Who cuts the cheese?

[Tim]

I like a good Queso Manchego with some grapes or cold cuts.

Obviously, Jamon Iberico would be best, but it's pretty hard to come by without any planning.

I also like the Manchego with a little cantloupe or other melon (watermelon excluded).

I'm also a big Manchego fan.

[Green Lantern]

I was up at the International Freestyle competition at Deer Valley this weekend and the Deer Valley Lodge was providing the food. They had this awesome cheese table and I wish I could remember the great cheeses I tried. One of them was a Blueberry Wensleydale and another had coffee and lavender mixed in. They were fantastic. One of the servers told me that they were locally made but she slipped off before I could ask her where. Maybe Beehive?

I don't know if I impressed her or embarrassed myself by being familiar with Wensleydale only from WALLACE & GROMIT cartoons.

[falafel]

I don't know if I impressed her or embarrassed myself by being familiar with Wensleydale only from WALLACE & GROMIT cartoons.

Funny that your familiarity with Wensleydale is from Wallace and Grommit, b/c I only know of it from Monty Python.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0&feature=fvw"]YouTube- The Cheese Shop sketch, Monty Python[/ame]

This one has images of all the different cheeses he requests. Kind of fun.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMuITtGy-Yk"]YouTube- Monty Python Cheese Shop Images[/ame]

[Fiyero]

One of them was a Blueberry Wensleydale

I've seen it at Smith's, they sell it for $20/lb.

[wuapinmon]

I like Mahon. Especially aged Mahon.

[Green Lantern]

I've seen it at Smith's, they sell it for $20/lb.

Well then, I definitely ate my money's worth!

[Green Lantern]

Funny that your familiarity with Wensleydale is from Wallace and Grommit, b/c I only know of it from Monty Python.

YouTube- The Cheese Shop sketch, Monty Python

This one has images of all the different cheeses he requests. Kind of fun.
YouTube- Monty Python Cheese Shop Images

Ah the cheese shop sketch! I should have remembered that one as well. Hey Falafel, you're down in Las Vegas right? There was a great place that opened over in Henderson when we were living there called Valley Cheese & Wine. They had a great selection of cheeses and the owners were a really cool, unpretentious married couple who were more than happy to expound on all of their excellent selections.

[falafel]

Ah the cheese shop sketch! I should have remembered that one as well. Hey Falafel, you're down in Las Vegas right? There was a great place that opened over in Henderson when we were living there called Valley Cheese & Wine. They had a great selection of cheeses and the owners were a really cool, unpretentious married couple who were more than happy to expound on all of their excellent selections.

I've heard of that place - they advertise on NPR. Its on Horizon Ridge somewhere, right? I live on the other side of town, so I haven't thought of visiting it. However, I do know, from their commercials, that they have a wide variety of wines and charcuterie - whatever the hell that is.

[Green Lantern]

I've heard of that place - they advertise on NPR. Its on Horizon Ridge somewhere, right? I live on the other side of town, so I haven't thought of visiting it. However, I do know, from their commercials, that they have a wide variety of wines and charcuterie - whatever the hell that is.

Yep, that's the place. Cool store. And you simply must sample from their charcuterie.

[falafel]

Yep, that's the place. Cool store. And you simply must sample from their charcuterie.

Oh yeah? what shall I charcute?

[Green Lantern]

Oh yeah? what shall I charcute?

Okay, I finally looked this up to discover that it means a selection of fine meats. Now I totally want to go back to that place.

[Maximus]

I am sitting here enjoying some brie with crackers and fresh fruit. I was wondering what cheeses the board likes? It is unfortunate that our cheese choices are so limited in the United States. It is hard to find good, reasonably priced cheeses sometimes. What are some of the places you can find a decent cheese?

The white Bolivian cheese that smells like an old womans armpits mixed with feet.

Wait, cheese we like?

[Portland Ute]

Harmon's in Utah has a solid cheese selection. In Portland it was Fred Meyer (surprising but they really had a nice selection) and Zupan's.

What I wouldn't do for a Zupan's in my neighborhood in Utah.

My kingdom for a ZUPANS!

[Portland Ute]

Yep, that's the place. Cool store. And you simply must sample from their charcuterie.

Do they have Jamon Iberico?

Oh, Spain, you expensive mistress.

I can't tell if I was blessed or cursed by going to Spain on a mission. It's been very difficult dealing with the idea that I cannot live in two places at once. It's also been difficult trying to indulge my cravings for Spanish fineries while living in Utah. Utah. Seriously. What the hell? I live in Utah.

At times I feel like the mouse on Ratatouille. I mean, people, paella... You know, it's a Spanish Rice dish.. "You mean like with beans and a quesa-dill-a?"

I resort to buying 2nd rate ham, prosciutto, and making myself a fine ajo blanco and sitting out on my back porch in the scorching heat on a summer afternoon with my iPhone apps on Radio Nacional pretending I am on a street corner in Sevilla sipping ajo blanco, eating melon, nibbling on Manchego and partaking in jamon iberico.

DAMMIT! This is NOT jamon! It's...it's...prosciutto and I am sitting on a wood deck in my back yard in Kaysville, UT!

Get me a gun. I'm ending this now.

[Tim]

Do they have Jamon Iberico?

Oh, Spain, you expensive mistress.

I can't tell if I was blessed or cursed by going to Spain on a mission. It's been very difficult dealing with the idea that I cannot live in two places at once. It's also been difficult trying to indulge my cravings for Spanish fineries while living in Utah. Utah. Seriously. What the hell? I live in Utah.

At times I feel like the mouse on Ratatouille. I mean, people, paella... You know, it's a Spanish Rice dish.. "You mean like with beans and a quesa-dill-a?"

I resort to buying 2nd rate ham, prosciutto, and making myself a fine ajo blanco and sitting out on my back porch in the scorching heat on a summer afternoon with my iPhone apps on Radio Nacional pretending I am on a street corner in Sevilla sipping ajo blanco, eating melon, nibbling on Manchego and partaking in jamon iberico.

DAMMIT! This is NOT jamon! It's...it's...prosciutto and I am sitting on a wood deck in my back yard in Kaysville, UT!

Get me a gun. I'm ending this now.

This is one of the privileges of living in Japan... great quesos and jamones available at several stores within a short scooter ride.