My fellow Americans

[gordonzola]

I asked this last year and thoroughly enjoyed the responses.

Soooo, what cheese(s) are you eating for Thanksgiving [or your No Thanks(giving) potlucks!] this year. Please answer in comments.

I would answer but I don't know. It depends what's left really. I'm still mourning the special order of Swiss cheeses that mysteriously never arrived.

Comments

[queen-beeanna.livejournal.com]

Caav aged gruyere.
:-)

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

ahhh, same family but I will probably buy some L'etivaz.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I am once again ashamed to say that I did not buy any cheese for Thanksgiving. All the dairy in my meal will be buttermilk. I hang my head.

I am definitely thinking about that brie you sold me a few years ago for a New Year's sex party for the upcoming winter holidays, though.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

haha. I have no memory of what that was, though I'm sure we could figure it out.

[gismonda.livejournal.com]

I think the only cheese we have in the house right now is mahon and some really creamy blue.

[gismonda.livejournal.com]

Ok, I have to ask...any recommendations for Louisiana cheeses to watch out for?

[dobrovolets.livejournal.com]

I'll be going to in-laws, so I have no idea what they'll have. But right now, my fridge contains Stilton, Gruyere, kasseri, feta, extra-sharp Cheddar, chevre and Parmigiano Reggiano. I feel safe in saying that I am prepared for any cheese-related emergency this holiday weekend.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

You are one well-prepared family!

[thisisthenow.livejournal.com]

Some English cheese called Huntsman. Some cheddar/stilton mix. It's not bad.

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

likely I will be putting out some of the Carr Valley 6yr cheddar
and if I have the fortitude - I'll be coming in to R to get some goat cheddar and french goat feta (and thus saving the Carr Valley for my own selfish needs)

The idea of coming in and getting a goat / sheep version of brie is very tempting.

It all depends on my timing.

:)

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

I'll be there after 1.

xo

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

Yesterday I came back from the Cheeseboard with:

Mt. Tam
Le Chevrot (Not my favoritest tiny goat cheese, but all the other ones they had were super-dry. :/)
Pecorino Sardo
Formes Sauternes (My cheese man forced a taste upon me and it was so weird I just had to take a little bit home to share, and to keep tasting to figure out whether or not I like it.)
Some fantastic gruyere-y sort of thing--from Wisconsin?--I didn't catch the name of. :/

And also in the fridge for holiday consumption:

Rogue River Blue (Thank you o thank you for this recommendation! It is amazing.)
Bethmale

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

I actually forgot to buy the fourme sauternes. I meant to! though with the Rogue is comes close to being redundant.

the gruyere-y thing was probably Pleasant Ridge Reserve.

If it's any consolation, the Chevrot we got yesterday was probably the best batch we ever had. We sold out in about an hour!

[lemon-says.livejournal.com]

I only had a minute at my folks' to scope the cheese plate selection for tomorrow, but I saw some hoop cheese, stilton, Parrano, and something I think said Amish Cheddar. I want to add a nice creamy cheese to that. Got any suggestions?

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

oh man, I've always got suggestions... just don't know what the Atlanta stores carry.

You've got all cow there. How about a nice Basque Sheep cheese? Or something goaty?

[tuliphead.livejournal.com]

You and the crew still planning on hitting zg tonite after work? Dunno what my evening looks like yet, but I might be able to join you with a sample of a homemade snack I'm making for tomorrow. :)

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

yes! 10:30! It's a new tradition!

[msjen.livejournal.com]

The vegan feta that I bought at your establishment, which is so far the only packaged vegan cheese I have ever eaten that does not make me want to cry in agony. In fact, it's actually pretty good.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

hey, come by in the next couple of weeks and I'll give you a sample of a new vegan cheese we are not selling yet. I'll put it in our special order area under your name.

[green-left-eye.livejournal.com]

Hidden in the back of my fridge is a pound of Humboldt Fog that I purchased a couple of days ago. I'd like to pretend that I'm going to be sharing it with my friends and family, but I'm a gluttonous little piggy who's going to gobble it up all on his own.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

haha. I "forgot" to put this out!

[uberconfused.livejournal.com]

I had some Idiazábal the other night, and it was awesome.

We don't really eat cheese at Thanksgiving. Clearly this is a problem that needs fixin'.

[und1sk0.livejournal.com]

This was last week..

