Rich and Strange Aeons

rarebit cheese followup

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 02:08:37 GMT

I belatedly paid attention to the price on a second purchase: $9 for 6.7 ounces. Eek! $21.50/pound!

No wonder "buy components for a kitchen lunch" started seeming uncompetitive with "buy a cheap lunch out".

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rarebit cheese

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 02:13:59 GMT

When I was a lad, one meal my parents made occasionally was Welsh rarebit, or 'rabbit', which I loved. Cheddar cheese melted with beer and mustard, poured over bread. I felt there was never enough cheese, nor had often enough.

As an adult, I haven't chased it too hard, and I never have beer in the house, though I have tried melted cheddar + mustard a few times. Still, I do like the flavor. Some years ago Trader Joe's had a month's special cheese that was "English ale cheddar with mustard", or so I have recorded in my diary. It tasted like rarebit. Alas it never re-appeared.

But I was shopping at Roche Bros last week, and found a cheese like it... or possibly the actual cheese, given how TJ rebrands things. Kilchurn Estate mustard & ale cheddar cheese. Tastes like I remember. No surviving price tag, so I can't tell you what it cost, but I'm charmed to know that I can have it again and again.

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mold

Sat, 31 Oct 2015 22:51:14 GMT

So, when whole wheat bread goes moldy faster than other bread, I assume it's because such bread is more nutritious, having the germ and not being all starch.

TJ's NZ grass-fed cheddar cheese seems to go moldy faster than other cheddar cheese, and I'm not sure what to make of that. It should be healthier for *me*, because of the fat profile, but I don't expect yeast to care. Maybe it's moister? But I don't know why it would be.

To be fair, I don't know for sure that it does, it just seems that way. I guess I could buy two different cheddars at the same time and check.

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