hermorrine: I was going to get some cheese for biscuits - what kinds would you like?hermorrine: And I'm not really changing the subject, just thought of it.zorac: I'm having a strange sense of deja vu about the cheese/biscuits thing - did I evade this question yesterday? ;-)hermorrine: Yes.hermorrine: But that's alright.hermorrine: Unless of course you are trying to tell me you don't want cheese and biscuits at all, in which case you should say that.zorac: No, it's just, there are so many cheeses to chose from. Some are better than others, but anything that's more refined than the slices they put in burgers at McDonalds is probably good.hermorrine: LOL That would be the unknown called "American cheese" which I cannot stand. It is not cheese. It is "cheese product."zorac: *nods* SO I have heard.hermorrine: And I can get Brie of course - how about Havarti? Cheddar? Anything I can find?zorac: What is Havarti?hermorrine: uh... cheese? :Dhermorrine: It is Danish, I know that!zorac: I see.hermorrine: :phermorrine: Do you like dill?zorac: Ohm wacky smoked cheese, I think. Not sure about that.hermorrine: Wha?zorac: that m should be a ,hermorrine: Havarti isn't smoked.zorac: OK, my bad.zorac: I must be confusing it with something else.hermorrine: Nah, it is okay. But I know what you're talking about. They make smoked cheddars which taste... interesting.zorac: The only Scandinavian cheeses I've come across were smoked ones, hence my conclusion jumping. Am more a connoisseur of the 17 million French cheeses.hermorrine: See, and really the only one I know is Brie.zorac: Well, admittedly, about half of them are some variation of brie/camembert...hermorrine: What is camembert? I've seen it but never had it.hermorrine: And oooh, cheese.com!zorac: Camembert is like brie, except about 6 inches in diameter rather than 12.hermorrine: .... So it doesn't taste any different?zorac: Not especially, no.hermorrine: Huh.hermorrine: *looks at cheeses*hermorrine: You can see what Havarti is - it's creamy, and the dill is good. You might have been thinking of like a smoked Gouda...zorac: Ack! They have La Vache Qui Rit on the front page! Processed crap!hermorrine: LOLOLhermorrine: No idea. >:D<hermorrine: Dude, there are some weird English cheeses. o_Ozorac: Any in particular?zorac: OK, the 'huntsman' is just weird, and the 'Royal Windsor Red' looks frankly disturbing...hermorrine: Yah, red cheese???hermorrine: Apparently they add port and brandy to the cream to get the red cheese.hermorrine: It's supposed to taste like cheddar but also wine and brandy. Huh.zorac: OK, sounds quite interesting, but the whole looking like sausage thing is just wrong.hermorrine: Agreed.hermorrine: And did you know that Wales is a region of England?zorac: I think that the Welsh might disagree with that...hermorrine: Me as well.hermorrine: (it says that on the Red Dragon cheese)zorac: Someone needs to teach them a little geography.hermorrine: I think maybe.hermorrine: And do you want a cheese to taste like butterscotch? That's frankly disturbing.zorac: Indeed. *dies*:zorac: Humungus 80 lb Wheel Comte AOChermorrine: lololzorac: Yours for a mere $1,328hermorrine: Oh... let me buy that right up.hermorrine: "Hi, I'd like enough cheese that it equals a goodly portion of my body weight."zorac: Admittedly, 80 pounds of cheese would keep one going for some time...hermorrine: Only if it would keep for a long while...zorac: True. Also, I suspect one could fly to France, buy such a cheese and fly it home for rather less than their price tag.hermorrine: Hmm, I dunno... they do charge you if your baggage is too heavy.zorac: Also, "Do you have anything to declare..?"hermorrine: Well, one would hope they'd notice THE HUGE ROUND OF CHEESE YOU'RE WHEELING BEHIND YOU.zorac: lololhermorrine: "What, this? It's nothing..."hermorrine: That would go over really well.zorac: "Let it through or Ill drop it on your toes"hermorrine: LOLOL Can you imagine getting it on the plane in the first place? "Help, it won't fit on the conveyor belt to be x-rayed!"zorac: *giggles*hermorrine: Obviously, you need to bring a large wheel of cheese with you to test these theories.zorac: Or, on the other hand, perhaps not.hermorrine: What, you don't think it would be a fun experiment? Don't you have any sense of adventure? Don't you want to be arrested and taken to the airport police office or whatever they're called?zorac: Possibly, yes, and no.hermorrine: "Sir, don't you understand that you can't take an 80 lb wheel of cheese as a carryon item?" "Yes, I do actually, but my girlfriend is really odd..."zorac: "Besides, it has it's own boarding pass..."hermorrine: :))hermorrine: See, that's where I draw the line. It's expensive enough for you to come over here, I don't want you paying for a seat for the cheese, too!zorac: Ooh! Even better - an 80lb wheel of parmesan! $2,387hermorrine: Oh, now there's a bargain.hermorrine: And parmesan is so... fragrant.hermorrine: Perhaps you stick some clothes on it and try to convince them that it's an old football player.hermorrine: "Well it smells like old socks doesn't it?!"zorac: *dies*hermorrine: :))hermorrine: This has got to be one of the strangest conversations we've ever had.zorac: Indeed it does. Certainly the cheesiest. *ducks*hermorrine: LOLOL Just for that, LJing honors go to you.zorac: You are too kind!hermorrine: Well, it seems a shame not to share our insanity, I mean wonderful senses of humor, with the masses.zorac: Absolutely.zorac: Besides, one of our friends might be desperate for an 80lb cheese.hermorrine: Could be. You never know about these things.hermorrine: So is there anything you want from the store?hermorrine: Speak now or you're going to get it yourself. zorac: Well, I was thinking that some cheese might be nice.hermorrine: *falls over laughing*hermorrine: I MEANT BESIDES THE CHEESE!!!So, in case you hadn't guessed from the above, I'm off to the windy city on Friday. Squeee!
October 9 2003, 06:34:19 UTC 17 years ago
I'm not familiar with detail of Brie, but I do recall that Camembert is tied to a specific region, in the same way that not all sparkling wine is Champagne. Actually, ISTR a news article the other day about the EU expanding this name protection beyond France.
And I didn't say they tasted the same, only that one was like the other. Besides they both vary in flavour considerably with ripeness etc.
*mock-pouts*
Not sure about the string cheese, tho.
BTW, unless I'm having a total brain fade, I don't think you've sent me money for the Nimbus room yet. *hints*
October 9 2003, 07:34:19 UTC 17 years ago
Francophiles are good. :D
October 9 2003, 10:49:12 UTC 17 years ago
Hopfully will be Christmasing chez les parents in France this year :-)
October 9 2003, 11:04:44 UTC 17 years ago
October 9 2003, 11:09:30 UTC 17 years ago
Ta muchly!