Happy Earth Day everybody!

The cheeses that I brought in today are all wonderful and yummy.  There is a goat gouda, a Danish blue and a mango & ginger white stilton.  The only bad thing about today’s choices are two of them are very crumbly and hard to eat with a toothpick.  That’s why we have fingers!

Orange Windmill Cablanca is a positively wonderful goat gouda.  It is a fairly firm cheese without spilling over into the hard cheese territory and has a nutty, creamy, and very goaty flavor.  If you’ve never had a goat cheese and want to know what makes goat different from cow cheese, this is a cheese that will educate you quite easily.

Castello Danish Blue is a real treat.  It is one of the bluest cheeses I’ve tried, and when I was cutting it this morning the pressure from the knife was enough to cause it to weep, so it is a bit on the runny side as well.  It also has a distinct sweet undertone that makes it stand out from your average blue with its own distinct character.  It begs to be melted on a steak!

If you like your cheese sweet then the Clawson Carnival Stilton is one that will blow your mind.  The stilton base that Clawson makes is one of the best out there, and the fruits that they add to it are quite different and imaginative for a cheese infusion.  The mango and ginger is no exception.  It is a very sweet cheese with the mango informing the flavor quite a bit, but the tang of the ginger hits you on the back end of the taste in a delightful way that keeps me eating way more than I should.  It is most certainly a dessert cheese, but an excellent example of one.

Until next week, or until I find something else cheesy, whichever comes first!