Cheese (straw)poll

[chickenfeet]

[Poll #685937]

Comments

[minx-minx.livejournal.com]

I would be more experimental still if I could get past blue/green mold in my cheese. I just can't so I stick to non-moldy or white-mold only cheeses.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Ditto. Brie, yes. Stilton - no. Just can't do it.

And FWIW I couldn't pick any of the options in the first question. Boo.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Have you tried washed rind cheeses?

[pigsnout000.livejournal.com]

A very good recommendation. Lots of flavor and difference from white mold cheeses without the "scary" blue/green/pruple mould.

[minx-minx.livejournal.com]

I haven't. Do you have any specific recommendations?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Epoisses is good

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Whereas I like the stuff, but have tragically had to admit that my mold issues aren't getting any better.

White mold, in moderation, I can manage. Blue or green molds reliably lead to all the symptoms of a bad drunk with an asthma attack on the side. I used to be able to have a small piece, but now three bites and I'm gasping and dizzy and holding my head. Dammit.

Keeps me off most red wines, too. There are three or four I know I can have, and lots more I could PROBABLY have, but when a mistake is going to lay me out wheezing for six hours, it does put a damper on the experimental impulse...

Port, for some reason, I can almost always have; only very cheap port have ever set me off. So, port and good aged white cheddar, and my mouth I should shut, becuase truly, with a good apple life could be a good deal worse.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Have you tried washed rind cheeses?

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Yes, and they seem to be okay, though I do tend to leave a lot of the rind. There is an excellent stinky sold around here that is washed-rind. I'll remember the name the second I hit post, no doubt.

The only things I can't have at ALL anymore are things like stilton or blue with a heavy vein of coloured mold running right through.

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

As in Stinking Bishop?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Yes, though there are a great many more examples in France and Belgium