Cheese

[Emerson40]

This evening, for bedtime stories, the wee lad pulled a well thumbed book from the shelf. It is collection of poems about food. A couple of dozen pages in, we read this curddy verse, and I thought this thread ripe for it. Enjoy.


Say Cheese

At Christmas the STILTON
Was split on the Wilton,
The rare CAMEMBERT
Was as fine as can be,
But at New Year the GRUYERE
It just went straight through yer,
The CHEDDAR was beddar
But as for the BRIE,
Aaaaaaaagh! And the PORT SALUD!
Swallow one morsel, you
Kept to your bed
For a week and a day,
And if you tried WENSLEYDALE
You quite immensely'd ail,
Hospital-bound
Till they wheeled you away!

No better was EMMENTHAL,
Sour and inclement, all
Cratered and pocked
Like a view of the moon!
And while some are crazy
For creamed BEL PAESE,
Myself, I'd eat forcemeat
Or horsemeat as soon!

The LEICESTER was best o'
The bunch, but the rest o'
Them curled up your stomach.
Though GLOUCESTER (times two)
And jaundiced old CHESHIRE
I'd taste under pressure,
Nothing would get me,
No nothing would get me,
But nothing would get me
To try DANISH BLUE!

- Kit Wright​

 

[Miles Long]

This evening, for bedtime stories, the wee lad pulled a well thumbed book from the shelf. It is collection of poems about food. A couple of dozen pages in, we read this curddy verse, and I thought this thread ripe for it. Enjoy.


Say Cheese

At Christmas the STILTON
Was split on the Wilton,
The rare CAMEMBERT
Was as fine as can be,
But at New Year the GRUYERE
It just went straight through yer,
The CHEDDAR was beddar
But as for the BRIE,
Aaaaaaaagh! And the PORT SALUD!
Swallow one morsel, you
Kept to your bed
For a week and a day,
And if you tried WENSLEYDALE
You quite immensely'd ail,
Hospital-bound
Till they wheeled you away!

No better was EMMENTHAL,
Sour and inclement, all
Cratered and pocked
Like a view of the moon!
And while some are crazy
For creamed BEL PAESE,
Myself, I'd eat forcemeat
Or horsemeat as soon!

The LEICESTER was best o'
The bunch, but the rest o'
Them curled up your stomach.
Though GLOUCESTER (times two)
And jaundiced old CHESHIRE
I'd taste under pressure,
Nothing would get me,
No nothing would get me,
But nothing would get me
To try DANISH BLUE!

- Kit Wright​

I love Danish blue. It is great on steak.

 

[Lyricalli]

A thread for cheeses and their accompanying chutneys, membrillo, etc


I bought these two yesterday .

Cowgirl Creamery.

I lived very near them for a brief time about a decade ago. It makes me smile whenever I see them and makes me think of some nice times.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

I am currently waiting for some cheese I ordered to be delivered this afternoon.

You are awaiting a cheese delivery?

 

[BabblingBrooke]

I love cheese. Tonight, for dinner, I will have queso from a localish (just a bit of a drive) restaurant that has the most amazing queso (and guac... and tortas...).

 

[Luv2Cook84]

Pepperjack and Mozzarella for the win!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Hard_Rom]

Cowgirl Creamery.

I lived very near them for a brief time about a decade ago. It makes me smile whenever I see them and makes me think of some nice times.

Eating cheese memories or...?

 

[jaF0]

Is it cheese or is it ... ?

 

[Fata Morgana]

Is it cheese or is it ... ?

No. It's shite in a can.

 

[thør]

No. It's shite in a can.

Silly string, if used right.

 

[Lyricalli]

Eating cheese memories or...?

I do have some fond memories of eating cheese, but I can't see Cowgirl Creamery without thinking about that part of California, which has some very, very good memories attached to it.

Is it cheese or is it ... ?

It's tasty orange goo. Or, I thought it was as a kid. Haven't had it in a long, long, long time.

 

[thør]

I do have some fond memories of eating cheese, but I can't see Cowgirl Creamery without thinking about that part of California, which has some very, very good memories attached to it.

Indeed, some very good memories associated with cowgirl....

But, I've never had the cheese.

 

[Miles Long]

You are awaiting a cheese delivery?

Yes I was. It was delivered later that day, and I can confirm that both cheeses were/are delicious.

 

[MistressMoira]

Today is the American National Fondue Day. I kid you not. The Swiss don't have a National Fondue Day as far as I can establish.

Fondues don't have to be made in a fondue set, they can be made in a double boiler - or even a heat proof bowl on an inverted saucer in a pot of water.

The original cheese fondue was some hardened cheese, melted with some wine or beer. I don't often have hardened cheese, but it seems like a good use for it.

 

[Lyricalli]

Indeed, some very good memories associated with cowgirl....

But, I've never had the cheese.

Cheeky.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Cheeky.

NOW she gets the cheesy references!

 

[Lyricalli]

NOW she gets the cheesy references!

Fuck you.

 

[Wrong Element]

We had some of this at a wine tasting, and it's a new addiction:


http://www.sartoricheese.com/our-cheese/reserve-cheese/merlot-bellavitano.html

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[neci]

I tasted a local to NY burrata earlier this week ( ? losing track of days, pretty sure Monday) I took a photo of the wrapper for you guys who can get it. It's really up there in quality, an excellent, excellent burrata to be proud of.

And a Vermont cheese ( packaging also to come later) very pleasant indeed. Yep, were it just about cheese I could probably make the move. I did not dream of being able to say that. In Indiana things looked a little different so tell me someone is it geography, time since I was last here if urban thing?

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[neci]

geography and culture change quite a bit. urban changes so much as well, each city her own state. flying into cities, watch the land. how she changes. her designs. her colors. florida always surprises me with the vast amount of marsh land. i flew over the grand canyon and the colorado river not too long ago. the area around tahoe. it was absolutely breathtaking. then think about all that mountain cheese. that's a whole lot of mountain goat cheese. with her own special breath of air.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Wrong Element]

\ In Indiana things looked a little different so tell me someone is it geography, time since I was last here if urban thing?

Definitely time. It's 1952 there.


But seriously: are you talking about Indiana's cheese, or the state in general? I don't know for sure, but I'm one state to the east and a lot of our cheese comes courtesy of the Amish. That may be the case in Indiana too.