disappeared again.  I disappeared, because I was (and remain) On A Diet, and there are so few diets out there these days that recommend eating cheese, because cheese is delicious, and diets have a problem with that.  The only diet I have ever found that is in any way okay with cheese is, of course, the Atkins diet, and it requires you to give up all kinds of lovely things that go well with cheese and also pooping, like grapes.

So that is where I am right now, only I broke down today and went to Whole Foods for the first time in months, because OH GOD I could not stand it any longer; if I did not get a brie-like substance in me immediately I would die.

DIE.

Dear Cheese, I missed you, baby.  You're no good for me but I missed you anyway.

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Delice de Bourgogne
Comes from: cows
purchased at: Whole Foods
$14.99/lb


You guys!  You guys basically what I want to say to y'all is this: This cheese makes a compelling argument for not giving a fuck what I look like and just eating cheese all the fucking time.  This cheese is what my soul looks like.  This cheese is *that good*.

Incidentally, this cheese is mild and soft unto liquid and probably has a fat content *over* that of Brillat Savarin or Pierre Robert, which are my other cheeses of heaven.

Hi! I'm one of Gabbiana's favorites!  Eat me with a spoon!

In a word: OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

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Fourme de Montbrison
comes from: cows (raw)
Purchased at: Whole Foods
$21.99/lb

And that, right there, is an argument for quitting while you're ahead.  Not that this cheese was bad, exactly, but it just didn't speak to my soul the way the Delice de Bourgogne did.  It's a mild blue cheese, this one, and paired great with grapes, which seemed to bring out the blue notes, but it wasn't, like, my *favorite ever* or anything.

(Still, "not the best cheese ever" is always better than no cheese at all.  Dear cheese: Someday, when a pill exists that allows me to eat you all the time and fit in my pants, I will eat you all the time.  For serious.  It'll be like sex on the pill!  ALL THE TIME.)