OT: Great Cheeses of the World

[darksabre]

I break cheeses down by standalone cheese vs. meal cheese

 

Standalone:

 

Dutch Smoked Gouda

Aged Sharp Cheddars, 5+ years at least

Limburger

Regular old Gouda

 

 

Meal:
 

Everything else. Parm, Ricotta, Farmers cheese, American Cheese, Provolone, Monterey Jack, Cottage cheese, Feta, Blue, and so on.

Edited September 26, 2017 by d4rksabre

[jsb]

Provolone

Sharp Cheddar

Swiss

Pepper Jack

Mozzarella but it needs to be cooked or melted

Bleu is there anything better on wings???

If it's not smelly it has no taste

Edited September 26, 2017 by jsb

[sabills]

1. Aged Mimolette (you can find it at Wegs)

2. Manchego

3. Aged Parmesan Reggiano, in chunks for eating

4. Fresh Mozzarella

5. A nice strong Brie

6. All of them, really.

 

My man!

 

After I posted this I went to wegmans, bought, and then ate, a whole container of them. #noregrats

[josie]

To try to be a good gf I got d4rk the smelliest cheese I could find once. I don't remember what it was anymore, but I went to a special place with all kinds of good/rare cheeses and said "give me your stinkiest cheese". The guy smiled and happily obliged. 

 

Well, d4rk loved it. And it actually did taste good when I tried a bit- very mild compared to the smell. But god. I brought it on myself... even in plastic baggie and tupperware, the entire fridge reeked of that singular odor only a fine stinky cheese can bestow. Everything. Everything from the veggies to the beer had a tinge of "butt death wrapped in trench foot accented with a light sprinkling of three day old vomit". 

 

Never did that again. He loves limburger... not allowed to come near me for 4-6 hours post consumption. 

[darksabre]

I love cheese

[sabills]

I ###### love cheese

[darksabre]

Basically every time I go to Wegmans.

[CallawaySabres]

Blue on a triscuit and I'm fine

[MattPie]

Blue on a triscuit and I'm fine

 

Can or bottle?

[CallawaySabres]

Can or bottle?

 

I kind of meant that to go along with the whole triscuit thingey

[biodork]

Jo beat me to it, but smoked gouda is probably my favorite anytime cheese.  Excellent on a sandwich or for snacking.

 

Muenster is another favorite sandwich cheese, and yeah, provolone, too.

 

But man, if we're talking about the kind of cheese you'd put on a cheese board, we're going next level.

 

Too many that I've enjoyed and not remembered their names, but Humboldt Fog and Gjetost are standouts.  And anything port wine.  I dig most any cheese that isn't Swiss or stinky/moldy.

[DarthEbriate]

All the cheeses. A synergy of cheeses!

 

If they're too stinky (the Limburgers, bricks, and tallegios of the world) they can get a little troublesome for more than a few bites. But from cream to cottage to curd to wheel, I'm all over it like a Crumb on a Hutt tail.

 

All-time favorite is a crucolo. And the Wisconsinite in me still loves the Kaukauna Port Wine spread (the tub---not the ball---because of the versatility) even though the rest of me really doubts it's actually even categorically a cheese... more a cheese product.

[Eleven]

Aged gouda.

Havarti.

Burrata.

Swiss.

Colby.

 

That's probably my top 5 in no particular order.

[darksabre]

All the cheeses. A synergy of cheeses!

 

If they're too stinky (the Limburgers, bricks, and tallegios of the world) they can get a little troublesome for more than a few bites. But from cream to cottage to curd to wheel, I'm all over it like a Crumb on a Hutt tail.

 

All-time favorite is a crucolo. And the Wisconsinite in me still loves the Kaukauna Port Wine spread (the tub---not the ball---because of the versatility) even though the rest of me really doubts it's actually even categorically a cheese... more a cheese product.

Mmmmmm port wine spread. 

[SwampD]

Aged gouda.

Havarti.

Burrata.

Swiss.

Colby.

 

That's probably my top 5 in no particular order.

Very close to my list.

 

Smoked gouda

Havarti dill

Munster (is this the first love for munster?)

Swiss

Colby

 

Extra sharp cheddar is just a given.

[josie]

I guarantee that I will get home tonight to find d4rk eating a block of freshly purchased cheese thanks to this thread. 

[SwampD]

And Boursin (it says it's a gournay) is just rediculous, but I think of it more as a spread.

 

D4rk, you are right. they really have to be broken down into subgroups.

[DarthEbriate]

I guarantee that I will get home tonight to find d4rk eating a block of freshly purchased cheese thanks to this thread. 

 

Tomorrow's game: one hand for a block of cheese, one hand for a frosty beer (or whiskey... or juice, I guess, depending on someone's tastes). Hockey, beer, cheese. Pretty much a perfect evening.

[ubkev]

I guarantee that I will get home tonight to find d4rk eating a block of freshly purchased cheese thanks to this thread.

You're welcome!

[7+6=13]

Wegmans is getting closer and closer to Charlotte. 

[biodork]

Very close to my list.

 

Smoked gouda

Havarti dill

Munster (is this the first love for munster?)

Swiss

Colby

 

Extra sharp cheddar is just a given.

 

 

Jo beat me to it, but smoked gouda is probably my favorite anytime cheese.  Excellent on a sandwich or for snacking.

 

Muenster is another favorite sandwich cheese, and yeah, provolone, too.

 

But man, if we're talking about the kind of cheese you'd put on a cheese board, we're going next level.

 

Too many that I've enjoyed and not remembered their names, but Humboldt Fog and Gjetost are standouts.  And anything port wine.  I dig most any cheese that isn't Swiss or stinky/moldy.

;)

[LGR4GM]

Wegmans has a cheese cave.

 

Asiago is great. I love a good dry asiago.

[Weave]

We are vacationing at Chautauqua Lake starting Thursday.  One of the places we are visiting is https://www.reveriecreamery.com/

 

They have alot more than their locally made stuff though.  Cheeses from all over the world.  I get lost in their shop.  Everything from locally made colby and cheddar to some of the ripest, stinkiest stuff France can produce.  My wife says it smells like feet.  I say it smells like money.  JUST TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

 

Last Summer I dropped $100 in there.  The wife was not amused.  She also forbade me near her until the effects subsided.

To try to be a good gf I got d4rk the smelliest cheese I could find once. I don't remember what it was anymore, but I went to a special place with all kinds of good/rare cheeses and said "give me your stinkiest cheese". The guy smiled and happily obliged. 

 

Well, d4rk loved it. And it actually did taste good when I tried a bit- very mild compared to the smell. But god. I brought it on myself... even in plastic baggie and tupperware, the entire fridge reeked of that singular odor only a fine stinky cheese can bestow. Everything. Everything from the veggies to the beer had a tinge of "butt death wrapped in trench foot accented with a light sprinkling of three day old vomit". 

 

Never did that again. He loves limburger... not allowed to come near me for 4-6 hours post consumption. 

 

Trench foot isn't far from accurate.  I do recall reading somewhere that alot of the bacteria used to make cheese is also found in our feet.

[DarthEbriate]

$100 on cheese. That's dedication to the craft of satisfied taste buds. Cheers to that!

[TheAud]

Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWDdd5KKhts