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Cheese is yummy. There are many, many kinds of cheese.

What's your favorite?

Top 3?

Bonus points if you include where you buy it!

My current favorite is these little baby Bries they just started selling at Trader Joes. They come in little individually wrapped packages of buttery tasting, cheese filled goodness.

Top 3:

Baby Brie @ Trader Joes

Goat Cheese individual medallions @ Trader Joes

Kerrygold Aged Cheddar @ Costco

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this thread is dangerous! im going to go bathe in cheese!!! – being May 19 2011 at 15:22
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I miss cheese. :( Damn lactose intolerance.... I used to love cheese! – StephNY May 19 2011 at 15:33
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Steph- it might not be lactose intolerance. Hard cheeses have virtually no lactose. – Kamal May 19 2011 at 16:22
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Fun question! well done :) – Todd May 19 2011 at 16:31
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3 favorites would have to be Parmigiano-Reggiano, Tallegio and Delice de Bourgogne. good stuff.

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Binny's in the South Loop sells it... let's see, Whole Foods often does. There are some triple cream bries at Trader Joes I think (like St. Andre), but Delice de Bourgogne is my fave (they don't sell it). Definitely let it warm up before you eat it. – tartare May 20 2011 at 2:42
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Kerrygold Dubliner @ Trader Joes

New Zealand Grass Fed Cheddar @ Trader Joes

Herb Goat Cheese @ Trader Joes

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Two cheeses that I like:

Camembert D'isigny En Normandie @ Tesco

Unpasturised Camembert from Normandy.

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Parlick Fell sheep's milk cheese @ Sainsbury's

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As you can see from the healthy eating nutrition wheel that Sainsbury's now puts on food products this cheese contains unhealthy (red segments) amounts of calories, fat, saturated fat and salt. It does however get a green segement for being low in sugar.

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Awesome and with pictures! Do you feel naughty when you buy the cheese with the unhealthy nutrition wheel? – sherpamelissa May 19 2011 at 15:13
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I even like to eat camembert with fresh dates, I think that rebels against all dietary philosophies :) – Matt May 19 2011 at 15:47
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L’Ancêtre 5-year aged raw cheddar @ any grocery store in Ontario that knows what's good for them.

Boursin Garlic and Herbs, Boursin Apple/Cranberry/Cinnamon @ most grocery stores. http://www.boursincheese.com/

Choice #3 covers every other cheese ever created, as I am a cheese-aholic who will someday live off cheese.

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The Naked Goat @ Kroger (Grocery chain down south), it's raw aged goat cheese

Raw Goat Cheese @ our local CSA

Kerrygold Dubliner @ Kroger

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I am spoiled, Sweet Grass Dairy is nearby so I can get their cow and goat cheeses easily, I can even go to their adorable storefront. It has become my default cheese, after all who wouldn't want cheese from a place where you can go visit the cows and goats? You can also order here link text

I love chevre - the soft goats cheese They make and aged hard cows cheese that is salty and lovely called Lumberjack And my classic is the green hill, a nice soft creamy cheese with lovely flavor. It is actually served at a local bar and has become a regular indulgence.

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RAW milk Havarti and ALL cheeses from - http://keswickcreamery.com/AboutTheFarm.html

RAW milk cheddar- http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/grassfedonthehill/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=10

~Rob

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HAVARTI is my FAVORITE, but I can't find a non-commercial type without a bunch of crap in it. – sherpamelissa May 19 2011 at 16:02
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My faves are Kerrygold Blarney Castle for omelettes and such, and my new treat obsession is Trader Joe's Blueberry Vanilla Chevre on almond flour crackers, mmmmm... I've also been known to put a dollop of Boursin Garlic Herb atop a delicious ribeye :)

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I have held that blueberry vanilla one in my hand, more than once and put it back because I didn't know what to eat it on! I don't really do crackers. NEED MOAR CHEESE DELIVERY DEVICES. – sherpamelissa May 19 2011 at 16:04
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I like to stuff soft and savory cheeses in celery (organic really does taste better in celery), or smeared in to pitted olives cut in half (too lazy to cram in to holes!) Savory hard- I will eat cubes straight up, but if I want something to "hold" it a diagonal slice of a big carrot serves as a good cracker stand in, use a juicing carrot they are more fibrous, also jicima root slices Creamy and sweet- I love fruit and will eat it with berries dipped in or spread on pears (best way to eat goat ever for me) but I know some people don't do fruit. – Vrimj May 19 2011 at 20:12
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Raw Naked Goat from Whole Foods.

Raw Manchego from Whole Foods

Kerrygold Dubliner

Any Parmesian Reggiano - I eat blocks of this stuff. It's like crack.

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Invisible cheese.

I am that weird person who was a just never really that into cheese. I know...sacrilege. But it's OK, because dairy is not really very nice to me.

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Easy:

  1. bree
  2. bree
  3. bree

EDIT: I don't know how to spell stuff.

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Brie, brie, brie :D – Ikco May 21 2011 at 8:49
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  1. Manchego (Spanish hard cheese, kinda like asiago with a hint of dry cherries... very good)
  2. Chevre (I get raw milk chevre from a local farmer)
  3. kerrygold irish cheddar

I only eat cheese maybe once a month or so (it doesn't play nice with me) so when I get it, I make sure to enjoy it.

