cheese

Want to know a secret? I love blue cheese. Mr. Brown marvels at this. I tell him, but it's so creamy, I love the texture! He says, camembert is also creamy but it doesn't come with the kick in the teeth flavor. I say, I like the kick in the teeth. I know this makes me a bit weird. Some friends of ours shared some cheese with us this week- a mild cheddar, a chunk of Provolone, some Dutch cheese (not Edam), a hunk of Gruyere, some feta and a blue cheese. I think the blue was the reason they gave us the batch- it was calling out to me (and no one else). Yum. I love blue cheese.

I went to get some crackers to eat it with and when I came back, Mr. Brown said, I can tell that you are serious about your cheese.

Oh? I said.

Yes, he said, I can tell because you got flavorless crackers to eat with it.

I said, If you're going to eat cheese, why would you want every bite to taste like garlic? Or sesame? Or rosemary? I want to taste the cheese!

He said, That's my point exactly.

Besides the blue and the feta, the rest of the cheese was pretty forgettable, so I made a quiche with the Gruyere. That was certainly the right choice for that cheese! It was fabulously flavorful with the eggs and cream and bacon. I ate three pieces for dinner and two for lunch the next day. I think everybody else only got one piece.