Cheddar me this

[Boofer]

Thanks, guys.

I took this cheese out and flipped it quite often over those months, trying to imagine what it was doing inside the vacuum bag. Now I have its sibling, made a week later with a different culture mix, to compare it to. Hmmm.

-Boofer-

[Boofer]

Pretty much down to empty cheese shelves presently, I was scrounging in the cheese drawer for a scrap of cheese this morning when I came across this little nugget.

Not quite 3 years old, but promising an interesting diversion, I cut into it. Amazingly cut-worthy. There's a slight white waxiness on the outside of the cheese...the result of being vacuum-bagged for so long. I have seen a similar characteristic in some waxed cheeses. It doesn't negatively impact the enjoyment of the cheese though.

The cheese holds together rather than crumbles away when it is sliced. There is a slight tang to the flavor that lingers on the tongue. I've sliced this cheese to take for my lunch along with a sliced Braeburn apple. Yum!

With three cheese wheels (Montasio, Tomme, & Tilsitter) freshly-made over the past two weeks, I am looking forward to more fully filled cheese shelves in about four months.

-Boofer-

[Stinky]

Can I have it? 

[H-K-J]

Can I have it? 

Sorry Stinky, I think it's gone.
AC4U Boofer  for finding that wedge of pure gold

[Al Lewis]

AC4U for your patience in aging that beauty!!

[Danbo]

A cheese for you. Really nice - I wish that I had a cheese that old! :-)

[JeffHamm]

Another cheese for you Boofer!  That's a great looking piece of aged cheddar.  Well done.