Cheesy
More cheeses I've recently bought from the Cheese Store:
Old Amsterdam: A reddish aged Gouda. Mixes Gouda's creamy taste with a spicy tinge. Really great, and queersolitude loves it.
Montgomery Farmhouse Cheddar: A original style British Cheddar. Hard and white. So honest you can taste the grass. More expensive than it was worth, unfortunately. (Though fancy cheese in general is suprisingly cheap).
Chaubier: A semi-soft white cheese from France. Didn't make much of an impression.
Young Gorgonzola: Famous italian creamy blue cheese that I'd never had. Quite strong for my taste, but nice with some Chutney to fruit it up. :) Really spreadable. This is the soft stinky cheese in the Comic-Book Bone. (Geeks represent!)
Pont L'Eveque: Brie-like cheese with a funky, garlicky taste. Man, I loved this. My favorite cheese so far. It's Brie without the blandness!
Livarot: Basically a softer version of Pont L'Eveque. Also excellent. They were out of Pont L'Eveque...
Other cheese I tried but didn't buy:
Vella Dry Jack -- Eh, too hard for casual eating, and if you're going to grate something, why not use Parmegiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano?
Talleggio -- Italian Brie-like cheese. Supposed to be really good, but tasted to me like dirty sweat socks. Aftertaste was interesting, but too strong for my capacity at the moment.
Various bries -- There are so many that I couldn't ID one from the other.
Wensledydale -- Another Monty Python cheese. Soft white cheese, I didn't taste enough to nail it down.
Roncal -- Nice salty semi-soft white cheese. Probably going to try some more.
Conclusion? The big winners so far are Red Leicester, Aged Gouda, Gorgonzola, and Pont L'Eveque/Livarot. Next? Goat and sheep cheeses, Spanish cheeses. God I'm happy.
Old Amsterdam: A reddish aged Gouda. Mixes Gouda's creamy taste with a spicy tinge. Really great, and queersolitude loves it.
Montgomery Farmhouse Cheddar: A original style British Cheddar. Hard and white. So honest you can taste the grass. More expensive than it was worth, unfortunately. (Though fancy cheese in general is suprisingly cheap).
Chaubier: A semi-soft white cheese from France. Didn't make much of an impression.
Young Gorgonzola: Famous italian creamy blue cheese that I'd never had. Quite strong for my taste, but nice with some Chutney to fruit it up. :) Really spreadable. This is the soft stinky cheese in the Comic-Book Bone. (Geeks represent!)
Pont L'Eveque: Brie-like cheese with a funky, garlicky taste. Man, I loved this. My favorite cheese so far. It's Brie without the blandness!
Livarot: Basically a softer version of Pont L'Eveque. Also excellent. They were out of Pont L'Eveque...
Other cheese I tried but didn't buy:
Vella Dry Jack -- Eh, too hard for casual eating, and if you're going to grate something, why not use Parmegiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano?
Talleggio -- Italian Brie-like cheese. Supposed to be really good, but tasted to me like dirty sweat socks. Aftertaste was interesting, but too strong for my capacity at the moment.
Various bries -- There are so many that I couldn't ID one from the other.
Wensledydale -- Another Monty Python cheese. Soft white cheese, I didn't taste enough to nail it down.
Roncal -- Nice salty semi-soft white cheese. Probably going to try some more.
Conclusion? The big winners so far are Red Leicester, Aged Gouda, Gorgonzola, and Pont L'Eveque/Livarot. Next? Goat and sheep cheeses, Spanish cheeses. God I'm happy.