On the Cheese Board

[maxman]

I hope to feature a cheese now and again. If you have tried it, jump in to the conversation. If you haven't, then pick some up!

Yesterday while at a local butcher shop who now sells cheese, I found a nice bit of Fromage D'Affinois.
It's a soft double cream cheese made of cow's milk. It looks like brie and does share similar qualities.
Ahhh but the taste! it's so creamy and rich. It really feels and tastes like fresh cream.

I must say it's one of the most enjoyable cheeses I've had in a long time.
Best at room temperature. It's very soft and gets nice and oooozy when left out.

Enjoy!

 

[ouch]

Nice thread. I would love to learn more about cheese.

 

[Mick]

Looks like one that I will be on the look out for.

I like soft cheeses.

Thanks for sharing this info

 

[maxman]

Just for info sake, if you look for a bloomy rind cheese like Brie, note that double cream or triple cream it relates directly to the amount of butter fat in the cheese. Double Cream sits between 60% and 75% and Triple cream is over 75%. (If I remember correctly).

So the cheese is quite fatty, but very delicious.

EDIT: I did some research and it turns out that that's the fat content of the dry matter. In a soft, young cheese that can be quite low.
Still fatty, but not that bad.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Nice thread. I would love to learn more about cheese.

It may seem silly, but because of a Monte Python skit I seriously branched out in the cheese world

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0

 

[oc_in_fw]

I hope to feature a cheese now and again. If you have tried it, jump in to the conversation. If you haven't, then pick some up!

Yesterday while at a local butcher shop who now sells cheese, I found a nice bit of Fromage D'Affinois.
It's a soft double cream cheese made of cow's milk. It looks like brie and does share similar qualities.
Ahhh but the taste! it's so creamy and rich. It really feels and tastes like fresh cream.

I must say it's one of the most enjoyable cheeses I've had in a long time.
Best at room temperature. It's very soft and gets nice and oooozy when left out.

Enjoy!

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I will look for this, and await other cheesy posts. Thanks.

 

[cody6766]

This was a cheese on a cheese platter we served at the restaurant that payed my stumbles through college. I really enjoyed it, especially with a good sauv blanc or viognier.

 

[Alacrity59]

This was a cheese on a cheese platter we served at the restaurant that payed my stumbles through college. I really enjoyed it, especially with a good sauv blanc or viognier.

Hey Cody6766 can you give attatching the picture another shot? It may be that your picture was too large. Picassa is a good free tool from Google that can be used to resize images. Somewhere from 400 to 600 pixels.

 

[mretzloff]

What types of stores usually sell these rarer types of cheeses? Do grocery stores have them?

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Even Whole Foods will have a nice selection.

One of the finest dinner courses I ever experienced was a cheese course and a split of Rodney Strong Botrytis..... HEAVEN!!!

 

[Alacrity59]

Ah the chase for cheese is on. There were some great cheeses mentioned (and pictured) in the Guess that cheese thread which was in the Clown House of all places.

My favourite places for finding cheese. I'll say that some supermarkets do carry a good deal more than just cheddar a good place to start is the deli section. Cheese does not need to be rare to be good.

• Often dairies have a store on site where they sell cheeses they make. Often they will sell chesses from other dairies as well
• Ethnic markets especially Italian and Greek
• Butchers and Deli shops
• Just like the Python skit there are specialty cheese shops. This is where I had my first taste of “The Stinking Bishop” and “Slack ma Girdle”
• Costco in my part of the country has a surprising collection of very nice cheese
• For a while I belonged to a wine of the month club that had a cheese option. They shipped the cheese well wrapped in plastic covered ice cubes. If you look in the Clown House thread linked above you will see some pictures of some of these cheeses.

Happy hunting!

 

[oc_in_fw]

Just like the Python skit there are specialty cheese shops.

But are they licensed for public dancing?

on edit: I am going to have that tune going through my head all day now.

 

[Alacrity59]

But are they licensed for public dancing?

on edit: I am going to have that tune going through my head all day now.

Oh darn . . . you had to mention the tune. Now two of us are hearing it.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Oh darn . . . you had to mention the tune. Now two of us are hearing it.

My work is done here.

 

[Haggises]

shut that bloody bouzouki up!

 

[Samurai-5]

Is anyone else as crazy in love with this or am I alone?

http://www.traderjoes.com/pdf/onthecounter-bluestilton.pdf

I melt this on my COSTCO Prime NY Strips and they are amazing!

 

[jkingrph]

Is anyone else as crazy in love with this or am I alone?

http://www.traderjoes.com/pdf/onthecounter-bluestilton.pdf

I melt this on my COSTCO Prime NY Strips and they are amazing!

I discovered Stilton when stationed in the UK for a for a couple of months back in 91 for Desert Storm. Unfortunately it is hard to come by in this part of the country.

 

[YetiDave]

I love Stilton, the stinkier the better!

 

[Alacrity59]

Stilton is wonderful. I've known people who trigger their migraines with Stilton but who will actually plan a day when they will eat it get their dark quiet room and anti migraine meds set and have at it. Nuts . . . but it is that good.

 

[YetiDave]

I just cut into a Brie that I smoked last week and it's fantastic, I think I might have to try Stilton next