Question: What's Your Favorite Cheese?

[BAMAFAN IN NY]

Last night I had some habanero jack cheese that was pretty good. I love cheese curd. Muenster cheese is one of my favorites, along with brie, swiss, provolone, extra sharp cheddar, American, even blue cheese in the right dish. For cooking, gruyere holds up real well (its basically a harder version of swiss). Whats your favorite cheese?

 

[DrBama]

Yeah, we all know you like blue cheese, Mr. Iron Chef.

My favorites in no particular order are: swiss, feta, sharp (white or yellow) cheddar, provolone, ricotta, goat, edam and mascarpone.

 

[bayoutider]

I dont know if there is a cheese I have met that I didnt like. I get fantastic cheeses here. I love most of what they call soft stinky cheeses (not Limburger) Brie, Camembert, Taleggio (find this cheese and try it), Munster, St. Andre (75% butterfat WOW!), Parmesan Reggiano, Gruyere, Ementhal Swiss, just about any Swiss or Blue though some are better than others (English Stilton and Roquefort are the top of the heap), goat cheese, Manchego and good old cheddar which takes on many flavors. One weakness I have is a cheese called Gourmandase with Kirsch which is a triple cream with cherry flavor that you can spread with a knife.

A nice cheese I found lately comes from Seattle, America called Beecher's Flagship. It is a cross between cheddar and swiss, it is a semi hard cheese, very nutty, sweet and creamy not too sharp. It would grate well but so far I have not tried to cook with it. This cheese goes well with wine, fruit and meat. It would be killer in that prosciutto wrapped date recipe.

 

[tidehawk]

Government cheese

 

[BAMAFAN IN NY]

Government cheese

Thats good ole American cheese. And it makes dang fine cheese toast!

 

[bamanut_aj]

pepper jack!

 

[LCN]

I enjoy any pepper-jack cheese but , I will always have a soft spot for the sharpest cheddar available . IMO , "mild cheddar" is an oxy-moron _conf:

 

[pcolatide]

Never met a bad cheese. With me it depends upon the dish as to the cheese I like. But for most sandwiches I like Emmental, Provolone or Meunster. For snacks, I like Gouda, Edam or extra sharp orange cheddar. I also like blue cheese which no one else in my family will touch.
I usually go for farmer cheeses rather than factory produced cheese. Farmer cheese varies a lot and sometimes you get a surprise on both ends of the spectrum but it's usually not bland.

 

[bayoutider]

Never met a bad cheese. With me it depends upon the dish as to the cheese I like. But for most sandwiches I like Emmental, Provolone or Meunster. For snacks, I like Gouda, Edam or extra sharp orange cheddar. I also like blue cheese which no one else in my family will touch.
I usually go for farmer cheeses rather than factory produced cheese. Farmer cheese varies a lot and sometimes you get a surprise on both ends of the spectrum but it's usually not bland.

Gosh darn this is going to be like telling someone there is no Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny ain't real but all cheddar is created white. All the orange in some cheddar cheese is food coloring. Cheese is made from milk = milk is white = cheese is white unless coloring is added = the coloring has no taste = white and orange cheese taste the same.

Things that change the taste of the cheese is the type of grass or feed, type of milk, type of soil the grass grows on, where and how long the cheese is aged, fat content and type of rind. Those are the basic things.

 

[pcolatide]

Gosh darn this is going to be like telling someone there is no Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny ain't real but all cheddar is created white. All the orange in some cheddar cheese is food coloring. Cheese is made from milk = milk is white = cheese is white unless coloring is added = the coloring has no taste = white and orange cheese taste the same.

Things that change the taste of the cheese is the type of grass or feed, type of milk, type of soil the grass grows on, where and how long the cheese is aged, fat content and type of rind. Those are the basic things.

You live and learn as they say. It must be in my mind.

 

[TommyMac]

Cheddar, the sharper the better.

 

[BigTex]

Smoked Cheddar , Swiss or Pepperjack. As much as I loved smoked flavor, my wife says I might try to place her or our daughter on the smoker the next time I fire it up.

 

[TideBeliever]

A good friend sent me 11/2 pounds of Brescianella Stagionata. All I can say is wow! It has raced to the top of my favorite cheese list.

 

[bayoutider]

A good friend sent me 11/2 pounds of Brescianella Stagionata. All I can say is wow! It has raced to the top of my favorite cheese list.

Very similar to Taleggio one of my personal favorites.