We've tried to claim that we're the same down to earth people we've always been, and that nearly two years of life in Paris has not made us all uppity and elitist. Sina just tonight provided ample proof to the contrary. She was telling me about how she would make entire meals in college out of Triscuits and a can of E-Z Cheese. Hadn't even tasted so much as a nice Gouda before the age of 21. This tale came just a few minutes after she chided me for not properly slicing the block of Basque sheep cheese (that's fromage de brebis for you frencho-phones out there) I bought at an outdoor market the other day in a little country village near here. She was still eating it on Triscuits, but that's only because our neighborhood bakery had quit selling baguettes for the evening...
Behold, the reason sheep were invented:
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Anybody know exactly how you milk a sheep? I wish I could try it. I will have to see if they have it at Beechers cheese shop the next time I got to Pike Place market.
I have tasted and enjoy most of it but c'mon... E-Z Cheese is an "ALL AMERICAN" novelty!!
I French and Swiss cheeses--most of them. One of the Italian families I used to eat with would always tease me with the really stinky french stuff that literally made me gag. I have a pretty versatile palate, but not that--OR E-Z Cheese. Nasty! :)
Oh, there's enough love to go around. Emmental and Gruyere for a classic fondu. Morbier or Comte on a baguette for a great lunch. A variation of brie or camembert (or something local and stinky) on a grilled sandwich with pears and bacon. A little roquefort or bleu d'Auvergne or chevre (chevre is best, of course, breaded in an herb an Melba toast coating and backed until the cheese just starts to ooze out) on a salad. And on Christmas morning, E-Z cheese and a package of Ritz.
I am a regular lurker so thought I should declare myself and say that I get so bugged when people cut a piece out of the middle of the brie instead of cutting a proper slice that includes all the flavors of the center, edges and "crust" together! But easy cheese still has a place in life - just not in the actualy "dairy products" category!
I LOOOOOOOVE Paris and will hate it when you leave and I can't live vicariously.
There is no cheese like Raclette, the king of the cheeses.
Hey, if you hurry you might be able to get some of these : http://parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com/ Yum!
That cheese looks so good, and I am finally not pregnant so I could even eat it now.
Speaking of which 2 kids is fun, really fun, can't wait for the next few weeks to fly by and then get the first glimpses of your baby deux.
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