Cheese Admiration and Celebration

drmwc

I went caving over new year . I was introduced to Stilton with dates. It's a great combination; I thoroughly recommend it.

springlering62

Enjoying local cheeses from a Dutch market. I’m like a drunk. The more I eat the less I remember what they were:

Gouda with cumin (was outstanding in grilled cheese sandwiches!)

18 mos Aged Gouda (ate one, have one left)

Some kind of delicious sheep or goat cheese with crunchy things in it. They look vaguely like sesame seeds but aren’t.

Have an unopened vacuum pack of some sheep or goat cheese with tomato and herbs. Don’t think it’s another Gouda.

And today, picked up a small bit of double cream sweet fresh cheese with chunks of ginger in it. Machelle ingwer cheese.

Wish I could bring some of this goodness home with me.

Sampling all the cheeses on display at the market was like a cheese party!

Oh and also a cup of homemade quark cheese with fruit. It’s normally thicker, but with the addition of cream to thin it a little, it’s a dessert. Texture of ice cream, but not frozen.

mtaratoot

Caraway? That would be a good addition to some cheeses.

springlering62

I thought that but it doesn’t taste like caraway and is shaped different. Some of them are too big for sesame seed, which was my first thought