Who Moved My Cheese?

October 2, 2007 7:40 AM

...This site is my year-long cheese course. I mean that in both senses of the word. By next year I will have sampled at least 365 different cheeses, some old favorites, some brand new to me… More delightful cheese collections: French library of fromages, French boxes of Camembert, Polish cheese labels, etc. This is not the first & only cheese blog, there are many others. Not to mention the Venezuelan Beaver Cheese (YT). Tastings and pictures of all 43 cheeses from the sketch
posted by growabrain (31 comments total)

Don't forget CheddarVision.
posted by backseatpilot at 7:44 AM on October 2, 2007

Worth mentioning: Gordonzola - punk rock cheese blogger.
posted by serazin at 7:49 AM on October 2, 2007

(His cheese-only blog posts are here.)
posted by serazin at 7:50 AM on October 2, 2007

Is head cheese on the menu?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:55 AM on October 2, 2007

Not to mention the Venezuelan Beaver Cheese (YT).

I dare anyone to try milking a beaver.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 7:58 AM on October 2, 2007

Don't forget the Stinking Bishop.
posted by chuckdarwin at 7:59 AM on October 2, 2007

Paging quin... paging quin... quin, please report to the front page.
posted by The Deej at 7:59 AM on October 2, 2007

Hopefully, he'll just skip over casu marzu.
posted by SteelyDuran at 8:04 AM on October 2, 2007 [1 favorite]

This is really great!
posted by OmieWise at 8:05 AM on October 2, 2007

Hey growabrain, nice post. Do you have any personal favorites you could recommend? Something for maybe a cheese and wine nite with the old lady?
posted by Mastercheddaar at 8:14 AM on October 2, 2007

Mmmm. Head Cheese.
posted by phrits at 8:22 AM on October 2, 2007

Mastercheddaar, doesn't Mefi have some other cheese-themed users? Are they part of all this?
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:30 AM on October 2, 2007

Just hope it doesn't follow you home.
posted by Jofus at 8:44 AM on October 2, 2007

I LOVE CHEESE. Great post! Thanks.
posted by Mr_Zero at 8:46 AM on October 2, 2007

All you cheese lovers - please be aware that the FDA is contemplating banning all raw-milk cheeses - not just ones that are aged less than 60 days (as is currently the case). Ever had a parmagiano reggiano made with pasteurized milk? Don't. Ever had a raw-milk Brie? No? Off to France with you!

Great post!
posted by rtha at 8:52 AM on October 2, 2007

WILL YOU SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP?
posted by jonson at 8:55 AM on October 2, 2007 [1 favorite]

As someone who spends the vast majority of his income on cheese, I'd like to both praise and damn you for this post.
posted by Vaska at 9:26 AM on October 2, 2007

We have two basic facts that should lead to a lot more cheese variety.

Cheese is

a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep and other mammals.

and Mammals (class Mammalia) are

warm-blooded, vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including those that produce milk, and by the presence of: hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain. Most mammals also possess specialized teeth and utilize a placenta in the ontogeny. The mammalian brain regulates endothermic and circulatory systems, including a four-chambered heart. Mammals encompass approximately 5,400 species (including humans), distributed in about 1,200 genera, 153 families, and 29 orders,[1] though this varies by classification scheme.

List of placental mammals
List of monotremes and marsupials

There are 21 varieties of bandicoot alone.
posted by pracowity at 9:48 AM on October 2, 2007

Cheeeeese Grommit, cheeeeeese. Love the post. Great job.
posted by winks007 at 9:53 AM on October 2, 2007

FDA is contemplating banning all raw-milk cheeses

They can have my raw milk cheese when they scrape it off my sticky, stinky fingers.
posted by psmealey at 9:57 AM on October 2, 2007

Right. I'm going to have to shoot you now.
posted by dragstroke at 10:06 AM on October 2, 2007

I am astounded that this is not a double (no offense, growabrain), because I am *SURE* I remember talking about this website when it first went online.
posted by briank at 10:19 AM on October 2, 2007

Ewephoria

Ubriaco

Sottocenere al tartufo

Purple Haze (fennel & lavender)

These are a few of my favorite things

Goes off for a cheese wank.
posted by lalochezia at 10:42 AM on October 2, 2007

hey, if this guy can't love gjetost, then he's no cheese lover in my book.

/norsk-centrist snarkiness
posted by RedEmma at 10:42 AM on October 2, 2007

I expect his toilet paper expenditures to be low this year.
posted by sourwookie at 10:45 AM on October 2, 2007 [1 favorite]

The BeaverCheese.org link is me. Just realized I hadn't managed that database in a loooooooong time. Site should be much faster now.
posted by y6y6y6 at 2:42 PM on October 2, 2007

I’m sorry I’m not familiar with Ched-dar?
posted by Smedleyman at 3:50 PM on October 2, 2007

Oh, yummmmmmmmmmmmm.

Toe cheese!
posted by brain cloud at 6:09 PM on October 2, 2007

how could he not call it his "cheese log"??? huh? so sad, to see a perfectly serviceable little pun die alone, out in the cold.
posted by lapolla at 1:27 AM on October 3, 2007

I've always loved cheese, though my experience has been limited. Yet one day, as a youth living in NYC, I bought some cheese that looked promising. But when I got it home, I discovered it smelled exactly like shit. This made be very cautious about experimenting with strange cheese. (fortunately the apartment mate at the cheese). IIRC, it was called Danish Tilst.

I suppose my taste isn't all that complex or exotic. My current favorite is mature Asiago. This is followed closely by well-aged Gouda (totally different from the young gouda that is fairly common) and aged Gruyere.

In Germany, I tried something called 'hand cheese', and it smelled exactly like the crud I cleaned out of my locker in grade school, when I'd forgotten a carton of milk in the back, and it soured, escaped the carton, and hardened.
posted by Goofyy at 2:36 AM on October 3, 2007

That is the wonder of cheese; that it can smell so bad yet taste so good.
posted by h00py at 6:56 AM on October 3, 2007