Uncategorized – Harlan's blog http://harlan.electricaltill.com Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:07:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.3 Cheeses http://harlan.electricaltill.com/2011/02/14/cheeses/ Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:48:23 +0000 http://harlan.electricaltill.com/?p=197 NameTypeWhere I got it Moliterno al TartufoSheepWhole Foods, Grapevine (Willow Glen) BrinataSheepWhole Foods Istara P'tit BasqueSheepWhole Foods Caveman BlueRogue Creamery TymsboroGoatNeal's Yard Dairy Caerphilly (I remember it could be Duckett's, as opposed to Gorwydd)CowNeal's Yard Dairy ArdrahanCowNeal's Yard Dairy GubeenCowNeal's Yard Dairy Coach Farm's Triple CreamGoat Hook's Farm Cheddar (at least 10 y/o).Brennan's might have a private-label equivalent. River's Edge Chevre, "Up In Smoke"GoatRogue Creamery

15 March 2013: Sometime last last fall, Margaret and I were visiting the Rogue Creamery.  We picked up a number of our favorite Bleus, and they had a sample of Up in Smoke – a River’s Edge Chevre from Three Ring Farm in Logsden OR.  We liked it, and bought a couple of 4oz balls.  This is pasteurized cultured goat’s milk, smoked over maple, and wrapped in maplewood-smoked maple leaves.  We forgot about it until today, somewhere between 4-6 months’ later.  The cheese had mostly turned from white to a medium-dark honey-ash-brown, and Margaret was a bit concerned about some of the mold on the leaves.  I am a guy, so I figured we should try it out.  I like Brutal Blue from Rogue Creamery.  For me, it has a clear, clean, focused “punch”.  My thought at my first little taste of “Up in Smoke” was “This is the strongest and most powerful cheese I’ve ever tasted.”  It was body-shaking. Awesomely good.

After tasting it, Margaret commented on how, in comparison, the “Cave Man Blue” we also had was “mild and refreshing”.  Cave Man Blue is one of our top-favorite Blues – it has solid, multidimensional flavor, and crystals. Up in Smoke, aged like this, is a remarkable experience.

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