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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Goons with Spoons > It tastes like dirty socks....in a good way: The Cheese Thread
 
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No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!

graybook posted:

Reviving this thread because I'd like to explore more cheeses through y'all's recommendations.

So recently, I managed to pick up a couple of nice selections from my semi-local Whole Foods - Cotswold and a version of Fromager d'Affinois with garlic and herbs.

The former is a double Gloucester with chives and onions in it; the latter, a double cream with a fair bit of kick on its own, with the garlic and herbs adding a lot more flavour. I enjoyed both of them.

If I want to explore more Brie-like cheeses, what would y'all recommend? I've had... Port Salut, Saint-Honoré, Délice de Bourgogne, and a few others whose names I can't recall.
Depends on what you mean by Brie-like - if you mean just mean goopy with a soft crust, Livarot is pretty much my favorite cheese of all time. More brie-like in flavor I'd go with Brillat-Saverin. But at the Whole Foods out here there are some pretty good American goat bries, which I've quite enjoyed. Make sure you're eating at/near room temperature!

No Wave fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Jul 9, 2013

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No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!

katkillad2 posted:

The place I buy cheese from has Burrata and I'd like to try it, but how exactly do you eat it? Cold, hot or room temperature? Do you just eat the bag of cheese and it's insides as is or what kind of things does it go well with?
Room temperature, ideally never having been refrigerated. Drizzle with olive oil if you want, if it's room temp it needs no assistance. Eat with a spoon.

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No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!

katkillad2 posted:

My burrata experience was a bust, I tried it two ways... cold in a bowl with balsamic and olive oil and cold on a sandwich with pancetta and tomatoes.

It was just bland and didn't really taste like anything, in comparison I got some Canadian mozzarella which had a nice salty dairy flavor to it. To be fair though, I went too early and they didn't have any they made from scratch and I ended up buying some in a tub filled with water. I'll give it one more shot with the made from scratch kind and make sure I go later in the day when it's ready.
Yeah it's not very good cold. I should have been more emphatic.

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