On cheese

[Wilfrid]

Okay, phew, this beauty is Persille des Tinges. What is parsleyed about it? Apparently the word refers to the remarkable marbling. The internet tells me cheese mites live in there. So much the worse for them. Cow and goat, from Formaggio Essex.

[Wilfrid]

Cheese can be so pretty. Delice du Poitou, goat milk with vegetable ash. Richly creamy with a citrus tang. From Foster Sundry in Bushwick.

 

[Sneakeater]

Yo Foster Sundry!

[backyardchef]

@Wilfrid gets around

 

[Wilfrid]

I lived for a time a short walk from Foster Sundry (damn the time flies) and it has always been great notably the real butcher in the back. I go that way to shop there and also visit the nearby Human Relations book store.

And then there’s King County brewery for refreshment.

[small h]

La Retorta is awesome. That is all.

[MitchW]

50 minutes ago, small h said:

La Retorta is awesome. That is all.

It is indeed. I think they often had it (maybe still do) out for tasting at Despaña.

[Orik]

It is. The other cheeses from Finca Pascualete are also very good.

I don't know if I mentioned it here but Il Nocciolo is a barely aged little cheese of the same milk as La Tur. It reminded me of my undying love for underaged Epoisses but it's likely much safer. 

[small h]

25 minutes ago, MitchW said:

I think they often had it (maybe still do) out for tasting at Despaña.

Formaggio Essex sold it to me yesterday, if you want to snag some.

[MitchW]

Just now, small h said:

Formaggio Essex sold it to me yesterday, if you want to snag some.

If we weren't going away tomorrow for a week+, I would. Though maybe he has some that still needs some time, and I can stink up the wine fridge with it!

[Wilfrid]

I have been meaning to go to Despaña for a while because I am finally running low on the great Pimenton de la Vera Dulce that they stock. I also bought morcilla and a can of spider crab pate.

I haven’t been to the nearby branch of Eataly. Although pretty and expensive it’s far more limited than Madison Square. Still, I got some truffle salt as a gift.

And now I am in Champers for the first time where I will drink the Paul Laurent and then the Gaston Chiquet.

So it is possible to spend three figures very fast on one and a half SoHo blocks without even buying cheese — and on the cheese thread too (I stocked up at Formaggio a few days ago).

[small h]

1 hour ago, Wilfrid said:

spider crab pate

👀

More about this, please.

[Sneakeater]

Spider crab

Spider crab

Grabs whatever a crab can grab

[Wilfrid]

When I open it there will be more.

There was just a huge selection of curious canned fish (I think one brand is called Curiosa) that I just picked something interesting.

[MitchW]

10 hours ago, small h said:

👀

More about this, please.

I’ve tried a couple of the various canned seafood pates. I’ll just say they’re not my favorite.  Rather take a can of the seafood and make some of my own.

[small h]

Thanks, Spider crab pate sounds so interesting.

[Wilfrid]

Imported from Neal’s Yard, a Jersey cow milk cheese I had never heard of: Ogleshield from Somerset. Very good, smooth but with a little bite.

Foster Sundry. Warm bread soaked with Beurre de Barrette.

[Sneakeater]

I've had that.  (BFD)

[StephanieL]

The Reblochon we currently have is so pungent that we're storing it in a glass container.

[relbbaddoof]

9 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

(BFD)

I'm naive, and ignorant, and bold enough to have Googled WTF that is:

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection?

Bona Fide Determination?

Blackfoot disease? (Oh, please let it be that.)

in any case, where did you and @Wilfridget your fix?

[MitchW]

I'm pretty sure @Wilfrid got his at Formaggio Essex.  I just got a few Neal's Yard cheeses there this week.

[Wilfrid]

I said Foster Sundry in the post.

[relbbaddoof]

9 minutes ago, Wilfrid said:

I said Foster Sundry in the post.

I so honestly thought that that was where you got that good-looking bread that I even looked them up so that I could get some too.

I, too, thought that Formaggio was likely to be your cheese source, but wanted to be sure.

[Wilfrid]

Oh no, the bread is excellent but it’s low carb Hero Bread I order online. Sorry to confuse.

[Sneakeater]

Big Fucking Deal