murrayscheese:

cheesenotes:

Brebirousse d’Argental, from the Lyons regions of France, may look like a typical pink-skinned washed rind, perhaps a Taleggio or even an aggressive Bavarian Limburger, but looks are deceiving; the bright orange color comes from annatto rather than Brevibacterium Linens.
Brebirousse is actually a soft-ripened bloomy rind sheep’s milk cheese, similar to a Brie although somewhat more pungent, vegetal and wooly in aroma and flavor thanks to its sheepy origins. The runny, creamy paste is buttery, sweet with a bit of brine, grassy, mushroomy and with a pleasing meatiness and tang.
Purchased at Murray’s Cheese.

one of our favorite “love brie but want to branch out” cheeses. :)

cheesenotes:

Brebirousse d’Argental, from the Lyons regions of France, may look like a typical pink-skinned washed rind, perhaps a Taleggio or even an aggressive Bavarian Limburger, but looks are deceiving; the bright orange color comes from annatto rather than Brevibacterium Linens.

Brebirousse is actually a soft-ripened bloomy rind sheep’s milk cheese, similar to a Brie although somewhat more pungent, vegetal and wooly in aroma and flavor thanks to its sheepy origins. The runny, creamy paste is buttery, sweet with a bit of brine, grassy, mushroomy and with a pleasing meatiness and tang.

Purchased at Murray’s Cheese.

one of our favorite “love brie but want to branch out” cheeses. :)

Apr 5 2012 132 notes

areasofmyexpertise:

I am going to miss you, Wisconsin.

ALL HAIL

Apr 2 2012 70 notes

sidewalkfinds:

A late night rendez-vouz with the Lund’s scrap cheese bin yields deliciously bad decisions for a lactose intolerant person like myself.

Yes yes and yes

Mar 15 2012 7 notes

“When over 50,000 pounds of cheese rolled this week into Wisconsin, a state clearly not suffering from cheese shortages, it could only mean one thing: The World Championship Cheese Contest was in town.”

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Hundreds Battle For International Cheese Glory In Wisconsin

The biennial competition, held in Madison, is like a World Cup for the cheese world, where Dutch Gouda battles Swiss Gruyere for the coveted top title. This year there were a record 2,503 entries from 24 countries. Traditional heavyweights in the U.S. and France were well-represented, making it tough for first-time competitors from India, Estonia, Romania and Croatia to catch the judges’ attention.

Like wine and coffee, competitive cheeses are evaluated on a number of factors — judges look at the exterior, smell it, feel a piece by hand and in their mouth, taste it and then spit. Each winner of the 82 categories advance to a semi-final where judges narrow it down further to 16 finalists.

Wisconsin, true to form, out performed every other state in the semi-finals. It had 30 first place finishers and prompted Twitter user Oryx2046 to poke fun at a classic California dairy campaign: “WHOSE COWS ARE HAPPY NOW?!”

-Serri Graslie

(via npr)

Mar 8 2012 110 notes