Friday, September 25, 2009

I Love Cheese

I really do. My favorite cheese is asiago. It's great on pizza. However, I also really dig these twisty cheddar and mozzerella string cheeses (Mom and I like to eat those on road trips, it seems). Let's see, if we're talking cheddar, my rule is: the sharper the better. I tend to like loud flavors (I also like my chocolate dark, my peppers hot, and my sourdough, well, sour). Anyway, if the cheddar doesn't bring tears to my eyes or make me start foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog, I'll probably pass. Okay, so maybe I wouldn't. After all, it's very rare that I pass on cheese...

...unless of course that cheese would be any type of Swiss. I've always been a little scared of Swiss cheese. When I was a little kid the fact that this cheese had holes in it scared the (insert noun here) out of me. Additionally, I'm not crazy about the taste (described by many as "nutty"--whatever that's supposed to mean).

Anyway, back to cheeses I do like. I'm a pretty big fan of pepper jack. I remember riding the Smoky Mountain Railroad through the Nantahala Gorge in North Carolina and hogging all the complementary pepper jack cubes and still being greedy for more. Note: cheddar cubes were also provided, but seeing as how they were not particularly sharp, the cheese snob in me put them away, opting for the deliciously salty (though not all that spicy) pepper jack.

Whatever I do, I've learned to avoid fresh mozzerella like the plague (apologies for the cliche). But I do. I once stupidly assumed I'd like fresh mozzerella after watching some Martha Stewart cooking show in which she made some sort of fresh mozzerella crap that appeared delicious on TV; well, when I finally tried fresh mozzerella for the first time (in Scottsdale, Arizona), I almost threw up. I think this is because fresh mozzerella is not sharp.

Other cheeses I appreciate include Parmesan and Romano. I like them in gratable chunks and in powdered form both. In fact, my favorite pizza includes parmesan, romano, and asiago on a homemade crust with slices of green olives. I could go for one of those about now.

So, does the fact that I just blogged about cheese make me cheesy? Or is it because I just made a bad pun about it?

Check out Sunday Scribblings for more cheesy posts.

10 comments:

Alisa Callos said...

Loved it...not cheesy enough! :) I too am a cheese snob. Feta—the French kind, not Greek or domestic please. Mizithra with my Romano on spaghetti. The sharper the better. Fresh mozzarella is like vomit unless cooked, Pepper jack is the best and Swiss only on a Reuben. Now I'm hungry...give me cheese!

floreta said...

interesting. i've never heard swiss described as "nutty". pepperjack is the only cheese i don't like!

Jeeves said...

Interesting....I like Mozeralla. Yuummy post

gautami tripathy said...

Interesting post!

dad, will you walk one more time with me?

Anonymous said...

I love cheese and pickle, we call it a ploughmans super.
Yummy yum....

Cricket said...

I am also a cheese lover. Have you ever tried Holmes County Baby Swiss?

A Girl Named Me said...

Have you tried any of the goat cheeses? They are not so much sharp like a cheddar, but more tangy. xoox

Roan said...

You and Hubby would get along. He is a cheese snob, too. Me, I think Velveeta is cheese.

Tammy Brierly said...

I love cheese and your tastes.

Tumblewords: said...

Good post! I'm a big fan of pepperjack, too. It goes with/on/over everything!