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Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:01 pm

Who knows cheese better than us gerbils? So, let's have 'em: list your favorite cheese-centric snacks.

Here's one that's perhaps my favorite:

Goat cheese on a rosemary cracker with honey dabbled on top and be totally surprised.
Also, try the same except with pepper jelly instead of honey. Amazing.
 
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:15 pm

Horseradish-flavored fresh cheese curds right out of the bag.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:12 pm

Cheese makes almost everything better! (except fish, they say)

1) I'm always looking for a good fried mozzarella. There are lots of crappy/frozen ones out there, and many restaurants serve crappy ones as well.

Where I grew up in the South Side of Chicago there are a ton of unique pizza places. Baracco's Pizza in Evergreen Park, Illinois, has a really good fried mozzarella with a really good marinara (also important to me).

The cheese used in their deep-dish is pretty good as well (gallery below)
http://barracos.com/?page_id=14

2) Growing up, I have lots of fond memories of Wisconsin Cheeseman sets, where you can try a dozen cheeses with sausage slices/crackers, etc.
http://www.wisconsincheeseman.com/Chees ... /index.cat
Looks like some of them are out of season right now.

3) Another good Christmas treat is a Tastefully Simple cheese ball with apple slices
http://www.tastefullysimple.com/shopour ... 67107.aspx

There are so many good cheeses, it's hard to choose.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:36 pm

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There are so many good cheeses, it's hard to choose.
LIES. I simply choose...







ALL OF THEM :lol:
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:39 pm

superjawes wrote:
ALL OF THEM :lol:

I'd certainly draw the line at casu marzu, if not earlier.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:52 pm

Captain Ned wrote:
Horseradish-flavored fresh cheese curds right out of the bag.


+1

Honestly there isn't much of anything that I don't like if it has cheese on it. To keep it simple though, I often eat cubed cheese(I usually stick to a really sharp cheddar or something with jalapenos in it) on cracked pepper triscuits.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:09 pm

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I'd certainly draw the line at casu marzu, if not earlier.

Wow...good old maggot cheese...
 
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:10 pm

Uh, I have a pound block of Kraft Colby cheese in my fridge :lol:
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:55 pm

Around our house we love this one...

cracker of your choice (something as buttery as a Ritz or as simple as a saltine will work for the cracker, even pita or bagel chips work)+
good artisanal cheese of your choice (I like Humboldt Fog, or other smoky blue cheese)+
dried fruit of your choice ( mission figs or apricots are our favorites)+
couple of drops of balsamic reduction (make your own by simmering good balsamic until it is like honey)

...good thing I just had lunch, because otherwise I would be really hungry now. :D
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:17 pm

ericfulmer wrote:
Around our house we love this one...

cracker of your choice (something as buttery as a Ritz or as simple as a saltine will work for the cracker, even pita or bagel chips work)+
good artisanal cheese of your choice (I like Humboldt Fog, or other smoky blue cheese)+
dried fruit of your choice ( mission figs or apricots are our favorites)+
couple of drops of balsamic reduction (make your own by simmering good balsamic until it is like honey)

...good thing I just had lunch, because otherwise I would be really hungry now. :D


Nice! That's definitely capturing the esprit de hors d'oeuvre.
 
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:32 am

My favorite is a jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese (that counts, right?) and wrapped in bacon. Look upon her works, mere gerbils, and rejoice.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:35 am

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My favorite is a jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese (that counts, right?) and wrapped in bacon. Look upon her works, mere gerbils, and rejoice.

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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:48 am

One dish I like:
2-3 lbs cut up and diced broccoli.
1/2 cup or so of freshly shredded sharp cheddar.

Toss the broc in a little garlic (to taste) and roast about 10 minutes at 425. Coat lightly in cheddar, put back in for 3-5 minutes.
Frigging wonderful.

Or, just slice some good gouda and eat it on pear slices :D
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:53 am

paulWTAMU wrote:
One dish I like:
2-3 lbs cut up and diced broccoli.
1/2 cup or so of freshly shredded sharp cheddar.

Toss the broc in a little garlic (to taste) and roast about 10 minutes at 425. Coat lightly in cheddar, put back in for 3-5 minutes.
Frigging wonderful.

Or, just slice some good gouda and eat it on pear slices :D

Fresh broccoli, I assume? Living alone at the moment, I get most of my veggies frozen, but that sounds delicious....although...I could probably just bake the cheese onto my already-cooked broccoli and do just fine.

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Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:14 pm

Frozen or fresh works, I just prefer roasted to steamed because of the differences in texture.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:22 pm

Captain Ned wrote:
Horseradish-flavored fresh cheese curds right out of the bag.

We get curds from Shullsburg with dill in them rather than horseradish, and I'm partial to the dill curds. *nom*

but wait - what's this? GARLIC?! <--- must have.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:12 pm

Man, cheese. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like cheese.

My favorite is a slice of mozzarella, a slice of tomato, basil leaf and soaked in balsamic vinegar with a dash of soy sauce. A whole dish is gone in 15 minute in my household. My wife is a awesome cook and she comes up with cheese dishes that blows my mind.

Some of my other favorites is a swiss and bacon dip with any cracker. Also, there is the goat cheese and garlic on a slice of beard. Man, I can go on and on. :D
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:42 am

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Man, cheese. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like cheese.
The lactose intolerant...I weep for them :cry:
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:23 pm

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SomeOtherGeek wrote:
Man, cheese. I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like cheese.
The lactose intolerant...I weep for them :cry:


Yeah. I became intolerant about halfway through my 20's, but luckily cheese doesn't give me any problems unless I eat an extremely unhealthy amount. The amount of lactose in cheese is something like 0.07 - 0.35%, compared to 4.5 - 6.0% in most other dairy products.
 
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Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:59 pm

Milk and ice cream both bug the crap out of me but cheese is still OK. And for that I am thankful.
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Re: Cheese hors d'oeuvres de gerbils

Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:04 pm

I am the exactly the same here. Milk and ice cream gives me IBS and cheese doesn't. Whew!
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