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Title: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: DeejayDebi on March 30, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
Great site hoeklijn! Now you got me wanting to make Chaumes. Never heard of it but it sounds very good. I don't normally care for the French cheeses but this one intrigues me. Anyone ever have it?

(http://www.iledefrancecheese.com/images/Cheeses/Chaumes/pic-2.jpg)

http://www.iledefrancecheese.com/index.php/Chaumes/chaumes.html (http://www.iledefrancecheese.com/index.php/Chaumes/chaumes.html)

hints are:
soft ripened cheese
cows milk
bright orange washed rind
pale mellow creamy paste
4 gallons of cow’s milk to make a Chaumes cheese weighing 4.5 pounds

A variation of a Port Salut maybe?
Title: Re: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: Tomer1 on March 30, 2012, 08:24:38 PM
Sound like a twist on surface ripened chimay.
Title: Re: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: Boofer on March 30, 2012, 08:48:40 PM
Anyone ever have it?
As part of my cheese (http://www.igourmet.com/shoppe/prodview.aspx?prod=834S) education I tried it a year ago in April. Very nice.

-Boofer-
Title: Re: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: DeejayDebi on March 30, 2012, 10:50:33 PM
We are very limited here so I have to wait til I leave town to try different cheeses. The stores arounf here think they have a first class cheese spread if the sell Brie!
Title: Re: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: iratherfly on April 06, 2012, 06:43:58 AM
Chaumes is a bit of a joke for French cheese snobs... It is mostly know in France as cheese so mild, mother starts of their babies on cheese by giving it to them.  I personally like it as a basic washed rind cheese that I can cook with.
Title: Re: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: DeejayDebi on April 07, 2012, 03:31:58 AM
I am not a big fan of the french cheeses but I do like the port salut looks similar. I don't like the sour or bitter cheeses.
Title: Re: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: hoeklijn on October 06, 2012, 01:16:24 PM
oops, missed this thread, Deejay. Do you know how I found it the thread? I had a piece of Chaumes from the supermarket and tried to find something about it on the forum  :D.
The piece I bought was wrapped in plastic foil and had a distinct washed rind smell. ("Who is waring dirty socks?" my wife asked...). Paste was soft, not running like Epoisses, but with little taste. Nice cheese, but I've had better, so I won't attempt to make it, nor buy it again... 
Title: Re: Saw this cheese on a website and I am intrigued by it - Chaumes
Post by: anutcanfly on October 06, 2012, 05:02:22 PM
Hi Deejay,

Sorry to go off topic, but I couldn't find the thread where you suggested and Italian Vacuum Packer that can be fixed rather than thrown away.  What was it called?