Favorite Cheese?

[Joe Fields]

Poll question: Favorite Cheese?

I have always been a fan of aged swiss and extremely sharp white cheddar...
:smoke:

[KitchenWitch]

1. A nice and nutty gruyere

:9

[volstork]

7. I agree!

especially good on grilled ham and cheese!

[Katina]

47. oh yes!

I just bought some yesterday, sharp and flavorful YUM!...second choice is Cashel Blue.

[Robeson]

2. Other....

...parmesan.

[idgiehkt]

50. ooh...shakin' cheese.

:)

That's what some ofthe locals in western NC used to ask for whenever they'd eat at the restaurant my boyfried worked at.

[lost-in-nj]

56. We call this

stinky feet cheese....
really
when we have pasta we ask
Please pass the stinky feet!!!



LOL



lost

[Inchworm]

3. from this list

a stout bleu - served very cold or it tastes like bad breath. Perhaps with a Shiraz. :D

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

4. blue especially on a burger but only after 2 lactaid pills.

[Tyler Durden]

21. Outstanding.

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, there used to be a restaurant called "The Garbage Pit." They made a "Garbage Burger," 1/2 pound, with mushrooms and onions (grilled together) topped with Bleu and then stuck under the broiler to melt the cheese, then put on an onion kaiser.

Funny how something that smelled like garbage could taste like ambrosia?

[Swede]

5. Hey,you forgot velveeta!

:shrug:

[BrotherBuzz]

8. LOL, did you ever live in Chico, California, Velveeta capital of the world?

Someone once told legendary San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen about finding a box of Velveeta cheese in the "gourmet foods" section of a local supermarket, and ever after Caen would tack on "Velveeta capital of the world" to any mention of Chico in his column. It became his most famous running joke that people still chuckle about, and he's been dead for years.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Oh, wow. I'd forgotten that.

I started reading Herb Caen when I was a kid. I remember being a young 20-something, out and about in some hip spot in San Fran, and there Herb would be, hanging with the young folks at the bar. What a great guy.

He also had a running joke about Rossmore (the Walnut Creek retirement community for the 55+ set). A waterbed there would be known as "the dead sea."

[BrotherBuzz]

17. I cut my teeth on Herb Caen and Art Hoppe ("If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?")

and was tickled to find I married one of Herb Caen's sources. My wife has a stash of handwritten postcards thanking her for the nuggets she sent him over the years. Damn, she even got credit for one of my lines published in his column! He was a great guy; the Sackoftomato boy did good.

[Arugula Latte]

32. I remember my mom and dad each got an item in there occasionally ...

That was always a fun surprise. ...

I also love Jon Carroll's column.

:hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

6. Damn, I can't choose all of them

There is a time and a place for every cheese. Right about now, I'd like to be tasting some Oregon Blue with just the right amount of bite.

[Joe Fields]

24. Oregon blue sounds interesting...

:toast:

[ironflange]

65. I'll be in Oregon in a couple of weeks

I'll have to look for some. I love a good blue, especially with Triscuits (flame away). set me down with a hunk of Roquefort and a box of them crackers, and I'm a pig. Danish blue need not apply, it's waaay too damn salty.

Any maker/brand you recommend? I'll be passing through Tillamook.

[BrotherBuzz]

68. I don't remember any specific brand label or maker

Our local cheese and butcher shops in California simply call it Oregon Blue. It appears to be a ten inch wheel of commercial blue cheese of consistent quality that I have grown to like. I'm a trusting soul at times, I assume it comes from Oregon. ;)

Triscuits are great! Have you tried the new black pepper flavor?

[ironflange]

70. No

I haven't seen them here. I'll watch for them in your fair land. And Corn Chex. I love Corn Chex.

Where the cheese is concerned, I guess I'll just have to try them all. That wheel sounds pretty big, but I guess it's already moldy, so maybe it won't go bad.

edit edit edit: I looked at the Googles, found this: http://www.roguecreamery.com/ Is that your stuff? Man, it looks good. Now I'm even more excited about the trip: wine, beer, and now blue cheese! W00t!

[BrotherBuzz]

71. LOL, you don't have to buy the whole damn wheel...

Think wedge of cheese. ;)

I looked at the link, and it looks fun, but it didn't jog my pea-brain. :shrug:

Have fun on your quest

[ironflange]

72. I didn't really think I had to get that much

But gotta stock up, ya know. Canada customs lets you bring lots of cheese back home. Those guys on that link sell their wares at the farmer's market in Portland, which I was already planning to visit. My mouth's already watering.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Idiazabel, Old Amsterdam, and Stilton

[1gobluedem]

11. Montgomery cheddar

Aged English white cheddar, very sharp and so delicious. Around $24-28/lb and worth every penny. Mmmmmm.

