Friday Five: Cheese!

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:57:15 GMT

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OK, this is going to be a bit repetitive, because I REALLY like cheese, but I don't have a lot of specifics, just, like, almost all cheese :)

1. What was the first type of cheese you ever ate?

I mean, I really don't remember, but most likely corner-store cheddar, that's what we'd have often, and for that matter, is still what I have most often (although I usually buy extra vintage, or whatever the strongest is, which we didn't use to).

I can't remember if I ever ate baby bell or other cheese I think of as more likely to be specifically liked by children -- I really don't like it now, I don't know why, so I'm guessing I didn't, but I don't remember for sure.

2. What was the type of cheese you ate most recently?

See above :) But other than that, we did buy a selection of interesting cheese from the botanic garden apple day, being Cornish Yarg (always good), Dragon's Breath Cheddar (which was indeed, very strong), and another I've forgotten.

3. What is the most unusual cheese you ever ate?

Good question. I'm pretty happy to try anything that's vegetarian (and I cheat a bit with cheese even though I don't with meat), but I don't remember anything that stands out. See the "likes" selection for ones that may be a bit more unusual in Britian.

4. What is your favorite cheese?

I'm not sure I have a single favourite. Well, possibly "strong cheddar" in that if I had to pick one type of cheese for the rest of my life it'd probably be that one, but it's not the most *exciting* cheese. But for cheeses I really like, I can list quite a lot:

Really, really strong cheddar, like more so, like the dragons breath above, or the quite similar monk something cheese we get from swedish supermarkets.

British milder cheeses like Cheshire and Wensleydale, which I feel are really underrated and I really like. See, I don't ONLY like strong cheese :) I mean, you go into a supermarket and they have fifteen types of strong cheddar, and I really like strong cheddar, but they're just not that different. but they have ONE type of Cheshire, sometimes not even that.

Raclette, a style of meal where you lightly roast vegetables and pour semi-melted cheese over them a bit like fondue.

Funnily enough, I used to dislike runny cheeses. They just seemed strange. Now I've finally started enjoying them, but there's none I've totally fallen in love with.

Some particular cheeses I've noted down to return to:

Cornish Yarg is always good
Lincolnshire Poacher is really good, really strong and flavourful
Apres Solei we had once from the shelford deli (as with several others on the list),

Halloumi, both eaten straight, roasted or fried, or battered, or cubed and used and filling in a sauce like paneer. Oh, and rather different to most other cheeses, but I guess paneer too :)

I'm always interested to try sheep's cheese or goats' cheese, even though I can't name a particular brand as a favourite.

Parmesan (or preferably Grana Padano as Osos introduced me to) as a garnish is very appreciated too.

And for that matter, I'm not sure of the underlying sort of cheese, but bubbly, crispy cheese topping I really really like.

5. What is your favorite dish made with cheese?

...all of them? :) I pretty much always love things with cheese.

Although I didn't used to like cheese on toast (I do now).

And funnily enough, I never really liked eating cheese by itself, I always wanted it with *some* sort of carbs.

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Friday Five: Cheese!