New Year’s Eve Cheese

Parmesan, Romano and Triple Goat Brie
Parmesan, Romano and Triple Goat Brie

New Year’s Eve before the Kennedy Center. Frigid weather, so cheese had to be easy. W got Italian cheese, Romano and Parmesan from our favorite Bethesda Italian deli, Cornucopia with owner Ibrahim “Ibo” Selmy. As an impulse item, I picked up a Triple Goat Brie Cheese in a cute little box from DC Brookville. For about $5, it was pure heaven to N and me — though is just not a goat fan. Fabulous texture. From a Canadian Dairy, Woolwich Dairy, that now makes some cheese in Wisconsin. Last week we saw it in Safeway.

Champagne complemented it all.

Only goat brie issue: it stained my stainless steel knives and our wooden cutting board. I emailed the dairy who told me that was new to them, but they took the numbers from the box to check into it.

Cheeses for a Desert Island

Must-have cheese
Must-have cheese

Video From J in Washington State: Owner of Vinotique Wine Shop in Lakewood, WA from Tacoma News Tribune 1/12/2009

The 3 cheeses the owner would take on a desert island:

Saint Agur: A French blue cheese. “It’s so creamy. It’s the creamiest blue cheese ever. You have to eat it at room temperature.” ($26.99 a pound)

D’affinois: A French cheese. “It’s like brie on steroids. I love pears with it.” ($16.99 a pound)

Iberico: A Spanish cheese. “It’s made from sheep, goat and cow milk. The sheep’s milk gives it a nutty flavor, combined with the goat milk it’s… pungent. And the cow’s milk makes it so smooth.” ($22.99 a pound)

For beginners she suggests: gouda, danish havarti and Italian fontina.

Cheese at Enflight

cheese at enflight

I’m in Stow, MA doing some typing, and of course, cheese. It made a nice break from the workday.

Brie
milk: French cows
Good. Was going to list the brand of the brie, but Eli shredded the lid before I got that information(!).

Ementaler
milk: Swiss cows
A nice, mild Swiss cheese, without the holes.

President Gouda
milk: Dutch cows
This cheese won a Gold medal in the 2003 United States Cheese Championship. I’ll bet it would also make a nice mac & cheese. We all like it, and it may not keep long enough.Tara liked t a lot, as did the rest of us.