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- From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Cheese-Louise
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.071134.8129@reed.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 07:11:34 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov18.071134.8129
- References: <1992Nov18.022340.25943@macc.wisc.edu> <46046@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
- Lines: 85
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- Jess says:
- >We'll have to work on you Nelson, about sharp cheddar and
- >sharper yet Swiss cheese.
-
- I'm willing to have my eyes opened (so to speak), but I'm skeptical.
- Sharp cheddar and sharp Swiss are somehow just too .. sharp for my
- tastes. Too bitter/sour? I'm not sure. It's not just that it's strong,
- for I like some strong cheeses.
-
- I do rather like the cheese curds that come from the Tillamook cheddar
- factory. Tehy taste something like an extremely mild cheddar, but more
- chewy because they haven't been pressed.
-
- Here's a question for you - why do smoked gouda and granny smith
- apples go together so well?
-
- >Both aged cheddar and aged Swiss should be at least six months old,
- >and fairly crumbly, at or just below room temperature, and eaten with
- >a really good flatbread (no salt!) and strong coffee or a tasty
- >homemade libation like dandelion wine. I like cheese with beer, too.
-
- OK, I can accept that. I just don't care for it much. I sort of like
- cheese balls made with sharp cheddar, cream cheese, paprika, a bit of
- Worchestershire, and lots of cayenne pepper. Goes well with rye
- crackers.
-
- But swiss cheese and coffee? Tell me you're kidding!
-
- >[Brie de Belmont.] This too must be fully ripened, that is, starting
- >to run almost as soon as you get it out of the fridge.
-
- Hmm. How much ammonia develops in the cheese when it's that old? I've
- found that with most good brie, the cheese gets foetid long before it
- gets runny. I'm used to stiff brie these days. Maybe my tastes are
- just too delicate?
-
- >Delicious, but very hard on the arteries, so it should be done in moderation.
-
- Feh! I eat butter and cheese a lot. Life's too short for margerine!
- But you're right - I bet it undoes any health benefits I gain from
- being vegetarian.
-
- >As for dietary weirdness, I've not run into many people who drink
- >aloe vera gel regularly, which I do to the tune of about an ounce
- >daily (in OJ).
-
- I don't want to know about it. Bleah!
-
- In article <46046@ogicse.ogi.edu> markm@ogicse.ogi.edu (Mark Morrissey) writes:
- >The true cheese lover in Oregon also goes to Tillamook, but heads for
- >the Blue Heron Cheese Factory for some of the best Brie on this planet
-
- I sense a motss gathering here...
-
- >(don't take my word for it FJ!!, come and visit for yourself <wink>
- ><wink> <nudge> <nudge>).
-
- Mark, you silly - didn't you hear FJ!!? He can get good brie whenever
- he wants - it's Velveeta (TM) that he craves.
-
- >This seems like a good time to propose that the cheese and wine
- >lovers on soc.motss come to Oregon for Valentines Day and commune at
- >the coast where we can watch the breakers under grey skies, walk
- >solitary beaches, and visit cheese factories and wine shops as well
- >as a microbrewery or two.
-
- this sounds marvelous. Could we make it St. Patrick's day, though? By
- then I'll be able to legally go to those wine shops and
- microbreweries..
-
- I like the idea of sitting on the beach at Ecola state park with a
- basket full of warm baguettes, brie, gouda, maybe some feta cheese.
- Add in the plump purple grapes and the red and white wines, and we've
- got a fine picnic! Why didn't we think of this before?
-
- To the rest of you, who are probably feeling skeptical, let me say
- that Oregon does indeed have some very nice wineries. And if this
- stupid trade war with France continues, you'll soon be glad that you
- can get a bottle of anything other than California wine.
-
- >Ain't cheese wonderful!
-
- I think the ad campaign was "Cheese, glorious cheese!"
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