Summer is about lazy afternoons laying in your local park, spending tons of time outside, baseball games, barbecues, and more! Last night, on a veritably balmy Wednesday eve, I went to a baseball game and I got to thinking and talking about, what cheeses would be perfect for a baseball game so I thought I would share with you, my faithful readers my thoughts!
I think there are two different routes you could go when thinking about bringing a picnic of bread and cheese to a baseball game :
Route # 1: Go with a small round of cheese -- like an Aged Crottin (about 4 oz half cylinder) of fantastic aged Loire Valley Goat Cheese OR a Bijou, the younger American version made by Vermont Butter and Cheese Company OR even something like Ardith Mae's Doolan, a soft ripened goat from Pennsylvania, nutty, buttery, delicate and delish.
Route 1 at a baseball game provides yummy cheeses in small quantities that you can easily use a plastic knife to slice or even just break off a piece here and there. Easy, compact, and definitely better than going with a large majority of baseball stadium food out there!
Route # 2: Go with aged crumbly cheeses that have a nice salty, caramelly, crunchy taste to them. You don't need a knife to slice these cheeses since they are so crumbly, you can easily break a piece off. These sorts of firm aged cheeses also tend to last the longest without refrigeration making them less messy to eat on a warm summer evening. A few good examples for route # 2 would be: a twelve month aged Manchego, a nice nutty Parmesan, a Piave or a Sbrinz (an raw cow's milk aged Swiss cheese), to name a few. Any of these cheeses would provide a great addition to snack offerings at a baseball game and would be truly satisfying and delish!
One little side note, I would certainly not recommend bringing any bloomy rind cheeses to a baseball game, they can get messy and are hard to share in groups unless you have proper knives, plates, etc!
So next time you go to a baseball game, pick up some cheese and nice crackers or bread and bring them along, I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
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