Thanksgiving cheese....

[al2n]

Putting together a cheese tray for tomorrow and so far I have the following:

Cheddar (American and Irish)
Swiss (Amish stuff from back east)
Havarti (American)
Gouda (Dutch)
Brie (French)
Wensleydale (English)
Plus a couple cheese balls (one port wine and the other sharp cheddar)

Any suggestions for another variety? I love Thanksgiving as it gives me an excuse to buy cheeses I would normally not bring home. The wife is not much of a food adventurer, but the kids and I enjoy trying different stuff.

I really like the Costco up here. They have a really nice selection of fancy cheeses. Makes it hard to decide sometimes.

[WØTKX]

Jarlsberg! :yes:

[PA5COR]

Emmenthaler, Leerdammer cheese, which i prefer over the commercial Gouda, or just walk down the list here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cheeses

That should set you back some ;)

[NQ6U]

You need a nice bleu cheese.

[KG4CGC]

I like a nice red.
http://www1.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/3867a08a2711b2c5bdac38ef50a132881ee05d934cf1a091b2 9c896d1187d9195g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=c7lvn8pdwfujo6a&thumb=4)

[W3MIV]

Jarlsberg! :yes:

Definitely! Chuck the cheese balls out for the raccoons and coyotes and add a choice wedge of Jarlsberg.

[kc7jty]

You need a nice bleu cheese.

bingo
http://www.igourmet.com/images/productsLG/150cambblack.jpg
Cambozola Black Label

[KG4CGC]

There was no cheese at the 1st Thanksgiving.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/economybites/thanksgiving-recipe-butternut-squash-mac-and-cheese_b_787080.html

[kc7jty]

There was no cheese at the 1st Thanksgiving.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/economybites/thanksgiving-recipe-butternut-squash-mac-and-cheese_b_787080.html

Not even squaw cheese?

I know! A macaroni & cheese enema.

[N2NH]

Gotta have the traditional favorite of the 70s Jack Cheese (Monterey or Pepper).

Then there's Cheshire Cheese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_cheese) which is always a good choice.

I'd say Limburger cheese, but it really does stink, except to the person who eats it.

[kc7jty]

http://www.forkandbottle.com/cheese/images/nocturne.jpg
http://www.forkandbottle.com/cheese/uscheese.htm

[NQ6U]

Boy, that looks deadly--and good!

[kc7jty]

http://goodiesfirst.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/20/saga_blue_2.jpg

I was surprised to see this under Saga Blue images.

World class cheese is one of the greatest pleasures known to man. Unfortunately our government has determined they shall be CONTRABAND.

[N2NH]

So, does this mean that someone has a 'cut the cheese' fetish?

[kf0rt]

So, does this mean that someone has a 'cut the cheese' fetish?

I was waiting for that. :rofl:

[al2n]

I enjoy a good stinky cheese, but the rest of the family seems to shun them.

The weather up here has turned ugly, so I am going to stick with what I have and call it good for now. Temps rose above freezing the last couple days making the roads an ice rink. Now it is snowing like crazy so we have a layer of snow on top of a layer of water sitting on a sheet of ice. Four wheel drive is nearly useless when it gets like this. Kids have been out of school all week and are getting stir crazy.

[KG4CGC]

I enjoy a good stinky cheese, but the rest of the family seems to shun them.

The weather up here has turned ugly, so I am going to stick with what I have and call it good for now. Temps rose above freezing the last couple days making the roads an ice rink. Now it is snowing like crazy so we have a layer of snow on top of a layer of water sitting on a sheet of ice. Four wheel drive is nearly useless when it gets like this. Kids have been out of school all week and are getting stir crazy.
Ah yes, stir crazy. A requirement of being a kid.

[W1GUH]

Goat cheese!!!! I love it -- so creamy and smooth. With a good wine, of course.

Any bleu.....bleu cheese, Roquefort, Stilton, Gorgonzola and any others I don't know about yet.

[KG4CGC]

Goat cheese!!!! I love it -- so creamy and smooth. With a good wine, of course.

