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Just bought a new wedge at Trader Joes after sampling in store, it's a cinnamon dusted Toscano or Tuscano, never would have guessed how much I would be smitten with a cheese.
It got me thinking - anyone else have any new/not ordinary cheese to share? TJ's is featuring a different one each month, usually ones I've never tried. Sometimes you just want to break out of the cheddar/jack/American cheese rut.
Curious to hear about a cheese less ordinary - thanks in advance.
Just bought a new wedge at Trader Joes after sampling in store, it's a cinnamon dusted Toscano or Tuscano, never would have guessed how much I would be smitten with a cheese.
It got me thinking - anyone else have any new/not ordinary cheese to share? TJ's is featuring a different one each month, usually ones I've never tried. Sometimes you just want to break out of the cheddar/jack/American cheese rut.
Curious to hear about a cheese less ordinary - thanks in advance.
That sounds good. What did you eat with it or did you eat it just by itself? I am always tempted to buy new and interesting cheeses but then I chicken out. The ones I want are always WAY expensive and if it is bad if I like it or don't like it. If I like it, I will eat the whole thing and have a new habit or I don't like it and toss it wasting money. I am hooked on habanero sharp cheddar. Pretty ordinary but super good.
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Six or so months ago, we got cheese from Trader Joe's -- cheddar and chocolate. I figured that I would LOVE it (two of my favorite things combined!) and that my husband wouldn't care for it.
The niche/specialty cheeses that I like best are gjetost, a caramelized goat cheese from Norway that is unlike any other cheese, Cahill's Irish Cheddar, which is marbled with stout, and Shropshire Blue, an English cheese, which is the odd blue cheese that is yellow-orange, rather than white, with the blue marbling. Brie isn't that unusual, but my favorite way to prepare it is to top it with equal parts brown sugar, dried cranberries, and pecans, then drizzle with honey and bake.
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I haven't tried that many really unusual cheeses, but the one I like best of nonstandard ones is Camenzola, a mix of Camembert and Gorgonzola. I like Stiltons also.
Woof, the Shropshire Blue I noted above is somewhat like Stilton, but a little creamier in texture and sharper in flavor.
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or I don't like it and toss it wasting money. I am hooked on habanero sharp cheddar. Pretty ordinary but super good.
