Comments on: The Cheese Stands Alone http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562 blog from our kitchen - an eclectic mix of recipes kitchen-tested and/or created by us - TPH and EJM Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:06:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ejm http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562&cpage=1#comment-11429 ejm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:38:32 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562#comment-11429 We're STILL reeling about it, Katie. It's just so sad. The good cheese sellers (Monforte) are in our neighbourhood tomorrow. I'll drop by and see if they have any soft cheeses. If not, we still have some lovely aged Gouda in the fridge. I wonder if that rule about the epoisse on the metro is enforced. My guess is no. I just can't see any French person having the nerve to tell someone who is carrying basically a goodmine to get off the train. (In fact I bet if they DO enforce it, it's just so they can confiscate the epoisse for their own table. :-)) Yes, Jude, bread and cheese really are wonderful. Isn't it amazing that "bread and cheese" are sometimes considered as second-class things to eat? Not in our house! We’re STILL reeling about it, Katie. It’s just so sad. The good cheese sellers (Monforte) are in our neighbourhood tomorrow. I’ll drop by and see if they have any soft cheeses. If not, we still have some lovely aged Gouda in the fridge.

I wonder if that rule about the epoisse on the metro is enforced. My guess is no. I just can’t see any French person having the nerve to tell someone who is carrying basically a goodmine to get off the train. (In fact I bet if they DO enforce it, it’s just so they can confiscate the epoisse for their own table. :-) )

Yes, Jude, bread and cheese really are wonderful. Isn’t it amazing that “bread and cheese” are sometimes considered as second-class things to eat? Not in our house!

]]> By: katie http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562&cpage=1#comment-11422 katie Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:30:52 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562#comment-11422 How awful! Two of them... I'd be so bummed! I didn't know that about the epoisse in Paris... and I do love that cheese! Hope the next you get more than makes up for this. It can really leave a bad taste in your mouth (groan) How awful! Two of them… I’d be so bummed!
I didn’t know that about the epoisse in Paris… and I do love that cheese!
Hope the next you get more than makes up for this. It can really leave a bad taste in your mouth (groan)

]]> By: Taste T.O. - Food & Drink In Toronto » Blog-A-Log - Saturday, August 16th http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562&cpage=1#comment-11380 Taste T.O. - Food & Drink In Toronto » Blog-A-Log - Saturday, August 16th Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:20:43 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562#comment-11380 [...] Blog From Our Kitchen - Elizabeth deviates from her usual cheese vendor and lives to regret it. [...] [...] Blog From Our Kitchen – Elizabeth deviates from her usual cheese vendor and lives to regret it. [...]

]]> By: Jude http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562&cpage=1#comment-11368 Jude Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:01:25 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562#comment-11368 I love stinky cheeses -- goes hand in hand with our addiction to bread baking doesn't it? :) I love stinky cheeses — goes hand in hand with our addiction to bread baking doesn’t it? :)

]]> By: ejm http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562&cpage=1#comment-11304 ejm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:04:05 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562#comment-11304 No no, Brilynn; I'm sorry I didn't make it clear. It wasn't Monforte's cheese that was bad! It was the other cheese seller's. We've had only great cheese from Monforte and only good encounters with the people who work for her. (Haven't yet met her....) But I agree that Ruth Klassne would be sad that what we got wasn't up to par. Even though it wasn't from her dairy, it gives the local artisanal cheese makers a bad mark. No no, Brilynn; I’m sorry I didn’t make it clear. It wasn’t Monforte’s cheese that was bad! It was the other cheese seller’s. We’ve had only great cheese from Monforte and only good encounters with the people who work for her. (Haven’t yet met her….) But I agree that Ruth Klassne would be sad that what we got wasn’t up to par. Even though it wasn’t from her dairy, it gives the local artisanal cheese makers a bad mark.

]]> By: brilynn http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562&cpage=1#comment-11294 brilynn Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:38:53 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=562#comment-11294 I attended a Cheese talk earlier this year put on by George Brown with Ruth Klassen, (owner of Monforte cheese) and she really does do wonderful things. I urge you to talk to her about the cheese you received this week. She's a very friendly woman and loves to talk about cheese, I'm sure she'd feel awful that the stuff you got wasn't up to par. I attended a Cheese talk earlier this year put on by George Brown with Ruth Klassen, (owner of Monforte cheese) and she really does do wonderful things. I urge you to talk to her about the cheese you received this week. She’s a very friendly woman and loves to talk about cheese, I’m sure she’d feel awful that the stuff you got wasn’t up to par.

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