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The other day, the grocery store suddenly had a very large selection of interesting imported cheeses.
We love to have some cheese as a snack with a cocktail before dinner, so I poked around and tried to pick a likely looking candidate. There was no sampling, and many I had never tried or read of.
Ah! A French Morbier. Looks interesting and worth a try. $7 for the wedge, into the cart.
After getting home and unloading, I brought out the new cheese for us to try and sat it on a plate while I mixed up a couple of sidecars. My wife opened the package.
And the dogs came running from the living room, sniffing the air furiously.
That cheese smelled, well, like a cholera victim had tumbled half digested out of a decomposing shark's belly. (How's THAT for imagery?) An awful rotted, sour smell!
Of course, I tried a bite -courage! - with a big glass of lemon water at the ready. No one else was so brave... the bulldogs fled.
Not as bad as the stench. A bit nutty, certainly creamy. Not bad! But we couldn't get past the horrid fog of death that filled the house so out it went, triple bagged.
What are your favorite, offbeat cheeses? (not the maggoty Italian one, please)
Morbier, from Wiki. ("some may find the odor somewhat objectionable.")
We love to have some cheese as a snack with a cocktail before dinner, so I poked around and tried to pick a likely looking candidate. There was no sampling, and many I had never tried or read of.
Ah! A French Morbier. Looks interesting and worth a try. $7 for the wedge, into the cart.
And the dogs came running from the living room, sniffing the air furiously.
That cheese smelled, well, like a cholera victim had tumbled half digested out of a decomposing shark's belly. (How's THAT for imagery?) An awful rotted, sour smell!
Of course, I tried a bite -courage! - with a big glass of lemon water at the ready. No one else was so brave... the bulldogs fled.
Not as bad as the stench. A bit nutty, certainly creamy. Not bad! But we couldn't get past the horrid fog of death that filled the house so out it went, triple bagged.
What are your favorite, offbeat cheeses? (not the maggoty Italian one, please)
Morbier, from Wiki. ("some may find the odor somewhat objectionable.")
