Any cheese experts here? - Democratic Underground

KayLaw

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:19 PM
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Any cheese experts here?

My friends and I go to Sanibel Island every summer and last summer we benefited from some women in a nearby cabin. They gave us all sorts of leftovers and one was an Italian cheese. It looked like Parmesan with a black rind. It had a wonderful buttery flavor and we loved it. I'm sure it was not Romano or Asiago , so what was it? I think it started with the letter " M ."

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NightTrain

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:20 PM
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1. Well, I own every Ed Wood film on VHS. Does that count?

:evilgrin:

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Blue-Jay

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:21 PM
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2. Cutting or eating?

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Cassandra

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:22 PM
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3. Manchego maybe?

Although that's Spanish. If the rind had a basketweave pattern, that's possible.

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Shakespeare

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:32 PM
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9. That's the first one I thought of, too.

But it could easily be something else....

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KayLaw

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Fri Nov-05-04 08:13 PM
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10. I think you are right

Manchego sounds like the one we loved. Thanks to all the people who answered. Hmm...Manchego. Can't wait. Just had the wrong country, I guess.

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Dookus

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:23 PM
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4. hrmm...

there's a spanish cheese called Manchego that matches your description.

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Nicholas_J

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:23 PM
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5. There are lots of black rinded Cheeses.

Edited on Fri Nov-05-04 07:28 PM by Nicholas_J

Bella Lodi is one. In France it is knnown as Black Pamesan.

Parmigiano-Reggiano also comes with a black rind sometimes, and some of this comes from a place in Italy called Modeno, so that might be the "M" you are talking about.

Pecorino Toscano is a hard plack rinded cheese as well.

Even Pecorino Romano comes with a black rind a lot.

Has this confused you any?

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SOteric

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:27 PM
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6. If it's a black rind, a hard cheese and Italian... could it have said

Molti Mese?

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jdots

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:27 PM
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7. We just sent some cheese to Georgy & Laura

for thier 27 years of bliss together.An aged Frumunda cheese.......bada bing... it's from unda here.......bada bong

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skygazer

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Fri Nov-05-04 07:29 PM
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8. I'm looking at an Italian cheese page on the web

http://www.virtualitalia.com/recipes/cheesegloss.shtml

Maybe it's there?

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