Splurge:
To me cheeses that are over $30 a pound a splurge, over $40, a whole new kettle of fish. Today's cheese is priced just over the splurge amount at $32 a pound and it hails from the quirky Vermont cheesemaker, Laini Fondillier and Lazy Lady Farm. Completely operated by solar and wind power, this farm has been in existence since 1987 with over forty registered Alpine goats. They produce a huge variety of cheeses, currently give or take 21! Laini is known for her experimentation and breadth and depth of cheeses, made with goat and cow's milk and of course, her references to politicians! There's Barick Obama, Biden his Time, Bi-partisan and today's cheese of choice, Tomme Delay.
Tomme Delay is a raw goat's milk cheese with a natural molded barnyardy rind aged for just sixty days. Firm yet moist with that fabulous fresh crisp grassy tang of raw goat's milk, this is honest cheese. You can tell there are no preservatives and chemicals in this baby. The ashen moldy barnyardy flavors of the rind are the perfect counterpart to the clean light ivory interior paste, an all around farmstead cheese delight! I'd enjoy this with a nice Pilsner style beer, something light but with a bit of weight.
You can get Tomme Delay and other Lazy Lady cheese at Lucy's Whey in Chelsea Market.
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