Day Three Hundred and Twenty Five - A New Year's GCF

"Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind ? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne ? " Will you be singing the classic words of the New Year's Eve tune originally a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 while cheers-ing with good friends and family this evening to ring in 2011? A new decade and a new start!

So I thought for tonight's New Year's Eve GCF you would want something decadent, heavy on the creamy notes, with a fabulous round mouth feel -- good at the end of the night or even good with a glass of bubbly to ring in the New Year. 

What cheese would fit the bill here? 

How about Nettle Meadow's Kunik? Hailing from the Southern Adirondacks, in Thurman New York, this is 75% goat's milk and 25% cow's milk bloomy rind disk of unctuous milky goodness. A triple cream style cheese -- easily spreadable and moist with a nice citrusy tang to cut the creamy weight of the cheese -- supremely fabulous!

Why not put the Kunik on a nice crusty French baguette with some chopped chives and a traditional New Year's food in Spain, grapes. At the stroke of midnight in Spain, revelers eat twelve grapes for each of the strokes of the clock. Each grape also represents one month in the new year. So let's have some Spanish luck this year with twelve grapes in our GCF. 

Toast away and enjoy with a glass of your favorite bubbly!

Happy New Year!

All the best wishes for a happy and healthy 2011!!