Saturday.....

[dan4behr]

It's a beautiful, crisp and slightly warm day here in NC. Nice...

We went to the Middle Eastern market in Raleigh to buy ingredients for Brian to make a sweet cookie treat called sambusik.

With the nuts and rose-water syrup going on, the place smells like heaven. Less heavenly is Brian grousing that no one, himself included, can cook Lebanese cuisine

Comments

[greatbearmd]

Not sharp, sheep! ;)

[dan4behr]

No, they're not the brightest animals on Earth. I still think they're cute though.

Anyways, I still haven't tried the cheese. Sampling cookies all day hasn't left me much of an appetite!

[uneasytruce]

If you ever get a chance, be sure to try a big glass jar of pickled (ripe) tomatoes from Bulgaria. These are out of this world; usually they have a pepper or two to flavor the entire batch. A few pickled tomatoes on a cold plate with a shiny, cold, golden smoked trout or cold smoked mackerel? Heaven.

If you ever get a chance, be sure to pass when you see a big glass jar of pickled gherkins (cucumbers) from Bulgaria. Inevitably these are sad, soggy ersatz vegetables--though it may just be that they're tragically old by the time they reach our shores and shelves. I've tried every brand of Bulgarian pickled cucumber I could get my hands on, searching for an exception. Alas, there was none.

Please do post your reaction to this cheese, once ewe trite.

[dan4behr]

Just tried it!

We have some very definite opinions. Don't want to hear?
I'll put then under a cut!

Ewe....
omgz...
*hilarity once I got it*

[dan4behr]

Thanks for the other recommendations!

[tilia_tomentosa]

LOL we pickle our own gherkins at home, but I don't know if they would be to your taste.

[dan4behr]

Ah, so Brian's recipe instincts were correct.

[thespian15]

You are much braver than I am to be trying things like those.
I am a very simple meat and potatos kind of guy. :p
I was going to guess that it was quite sharp. lol........
Hugs, Jon

[dan4behr]

We plan to use the cheese this evening in some cheesy mashed potatoes.
If you'll note the wikipedia entry listed in Harald's response above, you'll note this cheese is often compared to cheddar. So, the menu this evening includes pork bbq and cheesy, chedder-y (kashkaval-y?) mashed taters.
Full report later.

[thespian15]

Waits for report. :)

[tilia_tomentosa]

Oh, I was thinking about white cheese when I was talking about salads on FB chat, and not this kind. :)

You can try just toasting some of this on a slice of bread if you like it melted.

[dan4behr]

We did indeed try that and it's good. We put some on toast points and broiled a few moments and it was delicious!

Since it is quite like a good English Cheddar in some respects, we're having a bbq pork dinner tonight with cheesy mashed potatoes for dinner. It should be quite tasty.