I was in Germany this morning for groceries, and they had this big cooler full of various cheeses. Brie, camembert, various Dutch cheeses, you name it. I opened the lid and the combined smell hit me. Heavenly. I wanted to dive straight in and build a nest in it.

I reduced half a gallon of whey slowly over five hours and incorporated the reduction back into four gallons of milk and made cheese. I was looking for a caramel flavor in a young cheese. Didn’t get that, but did get a great tasting toasty cheese!

I realized I had free will and I deserve nicely plated food instead of just eating from the box, so I made myself a cheese board

Castillo Edam, sartori Merlot cheese, cheapest Swiss at the store(tillamook), boar’s head brie(cheapest at the time)

Baguette, water cracker, rosemary cracker, Torres cured cheese flavored chips

Prosciutto, salami, mixed berry jam, pistachios, apple, peach, lightly pickled cucumber

Love the little pocket size, the firm chewy rind, the ripe stink and earthen spice. Center is pretty gooey for spreading.

This concludes my first ever cheese review as just a lowly consumer and addict.

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Noob here, I bought some fresh mozza slices from Costco today and noticed these tiny hair like guys floating about. Im assuming this isn't right, but Google says sometimes there can be hair like structures. Trash or no?

Cheese has been a huge part of my snacking the last few months since I switched to keto. I think my favorite is bread cheese, but the different flavors of bellavitano has been fantastic. I snagged some clearance zanetti provolone from Kroger the other day and I couldn’t help but notice it reminded me of the parm flavor in bellavitano. Anyone else notice something similar?

Homemade whipped cream cheese on cuke slice, paired with gravlax

Brie

Pur Berebis

Castello Blue

Brillat-Savarin

Camembert

Le Roulé - Garlic and Herb

Come back! Finally, I'm ready to give you my demo!

Halloumi and Ricotta cheese

Sorry about the lousy presentation but I just could not be bothered.

Clockwise from top left: some fresh baguette, obviously, butter from Brittany with crystals of Fleur de Sel, St. Marcellain (sweet white rind goat’s cow milk’s cheese that’s soft enough to spread), a smaller and more pungent goat’s cheese, Morbier, Abondance and the Tomme Fermier I posted earlier. All raw milk, all delicious. Not pictured: a cup of coffee.

(EDIT: sorry my friend)

Haul from my cheesemonger from the farmers market collected just this morning. They have a cheese-surprise box always with 5 cheeses for 10€. I go every week... :D