We usually don’t go for cheeses “with stuff in them”, but we did in this case, and we liked it. It was a Trader Joe’s Asiago that was rubbed with rosemary and olive oil. It was pretty good.
Coulter Camembert from PA
AKT got a camembert from her local farmer’s market today at Crystal City. It was an aged camembert, and was fairly firm, and somewhat salty.
Coulter Farms Camembert: milk from Pennsylvania cows. $7, but no box for the collection. Certified Organic 100% Grassfed Jersey Milk.
To go with it: fresh Maryland crab. From Shells Yes!
Cowgirl cheeses after Wings
We sent to see Wings, the 1927 silent film, with live piano accompaniment by Andrew Simpson. It won the first Academy Award for Best Picture. The showing was at the Portrait Gallery, and since that is near Cowgirl Creamery, we went there afterwards. All of the cheeses we got were very good.
Gabietou, an Alpine cheese made from French cow’s and goat’s milk, was a semi-soft cheese.
Colvander, was from Chapel Hill Creamery, in North Carolina. I generally stay away from anything to do with Chapel Hill, but as this is about cheese, I’ll let it slide this time. It was a firm cheese made from raw cow’s milk.
Baserri, from the Barinaga Ranch Farm, in California, is made from sheep’s milk.
Tyrosemiophiles unite!
Apparently there is a word for it: Tyrosemiophile. That is someone who collects cheese labels, or maybe just labels. There is a french page about it, the Antiques Diva has a page about it, as does Pavel and Tomas. We decorated our Christmas tree with Camembert boxes.
California brie
While I was in Mountain View & Milpitas earlier this week I went to a wine & cheese shop and found a Marin French Brie which was from Marin county in California. It was a triple cream, which we always like.
La Petite Reine Camembert
Camembert, poetry,
Bouquet of our meals,
What would become life,
If you did not exist?
We got another Camembert when we were at Cheesetique the other day. As it says “Fabrique en Normandie”, it was made there, but since it does not say “Camembert de Normandie”, it may not be AOC. La Petite Reine may be made from “lightly pasteurized milk”, which must be why it is not AOC, but it was good anyway.
Uh oh. I can’t read French, but I think I’ve stumbled upon a cool site that has Camembert posters. This could be dangerous, as I’m running out of wall space for all of my airline posters.
Abondance cheese
Abondance is an AOC cheese from French Abondance cows, and aged. The recipe has been unchanged since the 12th century. It was a little bitter (tart?), which was fine, as the other cheese we tried later tasted sweet by comparison. Don’t eat the rind.
Prima Donna at Cheesetique
Then the cheese trays looked so pretty, I had to order one — I chose Prima Donna, a Dutch gouda, aged a year. Nice, but not too salty. It came on a wooden cheeseboard with bread, crackers, cornichons and red grapes. The oniony crackers were a bit much with the mild cheese, but the rest worked. $8 for one cheese plate.
We had a North Carolina IPA with it (Brevard Brewing Company) — don’t know enough to know if a wine would have been better.
You get 10% off your store order if you buy at the restaurant, but I forgot to ask. I wanted to get a French and a German cheese for a friend. They had a ton of French cheeses, and only one German one — Cambozola, a blue cheese.
Grilled Halloumi
Halloumi is a fine grilling cheese. It is a Greek cheese made from sheep’s milk and goat’s milk. It doesn’t melt, but browns and turns a bit crispy. Next time we should brush the cheese with olive oil.
latest cheeses
AKT got some cheese at Whole Foods.
They were clockwise from upper left:
http://www.gourmet-food.com/italian-cheese/cacio-de-roma-cheese-1000526.aspx
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