Gabriel and I have learned to like Brie and Camembert cheese since coming to Ireland. (Yes, I know pregnant women aren’t supposed to have soft cheese–but if I tried to do everything the books tell me to do, I’d go crazy even faster than I currently am doing.) Gabriel walks by a Super Quinn grocery store on his way home from school every day, and he often stops in to see if they’re handing out free samples of cheese. One day at another store I tasted Wensleydale cheese with cranberries–that stuff is delicious. But I can’t bring myself to try the bleu cheese he brought home last week. I draw the line at fuzzy mold visibly growing in the cheese, and I can hardly believe that the same man who freaks out that I will cut mold off a slice of bread and eat the rest, will eat this bleu cheese. But I’m impressed at his willingness to try new tastes, and I hope it rubs off on me eventually.
What’s your favorite “weird” or plain cheese? Any more that we should try?
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February 2, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Rich
Definitely peppercorn goat cheese. My dear wife even got me some for Christmas. Most soft goat cheese is good…um, just remembering some I had some in China that was not so good. Other cheese Cor and I love? Definitely brie. That’s one reason Cor and I love visiting her Uncle Bob’s in Ottawa…it seems they always have brie for breakfast. Raclette cheese is yummy as are most other authentic swiss cheeses. Oh, and Poland has some great soft cheese too. Better stop. I’m getting really hungry….
yeah, I can see how the microbiologist grad might like blue cheese. Who needs an agar plate when you have blue cheese?
February 3, 2010 at 8:37 am
thelongtrick
Wow, lots of good recommendations, Rich! Thanks. Brie (on bread with deli meat) for breakfast must be a European thing…? We first tried it when it was served to us for breakfast last fall, and we’ve loved it ever since. -Jen
February 4, 2010 at 12:28 am
tony
May I recommend baked brie with figs……served with crackers is a most excellent feast
February 4, 2010 at 11:14 am
thelongtrick
WOW, Tony, that sounds amazing. Do you stuff the figs with brie and then bake them or do you buy them like that? You might like baked mushrooms stuffed with brie–those are to die for. -Jen
February 8, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Marylou
Don’t have any cheese recommendations for you. I always thought I love sharp cheese until I went to Europe and had some really sharp stuff. Our sharp is their mild. I’ve seen a recipe for brie that looks good. Wrap the brie in crescent dough. Bake it and the eat it with raspberry pepper jelly.
February 8, 2010 at 5:16 pm
thelongtrick
That does sound good, Marylou. I’ll keep that in mind! Wait…never had raspberry pepper jelly! Sounds scrumptious.
February 12, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Kristy
Jenn… I had brie cheese today! I never had it before but like it! Thought of you, my friend was serving it with a jelly on top and with crackers. She sent some home with me….. think I need some more.
February 12, 2010 at 10:11 pm
thelongtrick
Mmm…sounds good! Try stuffing it in sauteed mushroom caps and then baking it–delicious! The Irish eat Brie for breakfast with crusty bread and cold deli meat…