tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post2608497337220267364..comments2024-03-15T10:40:20.085-04:00Comments on LAWN TEA: CHEESE, PLEASE!RachelDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-30051433351838328442011-10-03T15:23:25.678-04:002011-10-03T15:23:25.678-04:00Oh Rachel, tell Caro that's a fruit and cheese...Oh Rachel, tell Caro that's a fruit and cheese plate of my dreams. Mmmmmmm Morbier! And Port Salut and ESPECIALLY gorgonzola, so great with fruit.Maggie McArthurhttp://mmcarthur.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-88172401028461448782011-10-01T08:36:08.031-04:002011-10-01T08:36:08.031-04:00I'll take a cheese plate over a fancy dessert ...I'll take a cheese plate over a fancy dessert most any time. Gosh, I am a fool for the stuff. Like you, Rachel, I was a late-bloomer for bleu cheese. In my youth I had equated it with the off-taste of store bought blue cheese dressing (not the stuff in the jars that actually uses medium grade stinky, but alas something passing for cheese flavored bad buttermilk -- Kraft or Wishbone types of things.) I think my gateway was a homemade bleu cheese sauce that either went with wings for a football party or some other application. Whatever it was, I was hooked. Now, in the same manic hunger mode as happens when I think about scovile units and spicy foods, I love finding the stinkiest ammonia laden cheese the stores are permitted to carry. <br /><br />My first exposure to Limburger nearly sent me through the floor. It was at a friend's house for a nice little dinner, and a cheese plate came out. After being assured I'd like it a LOT, I picked up a slice of Limburger and brought it to my nose to see what I was in for. Kim and the other couple screamed in panic DON'T SMELL IT. It was like somethng out of a sitcom.<br /><br />Nearly fell backward in my chair.steelersandstartrekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945760858360791814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-17209567241780088332011-09-29T06:59:55.036-04:002011-09-29T06:59:55.036-04:00Love the Limburger! (I had some earlier that day w...Love the Limburger! (I had some earlier that day with the still warm cherry chutney.Mmmmmmm.) I had it on my plate, but alas, being new to the whole stinky cheese world, I could not get them to try it.<br /><br />( As a matter of fact, Mama had made up a little gift box to look like a Swiss Colony package for my birthday. Inside was a block of Limburger, a wedge of Manchego, several of the little Laughing Cow wedges.... you know the gift boxes always had some sort of wedges, and a handful of those little candies that look like strawberries. A gift from the Swiss Colony wouldn't be complete without it.)<br /><br />Must go in search of cheese.... :-)Caronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-10782396694992761442011-09-28T15:32:05.658-04:002011-09-28T15:32:05.658-04:00I am so glad you discovered this new love, Rachel....I am so glad you discovered this new love, Rachel. I would have been sad if I had known that you did not love it.<br /><br />I have never met a cheese I didn't love. And, I don't included processed cheese food in my love group.<br /><br />My father loved cheese, and he shared with me as far back as I can remember. My mother used to say that I would eat anything my father ate.<br /><br />Have you ever tried limburger? My father and I called it the stinky cheese, but we both loved it. My husband says it is too pungent to have in the refrigerator - even in a sealed container. I like it on pumpernickel and accompanied by dried apricots.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535622044396271722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-83754042435329138742011-09-28T14:13:10.988-04:002011-09-28T14:13:10.988-04:00OK, so now I must go out and get some blue cheese!...OK, so now I must go out and get some blue cheese! You made it sound just too divine!Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699862913139313405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-4877046360612868502011-09-27T16:02:24.788-04:002011-09-27T16:02:24.788-04:00Sounds so good!Sounds so good!Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17862394699499538591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-70058403929613409312011-09-27T14:57:07.568-04:002011-09-27T14:57:07.568-04:00I felt the same way about bleu cheese until our tr...I felt the same way about bleu cheese until our trip to Louisiana in July. Hubby ordered a "Lettuce Wedge Salad" and it had crumbles of bleu cheese and bacon around the edge of the plate. It looked so pretty that I tasted it and have loved it since! Now, when I make our salads, they usually have a few crumbles of bleu cheese, bacon bits and walnuts (which I have recently discovered go great on salads). Love you!!Nailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04696352558169556809noreply@blogger.com