Norwegian Cheese Package We Won

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Thanks to W’s brother who gets the Culture Cheese magazine subscription for him each year.

I’ve been entering for at least 3 years, so it was quite exciting to get the whole package.

It was Norwegian cheese, from Jarlsburg USA,  with accessories. We like the traditional Jarlsberg, a cow cheese we have had often, and we got about a pound of it.  It also included Snofrisk and Ski Queen Gjetost (yaytoast — has a flavor similar to tangy fudge — this blog, Cheesemonger’s Wife, describes it well). Both were goat cheeses. We got to enjoy it with some homemade, pickled veggies that we got from family at Christmas. The mustard was similar to a spicy, German mustard, and we haven’t opened the pricey, strawberry preserves yet.

And now the slate board  ($40) means we have one for the city (another family gift) and one for the country. The little cheese cooler will be handy, and the cute, little cheese knife that works quite well. The whole package was probably worth $150 or so.

Now we  you can win the next giveaway for the fall Culture magazine package.
• Yanni Grilling Cheese (plain and jalapeño-flavored)
• Hand- Braided String Cheese (plain, marinated, and smoked)
• Labne Kefir Cheese
• Basket Feta (green olive and sun-dried tomato–flavored)
• Plus, an insulated cooler, cheese knife and blade cutter, to-go coffee cup, spatula, and measuring cup.

This total package has a value of $120. Enter your name below for our November 30, 2012 drawing. No purchase necessary, you must be a US resident to enter.

 

Cheese at the E Street Cinema

At our local art theater, E Street Cinema, they now have an Artisan Cheese Plate, featuring 4 incredible cheeses from Italy and France; Galbani Bel Paese, Boule d’Or Mimolette, Istara P’Tit Basque and President Emmental. Served with Toasted Pita Bread and a mixture of Candied Pecans and cranberries. What could be better than cheese and a movie?

Movies and Cheese
Cheese @ the Movies

Illinois cheese

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AKT got some cheese from the farmer’s market there.  It was from Ludwig Farmstead Creamery in Illinois.

Feather Ridge – a semi-hard raw milk cheese.

Jake’s Wheel – patterned after Havarti.

Vermillion River Blue – a very nice triple cream blue.

AKT also got a nice cheese knife, but the mouse’s tail broke off after the first use.

another rooftop cheese

Rooftop Cheese

 

Brillat savarin cave aged, a cow’s milk triple-cream brie cheese from Burgandy or Normandie.  Very good.

Ubriacone – a very nice aged cow’s milk spiked with wine

Quadrello di bufala, they say it is a stinky (washed rind) cheese, but ours was a fairly firm nice smelling cheese.

Ewe’s milk blue, which I think was a Whole Foods product, or maybe an Old Chatam Shepherding Company cheese, was very good.

Barbeclette

The other day we got some barbeclettes, made by Boska Holland, but we probably got them from Amazon.

They’re designed to be used on an outdoor grill, but we used them on an indoor gas range, and they worked very well.  We used Raclette cheese.

We had it on potatoes, cornichons, and the pickled carrots we got for Christmas.  It was a good, quick, and easy meal.