The Official Cheese Lover Thread

[falafel]

I would love to try that. My all-time favorite cheese is Saint Agur double cream blue. Made in france and a little pricey but the flavor and texture are incredible. Locally you can get it at Harmons.

Looks good, but how many World Cheese Awards has it won?

[MartyFunkhouser]

Looks good, but how many World Cheese Awards has it won?

14.726 World Cheese Awards.

[Pelado]

I like the bags of shredded Tillamook cheese from Costco. Also Philadelphia brand cream cheese. Cache Valley cheese slices are also very delicious.

The sliced versions of Tillamook cheeses from Costco are also yummy.

[USUC]

I like the bags of shredded Tillamook cheese from Costco. Also Philadelphia brand cream cheese. Cache Valley cheese slices are also very delicious.

Does Tillamook make shredded American cheese or are you talking cheddar cheese?

[falafel]

Does Tillamook make shredded American cheese or are you talking cheddar cheese?

Tillamook is an American cheese dude.

[SteelBlue]

The Costco (Kirkland) offerings of Manchego, Pecorino Romano and Parmesan cheeses, while pricey, are all excellent for that price.

[beefytee]

I’m so thankful Kraft moved to the states before developing the crappy cheese. Growing up we always referred to Kraft singles by the more generic term of processed cheese, so Americans didn’t get the credit.

While it does melt well and evenly, it has no flavor. Other kinds of cheese are usually the preferred choice.

And if I am eating something that needs cheese to melt evenly, I’m using velvetta and adding other things to give it flavor.

I also am far from a food snob and will eat practically anything and enjoy it. So my bar is pretty low and American cheese doesn’t meet that bar.

The sad thing is that my youngest boy went through a really short phase where he thought he liked American cheese but soon realized how unsatisfying it is. So my wife bought a big box of some 200 slices that is sitting in our fridge because no one will eat it and it takes forever to go bad.

So, I've come around somewhat with regards to American Cheese.

Since we were stuck with the large quantity of Kraft singles, we started trying it on some things. What we found was that when you combine one slice of Kraft singles with a piece of Tillamook Deli-Sliced Medium Yellow Cheddar, you get creamy cheesy deliciousness.

We've now burned through all the kraft singles using them on hamburgers and grill cheese sandwiches. Our youngest is again asking for more.

[Shaka]

So, I've come around somewhat with regards to American Cheese.

Since we were stuck with the large quantity of Kraft singles, we started trying it on some things. What we found was that when you combine one slice of Kraft singles with a piece of Tillamook Deli-Sliced Medium Yellow Cheddar, you get creamy cheesy deliciousness.

We've now burned through all the kraft singles using them on hamburgers and grill cheese sandwiches. Our youngest is again asking for more.

You are poisoning your kid. American Cheese is an abomination.

[Jeff Lebowski]

You are poisoning your kid. American Cheese is an abomination.

You obviously financed your waterbed.

[Shaka]

You obviously financed your waterbed.

I sleep on a Costco rip-off of the Purple mattress and paid cash!

[Pelado]

I sleep on a Costco rip-off of the Purple mattress and paid cash!

Chump. Should have at least used the Costco Citicard so you could get 2% cash back.

[old_gregg]

I'm not going to participate in the CS great american cheese war of 2023. Instead I choose to share this gem. I can buy it locally. If it's in your neck of the woods, I heartily recommend it. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2019/2020 world cheese award:

https://roguecreamery.com/rogue-river-blue/

rogue river blue is excellent

[Donuthole]

We were making homemade pizza last night for dinner, so I stopped by the store on the way home from work to grab a block of low-moisture whole milk mozz. (Galbani is the brand our nearest grocer carries. It seems to work well enough). Well, on the low moisture front, the store was out of anything but skim milk pre-shredded. Thanks but no thanks. After poking around the deli, I found something that seemed like it would be the right level of melty without seeping whey everywhere. (fresh mozz has its place, but it’s a supplement to, not a substitute for low moisture mozz, IMO. ). The fact that it was designated for quesadillas made me think it would work for pizza.

it was excellent! It melted almost exactly like mozzarella, and got golden and stretchy. But I have no idea what kind of cheese it actually is. Flavor wise it was a little more nutty than mozzarella, but not nearly as nutty as parm, or cheddar.

what cheese is this?
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[Jeff Lebowski]

Pizza pics por favor

[Donuthole]

Pizza pics por favor

Unfortunately I didn’t snag any. I will next time. A couple weeks ago we took our priest quorum to a friend’s house for a pizza night. They recently built a brick pizza oven. I can’t stop thinking about it. The pizza was amazing. Btw, he used dough balls from Blaze pizza. They were fantastic. And so much better than the dough is at Blaze pizza. Their mechanical way of splaying the dough really messes it up, apparently, but the dough itself is great.

Enjoy a picture of that backyard pizza oven in lieu of my grill-finished pizza.

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