# These are a few of my favorite cheeses **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821 "2015-04-29T16:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/41 "2015-05-01T13:25:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I came in to say how much I like gjetost, but the cheese I had was firm, easily sliced into very thin pieces. It was sweet and looke like caramel. That sounds like gjetost, all right. It’s not even really a cheese so much as it is more like a caramelized condensed milk (I’ve made it at home before, or at least the cow milk-only variant.) It’s just milk, cream, and whey boiled down until it’s basically caramelized and thick enough to set. I have to admit, it kind of puzzles me that many seem to consider it an acquired taste. It just tastes like some kind of soft caramel to me, with a more milky backbone, like dulce de leche without the added sugar. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/42 "2015-05-01T14:04:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > [Julie Andrews] When the dog bites > When the bee stings > When I’m feeling bad > I simply remember > My favorite cheeses > And then things don’t feeeeeeeel > Soooo…baaaaaaad! > [/Julie Andrews] Shake that money-maker, Meacham! ::Throws quarters to Cal on stage:: ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/43 "2015-05-01T15:10:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I came in to say how much I like gjetost, but the cheese I had was firm, easily sliced into very thin pieces. It was sweet and looke like caramel. Yup, that’s gjetost. Leave it up against your hard palate for a bit, and feel a bit of a burn. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/44 "2015-05-01T15:11:38Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > My local grocer carried Peppermint Bellavitano for a little while. It was great. yeah, I tried that exact same thing. Not bad. Those folks try a lot of unusual flavors with their cheeses. Sartori is not too far away from my home, and I know folks who work there, and tend to get lots of free wedges, especially of the stuff that isn’t selling well. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/45 "2015-05-01T15:52:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Shake that money-maker, Meacham! > > ::Throws quarters to Cal on stage:: Don’t throw quarters! They’re cold on your skin, and they fall out of your thong. Bills or nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/46 "2015-05-01T15:56:39Z")
Boar’s Head has the best store-brand cheese ever 3-Pepper Colby Jack Cheese. It’s the wonder of Colby Jack, with the spiciness of Pepper Jack an this shit is hot. Best on sammitches and AMAZING on burgers ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/47 "2015-05-01T16:29:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Don’t throw quarters! > > They’re cold on your skin, and they fall out of your thong. > Bills or nothing! Bills are usually too large to throw on stage! How about a nice Milton or Andy?😃 Good thing you aren’t in Canada or you’d be concussed by Loonies and Twonies. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/48 "2015-05-10T23:22:54Z")
Just ordered some 15 year old Wisconsin cheddar online. Delivery due Friday. Will report back with my review! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/49 "2015-05-16T14:53:30Z")
So I got my eagerly awaited 15 year old cheddar yesterday, delivered from a Wisconsin cheese shop. I hate to admit it but I was a little underwhelmed. It was fantastically sharp, but the texture was more like ordinary cheddar than I had expected. It had some crunchy calcium crystals, but I happened to have some 200 day old extra sharp Pinconning on hand and there didn’t seem to be a huge qualitative difference between the two. The 15 year old cheddar did have a somewhat funkier, more interesting flavor, but it didn’t seem 14 years and a couple months different than the Pinconning. Qagdop, if you read this, did I maybe just get a batch that didn’t age well (in the sense of not changing much)? Maybe my exPectations were too high and i just need to learn to appreciate the subtle differences of it more. It _ **was** _ very good accompanied with a nice IPA. It seems to me that Gouda benefits more from a long aging process than cheddar. That 1000 day old Gouda I’ve been getting from the local store is amazing stuff. I ordered some 5 year old Gouda online- I’ll report on that when I get it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/50 "2015-05-20T12:14:47Z")
Well, I received the 5 year old Gouda yesterday and I’m reporting in as promised, although with 3 posts in a row from me this thread is turning into my own personal cheese journal. :rolleyes: Anyway, not a huge difference from the 1000 day old Gouda, but definitely a deeper, more earthy flavor. Not as much of a caramel undertone but more pronounced umami, I think. I just tried a small sample of it unaccompanied- looking forward to having some more this weekend with a good glass of wine or a beer. If I go with beer, IPA seems like it would be a little too much for the Gouda- maybe a lager, like a Pilsner Urquell? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/51 "2015-05-20T13:55:24Z")
This is just to keep **solost** company: Had some Provolone t’other day–IT WAS AWFUL! Of course, it was pre-sliced, in a re-seal bag, from Walmart, their brand name… …I’ll just let myself out. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/52 "2015-05-20T14:16:44Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > This is just to keep **solost** company: > > Had some Provolone t’other day–IT WAS AWFUL! Of course, it was pre-sliced, in a re-seal bag, from Walmart, their brand name… > > …I’ll just let myself out. Thanks for stopping by to keep me company, Burpo. Try the KMart brand of sliced provolone- much better. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/53 "2015-05-20T15:04:42Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Try the KMart brand of sliced provolone- much better. Oh, how low this once-lofty thread has fallen! Shall we next cite prize years for velveeta? Compare merits of the flavored aerosol cheese foods? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/54 "2015-05-20T15:27:55Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Oh, how low this once-lofty thread has fallen! > > Shall we next cite prize years for velveeta? Compare merits of the flavored aerosol cheese foods? > > 😉 I will say that I don’t think Velveeta ages nearly as well as some other cheeses, based on back-of-refrigerator discoveries in my much younger years 😛 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/55 "2015-05-20T15:53:47Z")
Ever have a cheese that is nothing like advertised? I tried one called “Holey Cow” the other day (I couldn’t resist the name). It was supposed to be a buttery, holey cheese. Instead, it had no holes and honestly tasted like a salt lick. I was pretty disappointed. I mean, I can live without holes in my Holey Cow, but I found it fairly inedible. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/56 "2015-05-20T16:02:11Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Oh, how low this once-lofty thread has fallen! > > Shall we next cite prize years for velveeta? Compare merits of the flavored aerosol cheese foods? > > 😉 You cannot make a geniun Philly “cheese steak” sandwich without Cheeze Whiz. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/57 "2015-05-20T16:09:19Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Oh, how low this once-lofty thread has fallen! > > Shall we next cite prize years for velveeta? Compare merits of the flavored aerosol cheese foods? > > 😉 As long as we’re trolling :eek: , I’ve had gummint cheese–wasn’t half bad. Do you think the young wastrels can use cheese aerosol to get high, like the canned whipped cream? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/58 "2015-05-20T16:46:15Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > You cannot make a geniun Philly “cheese steak” sandwich without Cheeze Whiz. Highly disputable assertion. “Cheez Whiz” is a late addition to the recipe, which originally relied on provolone (which is still considered the cheese of true aficionados at Geno’s in Philly) or white American cheese. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/59 "2015-05-20T16:56:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Do you think the young wastrels can use cheese aerosol to get high, like the canned whipped cream? It’s possible, but you Camembert the hangover the next day. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821/60 "2015-05-20T18:10:33Z")
^ Well, THAT’S certainly a different brand of cheese. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-cheeses/718821.md?page=4)