Category Archive: Cheese

Apr
11

Cheese Review – Boerenkaas Raw Milk Farmhouse Gouda

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Price: $12.99/lb Strength: Sharp Purchased At: Whole Foods Market (Ann Arbor, MI) Would Buy Again: Maybe I am a big fan of raw milk cheeses. I think they have more flavor than cheeses made with pasteurized milk. I wrote last year about raw milk cheddar, which has been the only kind of cheese I have …

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Mar
29

Cheese Review – Jeffs’ Select Gouda Cheese

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Price: $6.99/lb Strength: Sharp Purchased At: The Andersons Market (Sylvania, OH) Would Buy Again: Yes Today I am reviewing a cheese with an interesting story. This cheese is a joint venture involving 2 Jeffs and two states. Jeff Weidman is a master cheesemaker from Wisconsin. Jeff Jirik works for Caves of Faribault in Minnesota. These …

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Mar
26

What is Tuma Cheese (Domestic)? – How To Use It

Tuma Cheese

This post is a part of my What is ____ Cheese Series? featuring | Muenster | Brick | Gouda | Colby Sometimes when you are trying to identify or classify cheeses you end up with some names being used for more than one type of cheese. There isn’t set rules that everyone uses when it …

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Feb
21

Cheese Review – Carr Valley Baby Cheddar

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Price: $9.99/lb Strength: Mild Purchased At: Fresh Market in Toledo, OH Would Buy Again: Oh yeah! I spend a lot of time researching as a part of my blog. In that research I come across many different things I hope to try someday. This list seems to grow everyday. But this week I got to …

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Jan
09

What is Gouda Cheese? – How It is Made & Used

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This post is a part of my What is ____ Cheese Series? featuring | Muenster | Brick | Gouda | Colby The wonderful world of cheese. It’s a rather big world. You can spend a lifetime trying different types of cheese and a fun lifetime it would be. It’s amazing what you can do by …

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Jan
09

Maple Leaf English Hollow Cheddar Cheese

Maple Leaf English Hollow Cheddar

Price: $5.99/10 oz package Strength: Sharp Purchased At: Meijer (Ann Arbor, MI) Would Buy Again: Yes Probably when most people are asked to name a brand of cheese, you will hear words like Kraft, Velveeta, or Laughing Cow rolling off their tongues. If I was asked the same thing one of the brands I would …

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Jan
04

Widmer’s Colby Cheese Review

Widmer Colby

Price: $4.99/lb Strength: Mild Purchased At: Holiday Market (Canton, MI) Would Buy Again: Yes Back in the spring time of 2010, my family and I made a trip to Madison, Wisconsin. One of the sites I wanted to see was Fromagination, a cheese shop located near the capital in Madison. It was one of the …

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Dec
14

Guggisberg Farmers Cheese

Guggisberg Farmers Cheese

Back at the start of this year, I discovered Guggisberg Baby Swiss. They are the ones who invented the cheese and by far are make the most superior baby swiss that I have tasted. I was sad when my source stopped carrying it a few months ago. However recently I was shopping at Vince and …

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Dec
14

What is Farmers Cheese?

Farmers Cheese

One of the difficult things about identifying cheeses is that the same name can represent a different cheese in various regions. Today I wanted to talk about farmers cheese. So when I talk about this cheese, I am referring to the farmers cheese that I purchase here in the midwest region of the United States. …

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Jun
08

Maple Leaf Cheddar Cheese Curds

Maple Leaf Cheese Curds

Type: Cheddar Price: $5.99/10 oz package Strength: Mild Purchased At: Meijer (Port Huron, MI) Would Buy Again: Yes When it comes to selecting some type of cheese for a quick easy snack, I lean towards cheese curds. These irreguarly shaped curds are easy to pop in your mouth and enjoy. They work great for trips …

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