Cheese Selections for March 10, 2008:

We have some great cheeses from Ireland (in green) for your St. Patrick's Day party!!! My personal recommendation is the 4-year Gouda with a pint of Guinness....yummy!

• Affidelice - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; rind is washed in Chablis wine, satiny texture
• Ardrahan - Soft Irish washed rind cheese; earthy mushroom flavor with a pungent aroma
• Bonne Bouche - Soft VT goat’s milk cheese; ash covered, smooth and creamy
• Brie de Nangis - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; buttery, grassy and smooth
• Cashel Blue - Soft blue Irish cow’s milk cheese; mild and creamy, caramel and cedary flavor
• Chabichou du Poitou - Semi-firm French goat’s milk cheese; dense, melts in your mouth, tangy finish
• Cheddar, Quicke’s - Semi-firm English cow’s milk cheese; clothbound, spicy, carmelly flavor
• Comté Fort Saint Antoine - Semi-firm French cow’s milk cheese; aged for 15 mos., rich, buttery with hints of pineapple & hazelnuts
• Coulommiers - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; mushroomy flavor, brie like
• Fleur de Maquis - Semi-soft French sheep’s milk cheese; covered in rosemary, fennel and juniper berries, mild flavor
• Gouda 4-year - Hard Dutch cow’s milk cheese; salty and sweet, crunchy and flaky, smooth
• Great Hill Blue - Semi-firm MA cow’s milk blue cheese; zesty, full-flavored and sharp yet smooth
• La Tur - Soft Italian mixed milk cheese; cow, sheep and goat, milky taste with a creamy texture
• Le Moulis - Semi-firm French cow’s milk cheese; distinctive earthiness, dominant buttery, eggy flavors
• Munster, Petit - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; rich tangy flavor, washed in beer
• Nettle Meadow Kunik - Soft NY mixed milk cheese; cow and goat triple cream, tangy, buttery flavor
• Piave - Hard Italian cow’s milk cheese; intense, full-bodied flavor similar to a Parmigiano Reggiano
• Saint Marcellin - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; creamy texture, slight mushroom aroma
• Seal Bay - Soft Australian cow’s milk cheese; triple crème, rich, smooth and buttery
• Truffle Tremor - Soft CA goat’s milk cheese; fresh flavor, studded with black truffles
• Zamorano - Hard Spanish sheep’s milk cheese; sharp, nutty, a cousin of Manchego, melts in your mouth