[Joe Fields]

13. The sharper the better.

I use Vermont Seriously Sharp Cheddar for my world famous cheeseburger soup. It makes all the difference in the world.

[Richard Steele]

12. Normally, I'm too "opem minded" to have a FAVORITE anything...but for this, I hafta say: COTSWOLD.

Oh my dear sweet merciful LORD, is that some good cheese or WHAT!!!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Velveeta.

:P

[KitchenWitch]

43. I suppose you like Iceberg Lettuce too!

:P

[Inchworm]

46. I must know

Why are ya slamming the Iceburg? :P

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

48. I am a lettuce elitist!

:P

[Inchworm]

55. I see!

So if you were ever at my table, what kind of lettuce should I be serving? I'd hate to mess that up. :P

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

69. Hearts of Romaine!

:7

[RushIsRot]

15. Cheddar, the sharper, the better. YUM!

[Dora]

16. Maytag Blue.

[Adsos Letter]

18. A nice strong Bleu on salad...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

:D

[opiate69]

19. Parmesano Reggiano

[Awsi Dooger]

20. Extinct

That's my dream destination for cheese

[BikeWriter]

22. Cream cheese with diced shrimp and onions in it.

[tjwmason]

23. Stilton.

To my knowledge, the only product name which is also a place name where the product cannot take place in that place - i.e., Stilton cannot be made in the town of Stilton, but rather has to be made in a particular place someway off.

[JCMach1]

44. Stilton is the bomb! if you eat enough, the smell comes out of your pores!

The ultimate stinky cheese!

[MAGICBULLET]

25. I like cheddar on my grits

:)

[Adsos Letter]

28. ...grits...?

[MAGICBULLET]

34. yea...

...grits. mmmm cheese grits :9

[AllegroRondo]

26. Venezuelan Beaver Cheese

yummy!

[EstimatedProphet]

27. But cheddar is the singlemost popular cheese in the world!

[AllegroRondo]

29. not around here, sir.

[EstimatedProphet]

31. And what, pray tell, is the most popular chesse in these parts?

[Art_from_Ark]

73. Ilchester

Quite staggeringly popular round these parts!

[BarenakedLady]

30. Too hard to decide

I love cheese...all different kinds.

:9

[Lance_Boyle]

33. Other: whiz n/t

[montanto]

35. Cabrales (Spain)

Spanish blue cheese. a mixture of cow, sheep and goat, cave aged, wrapped in some kind of leaves.
Doctor says don't eat it. But I do anyway.

[tjwmason]

40. If a doctor says not to eat a particular cheese

Then they're a total wuss and should be avoided at all costs.

Here's to unpasteurised blue cheeses :toast:

[Taverner]

36. Hmmmm depends on the day and the meal

Nothing is better on a burger than cheddar, but I do loves me some Gorgonzola...

[hippiechick]

37. Feta!

:)

[RevCheesehead]

38. Nobody said me!

:cry:

[Red State Rebel]

39. Danish Cream Havarti! (OK, so I'm different!)

[fudge stripe cookays]

42. I'm with you.

Loves me some jalapeno Havarti. Yum! :9

[philosophie_en_rose]

62. Havarti is my favorite too.

It's amazing with french breach and fruit.

[Beaverhausen]

41. From this list I choose swiss - Jarlsberg is the best. But there are way too many...

...to be able to choose just one.

[bigwillq]

45. Mozzarella (nt)

[idgiehkt]

49. My favorite is havarti

I didn't see it on there, but it is yummy. :)

[QMPMom]

51. None of the above: Cambozola is my favorite.

[dembotoz]

52. where is aged brick?

or is that just a wisconsin thing

[ashling]

53. Asiago

I like sharp cheddar too

[Deja Q]

54. You forgot cheeze excrement (Cheese Whiz) and that plastic which oozes out of a canister...

:puke:

[wildhorses]

57. gorgonzola is nice -- but, i like cheese of all kinds.

yummy goodness all of it:loveya:

[txwhitedove]

58. Monterey Jack

[jpgray]

59. No way I can choose. Goat cheese and maybe gruyere I like best right now

[Poiuyt]

60. Anything from Wisconsin

[Jade Fox]

61. Asiago.....

but I like most cheese. :) I so luv Trader Joe's for their cheap cheese prices!

[grace0418]

63. Goat cheese is pure magic. But I love Dubliner, gouda, gruyere, brie, fresh mozzarella,

parmesan, asiago, manchego, mascarpone, cheddar (sharp!)...

Okay, I love cheese.

[momophile]

64. comte' nt

[ironflange]

66. I love them all, can't possibly choose

Even Velveeta and Cheez Whiz have their place.

[snailly]

67. Does anyone else eat ColbyJack?