Comments on: NCheeseAA Round Of 32: Write-Ups

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:01:26 +0000

@Mimi – Ooooh, that sounds fantastic. Good point, though–poor mascarpone has nothing on PR. It's like pitting the NY Yankees against, like, the Albuquerque Isotopes.

(BTW, I totally meant sour cream on latkes…)

By: Tori

Tori — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:35:54 +0000

Now, I loooove Harvarti. It is a magical, magical cheese. But my favorite 'cost me four pounds in London which was cheaper than a damn Big Mac Meal AND it gives me two' sandwich is wet mozzarella, tomato, and avocado on a roll. True, I'll probably dress it up some more when I grow up to be a big girl, but it is divine. And probably very bad for you. Heh.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:32:59 +0000

Sars — and anyone else out Brooklyn way — should order one of the fresh mozzarella salads at Queen on Court St (one of the top Italian restaurants in the city IMO). I'm partial to the Caprese, cliche as that is. But seriously, one bite of that unbelievably creamy, salty, meaty and delicious orb will make you a believer. For reals.

That being said, I'm pulling for Gouda, but mainly because I dream about it's buttery goodness when young and it's splintery tanginess in old age.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:54:16 +0000

@Robin – I recently indulged in some mascarpone spread on ginger thins. MMMM.

That said, I voted for the PR, as it's far more likely to be hanging around my fridge. But there's nothing wrong with mascarpone.

By: daki

daki — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:18:14 +0000

Havarti! Havarti! Havarti! Come on, people, help a mamma out – I've got Havarti for the win here, and not just for sentimental 'girl-scraping-by-on-her-own block-of-Havarti & box-of-Triscuits splurge' reasons. Also because, come on, Mozz? As if. Yet it leads with 66% right now – that's just caraway-hating cheesism, there.

I'll vote for your Gouda and even your Mascarpone if I have to, just please, throw a seed Havarti's way, eh?

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:13:31 +0000

This bracket and contest has spawned in my head the following fantasy:

Keckler and Sars are somewhere in a comfortable little coffee/chocolate/bagel shop. This shop also mysteriously carries cheese plates. Sars and Keckler are discussing cheese. They never get tired of it, and I keep discreetly paying for another round of the refreshments of their choice because I am listening to the cheese talk.

Magically, the place we are sitting also has all the cheeses they talk about, which I then order, and sample while listening to the cheese talk.

By: Keckler

Keckler — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:26:04 +0000

@ Katharine: we carry one at Cowgirl that has fenugreek in it. It's quite tasty. I agree there are tons of kinds of boerkaas Goudas out there, but for this embryonic NCheeseAA, concentrating on the deli variety was a good way to judge the cheese tastes out there for future endeavors.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:14:19 +0000

I wish you'd go to your local Fancy Cheese Shop and rethink Gouda as you did Vermont Cheddar. Gouda is far more than bland supermarket cheese! MY favourite Fancy Deli sells at least six or eight varieties, including an aged one that could kick many an old Cheddar's ass, and the deliciously seedy caraway variant apparently beloved by native Dutch and Frieslanders (and me).

By: krissa

krissa — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:13:44 +0000

@Melissa – me too. I thought I at least knew the names of more cheeses…I feel so inadequate! And lacking in cheesy goodness!

By: Snarkmeister

Snarkmeister — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:00:50 +0000

God, Mt Tam is the most amazing artery-clogging stuff, isn't it? I'm a huge fan of the Cowgirl cheeses in general (Pierce Pt being my hands-down fave), and as far as I'm concerned, Mt Tam could take the whole cheese-off.