[Sca-cooks] January 2009 MK Cooks Challenge-- Cheeses

[Elaine Koogler]

Why don't you pick up some Middle Eastern cheeses as well?  They are very
tasty and might provide another aspect to your tasting....

Kiri

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:

> Mistress Helewyse suggested on MK Cooks:
> "A cheese tasting, compared to the English most Americans do not have a
> taste for cheese, I believe it is the difference in the cheese mongers,
> perhaps our proximity to Europe. There are so many variables to explore:
> The same cheese made from pasteurized and raw milk
> Goat, sheep, cow, buffalo milk cheeses
> Aged and young
> The various forms of adding mold to cheese (blue, Camembert, brie etc)
> To give you an example.  In this country I am sometimes lucky to come
> across Lancashire cheese (Lancashire btw is my home county).  When I find it
> here it is presented as a single type of cheese.  If I go to a market in
> Burnley (nearest decent food market, think farmers market type thing) then I
> can buy:
> creamy Lancashire - very soft on the palate
> crumbly Lancashire - almost chalky texture
> Tasty Lancashire - a balance between creamy texture and sharp taste
> Farmhouse Lancashire - the more aged one, much bolder, made only by small
> producers (hence the name).
>
> It would probably mean a trip to Ann Arbor for me, to gather the tasting
> samples, as Whole Foods has a decent cheese selection and a knowledgeable
> staff.  I still miss the cheese shop I used to go to in Bath it was a mecca.
>
> Helewyse
> homesick all of a sudden"
>
> I suggested that "Or you could float a loan and head for Zingerman's.
> http://www.zingermans.com/Category.aspx?category=birthplace_of_cheddar
> http://www.zingermans.com/Category.aspx?category=cheeses
>
> Plum's Market off Maple in west Ann Arbor also has a good selection of
> imported cheeses."
>
> Johnnae
>
>
>
>
> Elaine Koogler wrote:
>
>> How about cheeses?  You could also include cheeses from the Middle East
>> and
>> India...hard cheeses, soft cheeses, fresh cheeses, etc.
>>
>> Kiri
>>
>>
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