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Post by rikita on Aug 20, 2018 11:52:47 GMT
since seeing (and eating from) a cheese platter on the buffet at a friend's party in march, agnes has talked about how she wants us to do a "cheese party". so, we've finally set the date for next sunday. basically, we are just doing an informal picknick in the park, invited lots of people and told them to each bring something cheese related. hopefully some will bring actual blocks of cheese ... i plan to bake a chocolate cheese cake, buy a block of cheese or some cheese cream, and buy some drinks ... if anyone here happens to be in berlin, you can join us!
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Post by lagatta on Aug 20, 2018 13:26:29 GMT
How about Quark? In Amsterdam, I bought some organic goat Quark at the Noordermarkt, and I bought something similar in Köln, where I also bought the loveliest organic rye bread with nuts. Mmmmm.
Alas I've never been to Berlin, or anywhere in Germany that far east. I was going to say I'd never been to anywhere that far east, but I did study one summer in the far northeast corner of Italy and then visited Istria (which was still in Yugoslavia at the time) so I'd have to look on the map or at the longitude and latitude. Berlin someday!
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 20, 2018 16:48:57 GMT
Oh, how I wish I could be there, Rikita!
What is Quark, eggzackly?
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 20, 2018 18:10:40 GMT
Oh, how I wish I could be there, Rikita! What is Quark, eggzackly? I think it’s something they found in the Hadron Collider. |
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Post by bjd on Aug 20, 2018 19:28:37 GMT
I believe it's a bit like cottage/cream cheese and used to bake cheesecakes. Rikita will have to correct me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 20, 2018 20:44:28 GMT
Mick has the most logical answer.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 21:40:36 GMT
Mick has the most logical answer. Mick always has some kind of quarky quirky retort.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 20, 2018 22:32:43 GMT
If it looks like an elementary particle, if it combines to form hedrons, if it quacks like a duck ........ oh, never mind.
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Post by rikita on Aug 20, 2018 23:30:26 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 20, 2018 23:48:51 GMT
Oh! Is that what it is? I thought it was some kind of dairy substitute ersatz cheese. From the description, I've obviously eaten some form of it, just not under that name.
PEE ESS ~ no one is going to answer my ricotta/paneer question?
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Post by lagatta on Aug 21, 2018 1:09:03 GMT
I only wish I knew. Paneer can be sautéed like some Levantine cheeses without melting, but I don't know much about the process in either case. I've had some very dry compressed ricotta (good for making canneloni etc) but I don't think it behaves the same way if sautéed.
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Post by mich64 on Aug 21, 2018 1:23:38 GMT
So I used my medium cheddar and mozzarella on some garlic nacho chips tonight after a late impomtu dock cocktail hour encounter.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 21, 2018 2:04:11 GMT
Thanks, LaGatta. I will try to research it online, but was hoping someone already had experience with it.
Sounds like a great taste combination, Mich!
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 22, 2018 13:40:14 GMT
I've always been intrigued by fried camembert, which is quite popular in some countries (such as Denmark). I don't know how they do it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 22, 2018 15:25:30 GMT
And I've always wondered why they do it!
There are chain restaurants that serve fried ice cream, so it must be possible and even easier to fry a cheese such as camembert, which comes in its own little jacket.
Edited to add that I just looked it up and was shocked to find that it's often fried after being cut up. The trick is to do that efficient coating thing of flour, then egg, then bread crumbs. Still.
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Post by lugg on Nov 9, 2019 19:45:07 GMT
I did a search but cannot find a thread on Image Bank -apologies if I have missed it or maybe it has been incorporated into another . Anyway here goes. This cheese smelt as ancient as it looks. I did not try it !  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 9, 2019 20:19:16 GMT
I would dive into that cheese in a heartbeat!
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Post by lugg on Nov 9, 2019 20:25:31 GMT
Haha ... you are a better man than me ... but in my defence ...I smelt it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 9, 2019 20:28:17 GMT
The smell is what appeals to me!
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 2, 2021 15:17:12 GMT
I thought that this was pretty fair, but now I am wondering if all Americans have blue hair.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 3, 2021 6:54:26 GMT
Very interesting. I have never thought cheese had "funk" - And I'm not sure if she meant 'çharacter' or something more complex. I did however find the blue rinse interesting along with the multitude of rings in her ear....But she was a little too 'gushy' over each cheese - good and bad.
I rushed to my refrigerator to make sure I had some Camembert or Brie for lunch, and see I have bought a Camembert Noir. It comes from Preston Cheese farm and their label is "La Petite France" It also has a sticker saying SA Champion. I'll let you know if it was.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 7, 2021 0:46:03 GMT
I'm nibbling at some goat cheddar (yes, I know that calling goat cheese cheddar would not be allowed in classic cheddar producing areas); it is local (Québec) and very good.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2021 1:12:01 GMT
It sounds wonderful! I'm a big fan of every single goat cheese I've ever tried, & think I'd love that cheddar.
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 7, 2021 5:01:43 GMT
I have no complaints about calling a goat cheese cheddar as long as the process used to make it involves the technique of "cheddaring/cheddarising".
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2021 13:14:14 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 7, 2021 13:32:58 GMT
Oh ye of little faith.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2021 13:34:56 GMT
 I obviously had some faith. I looked it up, didn't I? |
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 7, 2021 13:36:17 GMT
Yes. That's true.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 7, 2021 15:15:30 GMT
Unfortunately, the fact that the "cheddar" name was never protected means that just about any crap cheese can be called cheddar. To be fair, this is also true of camembert, but they finally came to their senses and protected the name "camembert de Normandie."
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Post by Kimby on Apr 7, 2021 15:27:33 GMT
I thought cheddar meant “orange”!
;-)
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