Heading out of town for Memorial Day weekend? Want to bring out some patriotic cheese with you? A selection of three cheeses produced on our soils in honor of the holiday weekend and the beginning of summer that you want to splurge a bit on?
Fret not, you have come to the right place!
Should you be planning on bringing three cheeses, I recommend a soft/luscious creamy then a firm, hard, and nutty, and then a punchy spicy blue. Each cheese will be in the range of $20 to $35 a pound this week, making the price tag of bringing a tasting of three cheeses to be in the range of $50 to $60, depending on how much you get of each.
For the soft/luscious/creamy cheese, how about Catskill? A soft bloomy goat's milk cheese from upstate New York found for $28.50 a pound at Artisanal Cheese. It coats every crevice of your mouth in just the right ways -- lactic, grassy, citrusy, with hints of mushroom, this is the perfect cheese to pair with a glass of bubbly.
For the firm/hard/nutty cheese, I recommend 5 Spoke Creamery's Tumbleweed from Pennsylvania. It is a raw cow's milk cheese that has been aged for at least eight months, modeled on a traditional French Cantal with dialed up cheddar notes. Supple and nutty with a nice cheddar punch, this farmsteady cheese it the perfect second choice for your cheese tasting. Clocking in at $22.99 a pound at Murray's Cheese.
And lastly, how about Ewe's Blue crafted by Old Chatham Sheepherding Company in Old Chatham, NY. Sheep's milk cheese inoculated with penicillium roqueforti mold in the traditional Roquefort style of cheesemaking produces here a fabulously spicy and piquant blue with creamy luscious notes and a grassy brightness. Available for $33 a pound at Lucy's Whey.
And that will conclude your splurge worthy local cheese tasting.
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