[Waragainstsleep]

I like cheese. Do you like cheese?

What is your favourite cheese? Can you even get good quality cheese where you live?

I might be bored.

[Waragainstsleep]

Some cheese that I like:

Proper farmhouse mature Cheddar. The kind that stinks of ammonia and takes a layer of cells off the roof of your mouth. I'm fortunate that I live only 15 miles or so from Cheddar the actual place. Not that much cheese is actually still produced there any more;
Stilton. There is a specialist cheese shop near me that makes the creamiest Stilton I ever found. Most shops keep it too cool, vacuum packed in small wedges. Keeping it in whole truckles in a cellar where it can breathe a little makes a worthwhile difference I can tell you. Stilton goes really well with walnuts, especially if you sprinkle both on something and then bake that something. Mushrooms are a good something for this;
Halloumi. Saltier the better. One of my favourite sandwiches is Halloumi, roasted portobello mushrooms, Basil pesto and fresh Rocket on a wholewheat organic baguette. In the summer I like to switch it up to Halloumi, roasted yellow peppers and Chilli jam with fresh Rocket on a white baguette The Halloumi is grilled for both versions;
Parmesan. I bought a nice big block off decent Parmesan from Costco of all places. Great on any pasta dish;
Gouda. A nice old one. Darker orange in colour and a little dry. A nice alternative nibble;
I could go on and on. Emmental, Jarlsberg, Gruyere, Brie de Meaux or a Vacherin. Tallagio doesn't smell great but its tasty. I love to stab a few cloves of garlic into a Camembert, sprinkle salt and black pepper on top and then bake it. Dip some roasted chestnut mushrooms in it;

[Face Ache]

I dislike the pre-cut slices because they're poorly designed and prone to bending.

[besson3c]

Who came up with "cut the cheese" to mean farting? What does cutting cheese have to do with farts?

[subego]

I do like cheese, and can get good cheese where I live.

We half overlap, and half probably think we're out of each other's minds.

Moldy cheese? **** that. Bleu Cheese and Stilton are out.

I'm a big fan of hard cheese, so I'm right with you on old Gouda. Good Parmesan is not only for pasta. Eat that shit on its own!

I like Brie if it isn't too stinky (see Bleu and Stilton). Brie de Meaux is usually right over the line. Cheddar is pretty ****ing bland here in the states. As a comedian once said, "Cheddar is for people who like the idea of cheese".

I like what goes in a quesadilla, when it's in a quesadilla. Is that usually Chihuahua?

Fresh buffalo Mozzarella is excellent.

[Shaddim]

Oaxaca, or queso blanco, is what typically goes on a traditional quesadilla.

A good Monterey jack or pepper jack is my favorite. Pepper jack omelettes, mmmm.

[Waragainstsleep]

I used to get some half decent Monterey Jack over here but then it suddenly went bland so I stopped buying it.

Blue cheese is awesome. You should endeavour to learn to like it.
A decent Manchego definitely has its place too.
There is an excellent local goats cheese here called Capricorn.
About the only cheeses I don't get on so well with are the really smelly German ones.

One of the strangest cheeses you'll ever try is Gjetost.

[Jawbone54]

I second Manchego, but goat milk Manchego, not sheep.

Also, the obvious-but-appropriately-regarded Grana Padano can be found online relatively cheaply. I can't find it in a single store in my area of about 450,000 residents, so online is my only hope.

[mattyb]

LOVE cheese, and luckily I live in a country that loves to produce good cheeses. There is the supermarket shite, but the unpasteurised heart-attack inducing stuff is widely available.

The Froggies can also make decent bread and wine, which helps.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

LOVE cheese, and luckily I live in a country that loves to produce good cheeses. There is the supermarket shite, but the unpasteurised heart-attack inducing stuff is widely available.

The Froggies can also make decent bread and wine, which helps.

Speaking of heart attacks, I love cheese and a local supermarket carries a very nice variety of artisan Quebec cheeses in particular, which I highly recommend in this thread and which I was able to gorge on for years, to the point where my doctor strongly recommends I do not eat any cheeses at all nowadays. So it seems those days are over. Bummer.

[mattyb]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

Speaking of heart attacks, I love cheese and a local supermarket carries a very nice variety of artisan Quebec cheeses in particular, which I highly recommend in this thread and which I was able to gorge on for years, to the point where my doctor strongly recommends I do not eat any cheeses at all nowadays. So it seems those days are over. Bummer.

I'm sure that there's a study somewhere that proves the psychological side-effects of treating yourself to really unhealthy food now and again.

[subego]

Eating healthy doesn't make you live any longer, it only makes it feel that way.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Hah. Unfortunately it appears to it both make you live longer, and enjoy it less. So there's that.

[turtle777]

Cheese FTW. Go Packers.

-t

[subego]

Ironically, it's harder to get good meat and cheese in Wisconsin than it should be. Most of the good stuff gets shipped out.

[mindwaves]

Not sure why the obsession over cheese. I do enjoy a small packet of Cheese-its, however.

[Shaddim]

Whole goat's milk cottage cheese with capers mixed in. Mmmm...

[Waragainstsleep]

I have never really been into cottage cheese.

[mattyb]

Originally Posted by Shaddim 

Whole goat's milk cottage cheese with capers mixed in. Mmmm...

CAPERS!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Its not a caper, its a rat turd.