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Goat cheese/Feta Pecorrino for sprinkling on top of something ....and last but certainly not least: Manchego! (raw sheep milk cheese originally from Spain...Delicious!)

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Comté (older, the better:) Parmigiano-Reggiano. These two cheeses are fridge essentials for me. Beaufort Anything less than these, i rather have no cheese ;)

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Has to be port salut or paysan breton.

One is a lovely mild commercial french cheese.

The other is a gorgeous cream cheese that is almost like cheese mousse. I can get it anymore though..:(

Check out the awesome quote from paysan breton's website:

"Fat and health, what about cholesterol? The reproaches made in terms of butter, unfortunately, often overshadow its nutritional qualities. It is often accused of "making you fat", "containing cholesterol" and "too rich in saturated fatty acids that increase cholesterol and favour cardiovascular diseases”. But we now know that reality is a little more complex than that: if excess fatty acid can increase cholesterol (cholesterol rate), each fatty acid does not have the same impact and opinions on some fatty acids are in the process of changing, especially for myristic acid which increase the amount of good cholesterol (HDL)."

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-Brie cheese (any brand) @ Trader Joes -Laughing cow spreadable swiss cheese @ Farm Fresh Grocery -Blue cheese (any brand) @ Trader Joes

I am a sucker for blue cheese... :X

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I am just eating the occasional dessert: goat cheese in blueberries from Trader JOe's. DElicious!

I love bries, especially when I can find extra creamy. I buy in Trader Joe's often. I like gouda and emmental sometimes (they are sweeter).

I LOVE smoked cheese, like smoked gouda, or (what I just bought in TJ) Danish smoked.

I don't eat cheese that often, it's more of a dessert for me.

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If you've never tried the Italian soft-ripened goat cheese, La Tur, you are missing out. It is fabulous. I worked on a goat dairy for 6 months, so I know my stuff. Trust me, it's worth the money.

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gahhhh this is TORTURE! im in the process of giving up dairy for 30 days....

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Gouda

Caramelized goat cheese. Oh gosh, it is amazing

The third is a toss-up between soft goat cheese and sharp cheddar

I've had very little cheese in the past year, as the baby can't tolerate dairy. But she seems ok with goat. I may have to go get some.

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The best is Velveeta.

All other cheese is the mere phlegm of satan.

Are we clear?

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I live in the Netherlands and the cheese here is excellent.

I eat Gouda almost every day (with grapes).

I also love goat cheese and Swiss Emmentaler (as a snack).

omg, down in France I drank goat kafir - it was the absolute best tasting kafir I've ever tasted, I'm still trying to find it around here...

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I don't do cheeses myself any more, mostly because I currently have some unusual weight loss goals, but I do love the stuff.

Stilton - the moldier the better, but bad for my penicillin allergy. Gives me wild dreams though.

Brillat-Savarin - for the triple creme experience.

Goat -- Any. Sheep cheeses are bland, goat rocks.

I also make a baked brie to die for, with fresh thyme and wine-sauteed wild mushrooms.

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Maytag Blue Cheese (I'm in Iowa, so this, made in Newton IA, is a widely available local food)

Amablu Blue Cheese or Gorgonzola (from Minnesota). Yeah, I really like blue cheese!

Grass-fed Gouda at the outlet of my local dairy (think it's from Wisconsin, don't know the name of the brand, some regional co-op sort of thing).

Buying local is pretty important to me.

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Paleo is as local as you can make it. I cringe when I see people here raving about their paleo shoes made with child labor 5000 miles away. – thhq Aug 31 at 13:41
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I have yet to find a cheese that I don't like. And that includes all the "smelly" cheeses!

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1000 Day Gouda - purchased at Trader Joe's

Farmstead Raw Milk Gouda - purchased at Wholefoods

Parrano cheese - purchased at Wholefoods

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No way!! They have baby brie at Trader Joe's? rolls over

Okay, here is my contribution. Grass fed pepper jack cheese at my local farmers market. Has completely spoiled me on regular cheese. Just found a habanero pepper version the other day. YUM!! Sooooo flavorful.

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I don't do cheese anymore due to acid reflux that dairy causes. I used to be a Kerrygold Dubliner addict, but I loved all sorts of cheese from parm to blue.

I think what we crave from cheese is the L-Tyrosine, which if you have a little tiny bit of, you'll notice a cheese like taste. I tried this because of Home made Powerdrive. which is a recovery formula. Here's a review of it.

This might be worth looking at if you crave cheese.

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  1. Onion marmalade cheddar - Fresh & Easy
  2. Kerrygold Dubliner - Fresh & Easy
  3. Most any decent quality soft chevre.

For exotics, I go for the cheese plate at The Mercantile in LA. They can really put together an amazing plate of cheese.

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1- Vintage Gouda... Rich, smokey, butterscotch flavor with little crystals (Netherlands) 2- l'Etivaz... Hard, strong, aged alpine cheese, kinda like frigate but stronger and better (France or maybe Switzerland) 3- Brie de meaux... Best Brie ever (France) 4- Grey owl ash rind goat cheese from Quebec (Canada) 5- Blossom's blue... Rich, creamy, mild but spicy blue from BC (Canada) 6- I'm not sure... There are WAY too many amazing choices

Always purchased at a little cheese boutique called Benton Brothers. Bonus: most of the cheeses are made with raw milk from pastured cows :-)

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