I got the Rogue Blue, the Ewephoria, a Leonese Goats Milk Cheese, a Pecorino Sardo Maturo and some St. Andre just to bulk things out. Served with "craisins", medjool dates, Pink Lady's, pears and home-made no-knead bread.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_asphodel_/]

Sage Derby for leftover turkey sandwhiches! Raw Fourme D'Ambert with a port wine reduction. and what ever else strikes my fancy as I leave work tonight. Possibly Ubriaco del Piave or Cabra Romero.

(pardon spelling errors- I am so tired!!)

[tuliphead.livejournal.com]

sage derby for leftover turkey sammiches is the BOMB. amen!

[sophistimicated.livejournal.com]

A blue de basques, some tomme de savoie & a big hunk of runny delitia tallegio. I also have a little hunk of maytag blue for myself hidden from everyone.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

see, I would serve that and hide the Blue Des Basques for myself.

[mrfellow.livejournal.com]

As a Heeb, I don't mix meat and milk, so the short answer is NO CHEESE FOR THANKSGIVING.

Then again, I live in the suburbs, where Garlic Jack is considered an exotic cheese, so mayhaps I'm better off.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

Ditto to no cheese for Thanksgiving due to being a Heeb. It's unfortunate that Thanksgiving is a meat meal. Maybe next year I should sculpt an entire turkey out of cheese and lay off the meat. Cheese is better than turkey, anyway.

[bugsinamber.livejournal.com]

I guess it'll be whatever's left for me as well. Speaking of, I'm coming by after work today. Pete selected some type of Andante cheese for Sean one of the last times he was in there and it was pretty freakin' awesome. Got any of those left?

[commandercranky.livejournal.com]

I don't celebrate bullshit thanksgiving.*

But tomorrow I plan on going to the cheese store and getting something creamy, smelly, and dirty tasting. I leave it to the fates.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

you know Ice T is watching the game right now with a big plate of food on his belly.

[trixiefirecat.livejournal.com]

i'm sad to say, it will probably be some generic market cheese at best, judging by the wing of the family i'm visiting. i asked if i could bring anything, and no no, we have it covered! so i'm bringing wine. for myself!

[daisygrl.livejournal.com]

Hey I can answer this! I am having a very small get together the sunday after thanksgiving. I will be serving: Drunken Spaniard goat cheese, Ancient Heritage Diary cheeses - Adelle and Hannah Bridge. http://www.ancientheritagedairy.com/index.htm
Thats all I know right now.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

hmmm, I haven't tried the Ancient Heritage cheeses. Thought the name worries me. I mean the Romans were a long time ago, but hardly the ancient times, right?

[tracijean.livejournal.com]

Whatever my mama sprinkles on top of her squash casserole.

[loolica.livejournal.com]

Our Thanksgiving was over a month ago (earlier harvest and all that) and I don't think we had any cheese in particular. We did have tiny maple walnut cheesecakes...

For lunch today, though, I had some Isles-aux-Grues Mi-Carême (which means mid-Lent), kind of brie-like, with some apple and almonds and grapes, and also this delicious feta/garlic/I'm not sure what else spread I bought from the garlic people at the last farmers' market on the ever fabulous Leslie Stowe's Raincoast Crisps, perhaps Canada's most overpriced cracker.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

perhaps Canada's most overpriced cracker.


you should go into advertising!

Don't hate me.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

Not a one, because I'm kosher, and Thanksgiving is a meat meal due to the Turkey. Thus, there won't be any dairy on our Thanksgiving table!

But in general I've been enjoying these yummy kosher artisan cheeses they've been carrying at my local health food store - I don't normally like cheese with stuff in it but their chipotle white cheddar changed my mind. So much so that I actually bought their sundried tomato and olive jack cheese to make quesadillas with, too. I've also been enjoying Cabot's Hunter Cheddar which is the sharpest of the sharp, and this Italian kosher parmesan that I basically traveled 90 miles to buy.

Yeah, I'm boring. No big cheese news, really.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I have too many cheeses in the fridge at the moment to remember what they all are, but I'm gonna put out just about everything that's fit for company. I did pick up some La Tur today at The Evil Empire, because that's just how much I love my guests. I will report again tomorrow when the cheese plate gets laid out.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I posted the entire spread at my LJ, but the cheeses I served turned out to be:

Soft: herbed chevre, Point Reyes "original blue," sheep brebiou, Greek feta

Hard: pecorino pepato, Eweulation sheep gouda, pecorino ginepro washed rind, gouda saenkanter

The La Tur never made it out after all! I meant to pull it out at dessert, maybe with some lingonberry jam, but it was forgotten in the bustle of making whipped cream.

[bikenerd.livejournal.com]

I'm cheeseless. And Canadian.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

sorry. my condolences.