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Cheese Crystals (2019)

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Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

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Post by TheAmazingRace »

tomcam wrote: post #6

If you like sharp cheddar, the best cheese in the world is "Cougar Gold" from WSU Creamery in eastern Washington, USA, a region not known to be a hotbed of find cheeses. It comes in a can, also not thought of as a delivery vector for a great cheese, but there you have it. Tastes great out of the can or you can age it for a few years in the refrigerator. Five or 6 years is fine. I absolutely love the crystals. No mold…

I'll be making a stop in Seattle here in a few weeks. I'll see if this is available for purchase at Haggen.

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

#32

Post by jmdeon »

fishmicrowaver wrote: post #7
tomcam wrote: post #6

If you like sharp cheddar, the best cheese in the world is "Cougar Gold" from WSU Creamery in eastern Washington, USA, a region not known to be a hotbed of find cheeses. It comes in a can, also not thought of as a delivery vector for a great cheese, but there you have it. Tastes great out of the can or you can age it for a few years in the refrigerator. Five or 6 years is fine. I absolutely love the crystals. No mold…

I'm not easily Influenced so I'm mystified at how canned cheese had me checking out ways to order it.

Yeah I just ordered one. The effectiveness of this HN post plus this parent comment has me convinced they're in cahoots.

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

#33

Post by bigiain »

deeg wrote: post #17
jhaile wrote: post #3

I enjoyed reading the article, but really wish it had photos to help educate the reader on how to distinguish between crystals and mold.

The article is from 2019 and I think it originally had photos.

There's a bunch of broken images there (at least I see them in Safari).

Sadly, the wayback machine has snapshots of the article going back to 2020, but doesn't seem to have archived those broken image links.

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

#34

Post by president_zippy »

FumblingBear wrote: post #15
president_zippy wrote: post #9

Hard calcium-lactate crystals are an intentional feature of Belvitano cheese. They add a great texture and add tanginess to parmesan-esque taste.

LOVE Bellavitano! I'm a huge fan of most of their cheeses, but especially the Garlic & Herb—it's like a delicious pizza :)

Thanks for catching my typo, I hope more people discover their cheese. I love every variety of their cheese, but the Merlot and Tennessee Whiskey cheeses are on another level.

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

#35

Post by noir_lord »

omnicognate wrote: post #29
tomcam wrote: post #6

If you like sharp cheddar, the best cheese in the world is "Cougar Gold" from WSU Creamery in eastern Washington, USA, a region not known to be a hotbed of find cheeses. It comes in a can, also not thought of as a delivery vector for a great cheese, but there you have it. Tastes great out of the can or you can age it for a few years in the refrigerator. Five or 6 years is fine. I absolutely love the crystals. No mold…

I'd love to try that but the only site I can see selling it here in the UK wants 85 quid a tin. There are plenty of extra mature cheddars with crystals here, though. Marks & Spencer have a 2 year aged one called Cornish Cruncher that I'm partial to.

Not like we are short of Cheddars in the UK tbf.

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

#36

Post by tomcam »

jmdeon wrote: post #32
fishmicrowaver wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not easily Influenced so I'm mystified at how canned cheese had me checking out ways to order it.

Yeah I just ordered one. The effectiveness of this HN post plus this parent comment has me convinced they're in cahoots.

NOT CAHOOTING

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

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Post by tomcam »

noir_lord wrote: post #35
omnicognate wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love to try that but the only site I can see selling it here in the UK wants 85 quid a tin. There are plenty of extra mature cheddars with crystals here, though. Marks & Spencer have a 2 year aged one called Cornish Cruncher that I'm partial to.

Not like we are short of Cheddars in the UK tbf.

What's your fave?

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

#38

Post by bombcar »

jmdeon wrote: post #32
fishmicrowaver wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not easily Influenced so I'm mystified at how canned cheese had me checking out ways to order it.

Yeah I just ordered one. The effectiveness of this HN post plus this parent comment has me convinced they're in cahoots.

An elite zeal team has been dispatched from Wisconsin to take care of the issue.

Re: Cheese Crystals (2019)

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Post by [deleted] »

tomcam wrote: post #6

If you like sharp cheddar, the best cheese in the world is "Cougar Gold" from WSU Creamery in eastern Washington, USA, a region not known to be a hotbed of find cheeses. It comes in a can, also not thought of as a delivery vector for a great cheese, but there you have it. Tastes great out of the can or you can age it for a few years in the refrigerator. Five or 6 years is fine. I absolutely love the crystals. No mold…

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