I love my cheese slices.

I love Gouda, Gruyere, Cheddar and Red Leicester slices. But these guys that produce it. They know that the slices go in sandwiches ... so why can't they make the slices big enough to fill the average slice of bread? Why do I have to cut the slices like a jigsaw puzzle to fill the sandwich?

And those people at Kraft. They know that the primary purpose of Kraft slices is to go on a burger. So why don't they make the slices round?

What is wrong with those cheese slice people?

The Gouda, Swiss, Cheddar, Colby I buy is sliced fresh in the deli and is more then ample to cover a typical slice of bread, often with over hang.

Kraft = Cheese PRODUCT Yeah, a lot of us ate it growing up, I still indulge in a grilled cheese sammy and a bowl of tomato soup on rare occasions.
Can't really put it down as there is something about that 'product' that just works on a burger.

I love cheese... but why bother getting it sliced?

Why eat cheese with anything? It's great on it's own, I don't need no stinking sandwich.

That said I wish the wholefoods lady wouldn't look at me like I'm crazy every time I ask her to slice the same cheese, every single week, and when I ask her where they moved the crostinis too.... It's like, I'm there every single week and you'd think after a while they'd stop playing hide and seek with the products.

Kraft=Processed cheese, no thanks.

Why are you getting sliced of cheese from the lady when you don't bother to get it sliced? I am confused.


I am really fortunate to live in an area with no less than 6 farms that make fresh raw milk (and some non raw milk) cheeses of all varieties, I just buy from them and have some of the best cheeses ever.

Yea I thought about that after I posted. I guess I don't understand the need for pre-sliced cheese, if I want it sliced for a reason(and that's only usually when I want it with crostini) I can get it sliced to order.

You do know you can get pretty much any cheese online or at a wholefoods, you don't need to live within an area that has 6 farms to get "fresh" cheese.

Hell some cheeses you want some aging on, hopefully you're not paying a premium for that "freshness".

One of these days I'll get back to San Fran so I can order the $1,000 cheese plate at Absinthe...

I didn't mean fresh that way, but artisan cheeses, very good blends, amazing flavors. Some are 2-3 years old.
However some like fromage (quark) I want to be very fresh in the normal sense, and they don't disappoint

Wow they have a $1000 cheese plate? I didn't see that, not that I would have ordered

Pre sliced Gouda and Gruyere?

You need one of these:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaasschaaf

It is interesting to see how my post about sliced cheese elicits such a variable range of attitudes ........... Some of it quite close-minded and snobbish.

There's cheese ..... and there's cheese! And there's different cheeses for different meals and purposes. Some of the nicest cheeses we eat are fairly industrially produced processed cheeses. Some are pre-sliced. Sensible people eat with their taste buds and not the label. Some of the nicest cheeses produced come in plastic packs without the picture of a cow or a goat on it's label and is produced in factories ..... and some of the snobby cheeses are unsliceable and some even inedible .....

Coincidentally, I noticed an article My Life In Food: Atul Kochhar , and he is a pretty decent chef ...... and guess what he said!

I love cheese, but my favorites tend to be simple ones like Gouda, Vermont sharp cheddar, and Jarlsberg I'm also a huge fan of Brie and Muenster.

I like trying new cheeses too. There are so many amazing varieties! Just no blue cheese for me

-J.

I agree - I also like the simple ones. Though I'll try any cheese I haven't previously tried.

I was impressed with the range of flavours in Holland for Gouda which I haven't seen available elsewhere. I guess they feel there isn't an overseas market for the stranger ones. I recall a cummin flavoured Gouda which was something I still yearn for.

I also tried smoking (as in a smoker!) Gouda ... it smokes well .....

Easy enough to get in London.

My local cheese shop usually has it in stock:
http://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/cheese...origin=holland

Whole Foods Kensington has a decent selection of Gouda. It's around and there are plenty of places that sell it online in the UK.

Thanks.

Can you point me to a few of the places amongst the "plenty" that sell it online please? 4 or 5 should give me a reasonable shot.

Yea, I wonder how often they sell it, I know it's a pretty high roller place but I love cheese and can't even fathom a $1,000 plate of it.

That said, I love going to my farmers market and buying a cheese infused round bread they sell and then filling it with cheese and turning it into a giant grilled cheese sandwich(done in the oven). Throw some bacon in it and it's amazing, bacon+cheese=win.

I've only met one person that doesn't like cheese at all,and we're not friends anymore.

My wife wouldn't even try cheese for most of our marriage. It wasn't the taste but the claggy texture. I managed to convince her to try it "for me" and now - although she won't touch cheddar type cheeses - she loves soft not over smelly goat cheeses. What finally did it was a wedding anniversary meal I arranged for us at the Negresco at Nice and they had a full time cheese person in their kitchens. I told them in advance what sort of cheese would probably work and they laid on a great cheese course. Worth every penny. I now have wife that i can share some cheese and grapes and wine with. A real joy.

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