Day Three Hundred and Eighty Three - The Cheese Oscars

For today's post, I thought I'd match ten cheeses with the ten movies up for Best Picture Oscar this evening instead of suggesting what cheeses to take to an Oscar party. The cheese selections will be based on the film / plot / actors / director etc, I'll let you be the judge of why I chose what I chose.

Of the movies up for Best Picture I've seen most, not all -- Black Swan, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, 127 Hours and the Social Network. The movies I have not seen are -- Toy Story 3, True Grit, and Winter's Bone so excuse me if my references aren't excellent.

So who are the cheese nominees?

Black Swan : Selles sur Cher - This Loire Valley goat's milk cheese has a greyish black exterior, our black swan, from the ash applied to help the aging process and a fabulously white ivory interior, our white swan. Tangy and punchy with that satisfying goaty milky-ness.

The Fighter : Cabrales - This Spanish cheese comes at you with guns blazing -- it is the most punchy, spicy, intense and in your face blue cheese I know, somewhat like Christian Bale in the Fighter, in your face. It is a mixed milk cheese -- cow, goat, and sheep's milk; slightly granular with a vegetal and farmsteady bent. This cheese surely is rough around the edges!

The Kids Are Alright : St Pat -- This California girl is strictly seasonal, only available in the springtime when the birds are chirping and new romances are a-blooming, kind of like Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore's brief romance. A cow's milk bloomy rind cheese that is wrapped with stinging nettle leaves giving you a creamy luscious mouthfeel with a nice herbaceous vegetal artichoke bent.

The King's Speech : Stilton -- The most regal of the blue cheeses out there, this cheese surely knows how to dress up any cheese plate, served I am sure at plenty of royal dinners, this cheese never gives up, just like Colin Firth fixing his speech stutter with Geoffrey Rush.

127 Hours : Parmesan -- Grab an aged Parmesan, preferably one aged at least 3 to 8 years here, it's worth the wait, you sure will be waiting longer than James Franco did but you won't have to cut off your arm to survive.

The Social Network : Cypress Grove's Fresh Chevre -- Young, fresh, exciting, dynamic and new, just like the Facebook was when it was created by Mark Zuckerberg. Crafted not that far away from Silicon Valley, this cheese melts in your mouth full of grassy citrus notes that are designed to delight.

Toy Story 3 : Huntsman -- Bright orange cheddar is combined with the blue hued Stilton to make this firm creamy nutty yet spicy but all around satisfying cheese -- just as bright in color as the cartoon characters in this film!

True Grit : Promontory from Beehive Cheese -- Named for the intersection of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail Road lines -- the key to the West expansion, this is an Irish style cheese....Westerns and the wild west were a different place once the railroads arrived. The cheese is buttery with a round mouth feel with nice floral and citrus notes.

Winter's Bone : Doolan -- Made in the mountains of Pennsylvania, far from the Ozarks, and not nearly as rough around the edges as this movie is said to be, this is a nice tall cylinder of hard aged goat's milk cheese, delish and crisp.

So who will the Oscar go to this evening? Stay tuned!