Any bleu.....bleu cheese, Roquefort, Stilton, Gorgonzola and any others I don't know about yet.
Take any trip to any country in the world where the landscape is dominated by Europeans or those of European descent and you will find more varieties than you ever have time to sample. I had a chance to sample some local cheese in Wisconsin in 2003. Ever try a 5 year or older white cheddar? It is considered low rung stuff among cheese aficionados. Then there is West Coast stuff. Aged Humboldt Fog being considered low rung there. It appears as a soft, fermented bleu but what you see is actually a layer of ash.

[K7SGJ]

Velveeta

[NQ6U]

My favorite comes from an Israeli cheese maker--Cheeses of Nazareth.

[KG4CGC]

My favorite comes from an Israeli cheese maker--Cheeses of Nazareth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeses...%28of_Nazareth%29

[NQ6U]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeses...%28of_Nazareth%29

Hah!

That's the punchline of an ancient joke that long predates the Internet but a lot of people still haven't heard it.

[kc7jty]

Velveeta

America's finest

pairs best with white zin or Gatorade.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:RzlasxOIwMvPyM:http://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/iloveuperfectly/gqc4KQ/yanni49.jpg&t=1
Yanni's favorite

[W3MIV]

Hell, Gatorade has a more legitimate raison d'etre than white zinfandel.

One of the missus's Mah Jongg crowd drinks WZ. Whenever Barbra has the clatch over, we buy the stuff in "pony-size" screw-caps, because nobody else will touch it; but this one woman is so dense it never occurs to her that the others are nailing flagons of pinot grigio and rieslings like Perkeo at his cask.

No 'countin' for taste, Billhelm.

[KG4CGC]

Hell, Gatorade has a more legitimate raison d'etre than white zinfandel.

One of the missus's Mah Jongg crowd drinks WZ. Whenever Barbra has the clatch over, we buy the stuff in "pony-size" screw-caps, because nobody else will touch it; but this one woman is so dense it never occurs to her that the others are nailing flagons of pinot grigio and rieslings like Perkeo at his cask.

No 'countin' for taste, Billhelm.
that's funny.
Ever been asked if you want a cube of sugar with your wine?

[NQ6U]

NSFW


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pbc_vloYRk

[W3MIV]

that's funny.
Ever been asked if you want a cube of sugar with your wine?

I grew up with an Italian friend (his father was a mob bookie and his grandma spoke no English beyond "eat!") and they ALWAYS toasted with a bubbly asti to which they added a sugar cube. You didn't dare refuse. ;) At dinners, though, it was always an excellent chianti -- not the reed-wrapped crap -- and the kids were served along with the adults.

[kc7jty]

and the kids were served along with the adults.

yes, and they always drank very little (if any) by choice, it would interfere with their ability to play after dinner. Growing up with a respect and understanding for alcohol quite unlike most American kids who are forbidden till 21 then die because they have no knowledge of what it is.

[NQ6U]

At dinners, though, it was always an excellent chianti -- not the reed-wrapped crap -- and the kids were served along with the adults.

That's the way it was at my house--I got my first jelly jar of cheap vino when I was about ten years old. I credit that for me not doing the usual American teenager drinking thing; alcohol was not the big mystery to me that it was most of my friends.

[W3MIV]

yes, and they always drank very little (if any) by choice, it would interfere with their ability to play after dinner. Growing up with a respect and understanding for alcohol quite unlike most American kids who are forbidden till 21 then die because they have no knowledge of what it is.

My dear, departed Irish mum kept an ice-box in the basement. (A genyouwine ice-box that had to be fed a big block of ice regularly by the iceman who came through the alley. I had to empty the large pan under the box regularly into the toitty or face absolute hell were it to spill over!)

That icebox was kept full of beer -- maybe two cases or so, usually of Gunther's and Natty Boh. She always told us, "you wanna drink? Go downstairs and drink. Don't do it outside the house."

Beer or booze never became the obsession for us, either.