Once again, it is Stinky Cheese Tuesday, and as you can see I actually decided to share some of the No Woman cheese today!  It is a few of our Student Employees’ last Stinky Cheese Tuesday since they graduated on Saturday so we needed to make this one special.  Congratulations, LaJeanne, Kathi, Wes, Christopher and all the rest of the McCormick Graduates!

Let’s just go ahead and get the No Woman by Beecher out of the way since I’ve already sung its praises elsewhere.  Seriously, this is one hell of a cheese.  Happy taste buds seem to be Beecher’s primary product.

Next is the Dairy Vale Vintage Cheddar out of Australia.  If ever there was a cheddar that gave Kerrygold a run for its money, this is it.  Harder and quite a bit sharper than Kerrygold’s, this is a mighty fine cheddar.

Lastly we have another cheese from our unGooglable friends, Country Connection.  The Monterey Jack with Fresh Dill and Garlic is superb.  The Jack base is so creamy and mellow that it ends up being just a hint of flavor supporting the dill and garlic.  Not a cheese to eat before getting close to other people, but it will keep the vampires away quite successfully.

I did end up calling the phone number on the Country Connection label to see if I could get any more information about them.  They are apparently the same company as Expand International, which I also could find no information about other than an address.  There were prompts to talk to someone in sales, accounts receivable, or accounts payable.  I chickened out and didn’t talk to anybody.  Mayhap next time I’ll actually talk to the sales person.  Until then, there is still an air of mystery surrounding the cryptic dairy products from Country Connection.

Next week I’ll be out and about so Stinky Cheese Tuesday’s custodian will be Pastor Barb, our indomitable web developer and DBA.  She promises to send me a list of the cheeses she procures, but I’ll have no real way to review them.  I’ll be back to heading up SCT on the 27th, so until then, stay cheesy!