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CHEESE TYPE BOARDS (for Cheese Lovers and Cheese Makers) => ADJUNCT - Washed Rind & Smear Ripened => Topic started by: DeejayDebi on March 30, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
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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?
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Sound like a twist on surface ripened chimay.
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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-
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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?