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Cheese gets 2 thumbs up---one for nutrition & one for great taste! What's your favorite snackin' cheese? Does the cheese stand alone or eaten with another food?
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26 Comments:
fruit and cheese- one of my favorite snacks
brie and red grapes
blue cheese and figs
gruyere and apples
smoked gouda alone
Mich23 at 6:24PM on 09/19/07
In 1977 as a young reporter, shared a news van with a photographer from National Geographic (hunky guy named Nick), among other newsfolks, on a 30-mile drive over unpaved roads on a hunt for buried gold (this is all true). At one point, I mused that I would give anything for some muenster cheese, dark bread and wine. Nick dug into his bag, pulled out a hunk of muenster cheese and pumpernickel bread, handed them to me and said: Sorry about the wine. I've been in love with that combination ever since!
hatlady at 6:53PM on 09/19/07
Thinly sliced sharp cheddar with red onion, salt & pepper.
savorysisterkate at 9:17PM on 09/19/07
Highest quality blue cheese (roquefort charles, or most Neal's Yard offerings) on plain saltines or Krunchers potato chips.
coolname at 9:43PM on 09/19/07
lets just say that I bare the pain and suffering of being lactose intolerant to enjoy cheeses on a daily basis, they need to find a cure for that other than those icky powdery pills that are never around when you need them!
kitchenlove at 11:18PM on 09/19/07
Many cheeses have had all or most of their lactose consumed by the bacterial cultures that give them their distinctive flavor. With a little research you should be able to find many that won't give you any belly-ach at all. I know that cabot cheddar has almost 0 lactose and most goat cheeses are fine too.
coolname at 11:26PM on 09/19/07
Sharp cheddar with almost any cracker, brie with carmelized onions (all warm and gooey from the oven, of course) with sourdough baguette slices, and Parrano with almost anything at all.
kmnola at 12:33AM on 09/20/07
Cheese fiend here, almost any kind, with or without other foods. I prefer to just taste the cheese, not mixed in with other foods. I find I eat less of it if I keep to just tasting the cheese itself.
But I grew up in a city that had this wacko restaurant that made things like peanut butter bacon hamburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches to kill for. Mind you this would have been pre1960, so it was new and different to us all. The grilled cheese was the classic kind, but at the absolute last moment before it came from the kitchen they opened it up and slapped in cold lettuce and tomato.......had to be eaten immediately but was divine. I always thought it needed some of that bacon on it also.
dmzapp at 1:06AM on 09/20/07
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I eat it in unhealthy amounts cooked, raw, grilled, and/or gooey.
Overworked Barista at 1:24AM on 09/20/07
SE---do you continually seek out new & unsual snacking cheeses or keep eating the your old tried & true favorites?
JEP at 5:41AM on 09/20/07
cheese and crackers are my fav go to meal, at least for me. Sometimes I just cant face meat in any shape form or configuration, thats when cheese comes to my rescue. Love good sharp chedder, but just about any cheese is tops on my list. Right now I'm in a manchego phase.
huney_bumper at 8:35AM on 09/20/07
This is the year of goat milk gouda at my house! I love to snack on it with a handful of spanish almonds. If you haven't tried it, seek it out. It's a deliciously nutty and tangy cheese.
Library Lady at 8:36AM on 09/20/07
Any blue -- Roquefort, Stilton, Cabrales . . . with a crusty baguette. Very sharp cheddar all by itself or with crackers, or in a grilled cheese on whole grain bread. Pecorino or parm to go on pasta. Gruyere . . . cheese is one of my favorite things, there's always some in my fridge!
ride&cook at 10:31AM on 09/20/07
Since I was a child I love a hunk of extra sharp provolone, hunk of italian bread, slice of salami/pepperoni. It is the most comforting thing for me.
JerzeeTomato at 10:40AM on 09/20/07
Great question, JEP!
When I was vegan, I dreamt of cheese. Glad I'm back to eating it, although I did gain some weight when I brought dairy back into my life. However, it's coming back down with more exercise and calorie counting.
I really enjoy smoked cheeses like gouda and provolone. Swiss cheeses are my favorites for grilled sandwiches. Snacky times find me dining on brie. The gooeyier and stinkier, the better.
But, I think extra sharp Vermont cheddar is probably close to the top, next to fresh mozzarella and chevre.
Usually, I enjoy cheese alone, but a nice peppery cracker will not be refused.
hereandthe at 11:10AM on 09/20/07
I love cheese! I make sandwiches to take to work everyday so there's always some sliced cheese in the fridge I snack on once in awhile - usually swiss or provolone.
When I buy cheese specifically just to eat, I can never decide what to get! I like good brie, taleggio, goat cheese, blue cheese, parrano, gouda, manchego... I eat it just alone, or with a baguette or water crackers, and sometimes fruit.
Chau at 12:02PM on 09/20/07
Man can not live on bread alone: there has to be cheese melted on top!
Any cheese, any bread, any time.
Cary at 12:41PM on 09/20/07
Cypress Grove's Midnight Moon Aged Goat Cheese is on the top of my list. I also love fresh raw milk cheese, especially Cherry Grove Farm's Jersey Giovane cheese (if you live near Lawrenceville, NJ, you should drop by the farm and get some!)
clumsycook at 2:26PM on 09/20/07
goat cheese (i have yet to try one i don't like) on fresh bread. i'm going to europe for the first time in october (france, england, switzerland) so i hope to go cheese crazy while i'm there.
earlybirdkate at 4:05PM on 09/20/07
Oooh. Brie is definitely a favorite to snack on! I sometimes would make baked brie at 1 in the morning while at college! Guilty pleasure? I think so. I love it with slices of apple!
Hillary
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Chew on That at 6:13PM on 09/20/07
Hillary's mention of eating a late nite baked brie reminds me that cheese based dips or fondues would fit into this snack cheese category. Baked brie especially sounds good as the weather gets cooler!
JEP at 5:06AM on 09/21/07
I love cheese. Extra sharp cheddar thinly sliced with Macoun apples. A hunk of Chaumes inside a nice toasty baguette. Parm-Reg sprinkled with just a touch of the best aged balsamic vinegar. Piave with pears and walnuts. And a great goronzola with same. Honestly? Save icky American "cheese," there's not much I don't like.
rockykay at 2:18PM on 09/21/07
I love manchego cheese with granny smith apples...camembert with carmelized onions...tomatoes with really sharp or smoky cheddar...gouda and fresh mozzarella all on their own..brie and just about any fruit. I'm a big fan of cheese!
hillary80 at 6:31PM on 09/21/07
Havarti, Gouda, and my guilty pleasure -- laughing cow.
flootsmith at 9:37AM on 09/22/07
a good sharp cheddar topped with half sour pickles from Guss' ... best snack in the world
avryan at 9:46AM on 09/22/07
clumsycook, what a coincidence. i just bought some cypress goat cheese last week. it's delicious. lately i've been branching out from the usual brie, and discovered aged gouda, which is pretty awesome.
toastykitten at 2:02AM on 09/23/07