# Cheese vacation for Qadgop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 20, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715 "2013-08-20T14:56:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/1 "2013-08-20T14:56:38Z")

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[Super cheese vault in Canada.](http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2013/08/19/deluxe-cheese-cave-ritz-carlton-toronto-orig-jtb.cnn.html)

I think you and the Mrs. should visit our neighbors to the north. It’s the Ritz-Carlton - I wonder if they serve the cheese on Ritz crackers?

StG

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/2 "2013-08-28T23:37:42Z")

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> [@StGermain](#):
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> [Super cheese vault in Canada.](http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2013/08/19/deluxe-cheese-cave-ritz-carlton-toronto-orig-jtb.cnn.html)
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> I think you and the Mrs. should visit our neighbors to the north. It’s the Ritz-Carlton - I wonder if they serve the cheese on Ritz crackers?
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> StG

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I wish my cheese cave was that well-stocked.

But mine has 28 year old cheddar in it! I bet theirs doesn’t have that!

I wonder if they have any nice epoisses?

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/3 "2013-08-29T14:58:42Z")

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Only one way to tell - a trip to Canada for you and the Mrs.

Let me ask you - what’s the best way to store cheese so it doesn’t mold? When I wrap my cheap grocery store cheddar in plastic wrap, it molds like anything.

StG

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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/4 "2013-08-29T16:26:21Z")

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A personal cheese cave? Please expand upon this. I already have the cave, so I guess the hard part is out of the way?

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/5 "2013-08-29T16:50:10Z")

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**Qadgop** - [Their cheese and dessert menu.](http://www.tocarestaurant.ca/#/menus/cheese-and-dessert)

DESSERT  
**ricotta cheese cake** - almond hazelnut ice cream 11  
**strawberry parfait** - coconut foam, Greek yogurt sorbet 11  
**pistachio crème brûlée** - honey goat cheese ice cream, seasonal fruit  
compote 11  
**planet chocolate** - 11  
**gelatos & sorbets** - 8

**CHEESE**

**SHEEP**  
**allegretto** (f) - québec, canada, semi-firm, partly-skimmed, surface  
ripened - u.p.  
**crossroad sheep gouda** (m) - norwich, ontario, creamy, fruity, buttery, p.  
**ossau iraty** \* (f) - france, basque AOC, sweet, salty, burnt butter and nuts, p.

**GOAT**  
**le soeur angèle** (s) - québec, canada, double cream goat, p.  
**salt spring island** (s) - british columbia, canada, mild, white surface, p.  
**landana blue** (m) - netherlands, organic, vegetarian u. p.  
**golden blyth** \* (f) - ontario, canada, semi-firm, aged 5 months, u.p.

**COW**  
**brillat-savarin** (s) - fromagerie didier lincet, burgundy, france, triple-cream bloomy rind, u.p.  
**avonlea clothbound cheddar** \* (m) - COWS, p.e.i., canada, u.p.  
**lincolnshire poacher** \* (m) - lincolnshire, england, aged 24 months, fruit, rich, sweet, u.p.  
**le marchal** \* (f) - switzerland, partly skim milk, herbs, berry and butterscotch, u.p.  
**mimolette** \* (f) - france, p.  
**comte** \* (f) - france, sweet nutty toffee flavors, u.p.  
**piave** \* (f) - italy, aged 18 months, fruity sweetness, aromatic, u.p.  
**thunder oak nettle gouda** (f) - thunder bay, ontario, nutty, creamy, p.  
**le provencal 2yr smoked cheddar** (m) -québec/ontario  
**picobello grand cru** \* (f) - holland, aged 12 months, gouda style, p.  
**“le silo” 10yr old cheddar** \* (m) - québec, canada, rare, sharp, aged, u.p.  
**époisses** (s) - fromagerie berthaut, époisses, france, washed rind, u.p.  
**roaring 40’s** (ss) - tasmania, australia, nutty, honey, mild, blue, p.  
**mont briac, blue** (s) - france, mild blue with vegetable ash rind, p.  
**le blue d’elizabeth** (ss) - québec, canada, organic, u.p.  
**sélection royale stilton** (ss) - long clawson dairy, nottingham, england, crumbly blue, p.

(s) - soft (ss) - semi-soft (m) - medium (f) - firm

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/6 "2013-08-29T16:50:24Z")

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> [@August\_West](#):
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> A personal cheese cave? Please expand upon this. I already have the cave, so I guess the hard part is out of the way?

Well, it’s dug into a sandbank and lined with cinderblock. I also keep my survivalist supplies in it, along with my copy of Superman #17, where he’s shaking the bejesus out of Hitler and Tojo on the cover. The door to the cave is an old bank vault door. Only 3 other living people know the combination.

I buy my cheeses nice and old, and fully wrapped, and then don’t open 'em until I plan to eat 'em. I’ve got a few cheddars I’ve stored that way for over 7 years now.

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**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/7 "2013-08-29T16:56:02Z")

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I was finally able to hack into the prison database and find QtM’s ID [badge photo](http://blog.5pm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wallace_cheese_eating.jpg).

I’ve always considered myself well-traveled and well-educated, but I did not know what an [affineur](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affineur)was until watching that clip.

Ignorance fought!

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/8 "2013-08-29T17:43:57Z")

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Please swing through the UP and pick me up on the way. I must go there.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/9 "2013-08-29T17:46:30Z")

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> [@StGermain](#):
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> **Qadgop** - [Their cheese and dessert menu.](http://www.tocarestaurant.ca/#/menus/cheese-and-dessert)

Gotta try 'em all!

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/10 "2013-08-29T18:12:30Z")

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is this your cave?

> **[Feast Your Eyes: Kraft's Massive Underground Cheese Cave Photo: Kraft's...](https://www.good.is/articles/photo-kraft-s-massive-underground-cheese-cave-in-springfield-missouri)**
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> 400,000 square feet of Velveeta, buried deep within the earth.

huh… and here i thought you lived in the great lakes region.

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**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-vacation-for-qadgop/666715/11 "2013-08-29T18:16:59Z")

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Cheese cave, pffft. In England we have an entire Cheddar Gorge.

[http://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/](http://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/)