*crispy waffle*

I can't believe I haven't written about our latest cheese revelation: Beecher Handmade Cheese. It's in Pike Place Market, for those of you lucky enough to live in Seattle, close to my new favorite cheese.

Our friend Sonja had gotten a little block of Beecher's signature cheese when she was here visiting from Australia (it also came with a cute little cheese cutting board, which Dari immediately claimed for his wooden cooking set). To keep it fresh, I put it in the bacon 'n eggs drawer of the fridge (which is usually filled with bacon, eggs and sometimes ground pork, oh yeah, and cheese... and is the coldest place in the fridge). We then promptly forgot it was there for a few weeks.

Thank goodness it is a 'middle' type of aged cheese (what the Dutch call belegen, but I don't know if there's like an American word for the same), so it didn't go bad. Kyle had broken it open for a little sandwich on the go, and I hear him raving in the kitchen... about this cheese! So later Trish and I broke out the trusty ol' Dutch cheese knife (one of my fave cheap purchases from over there) and had some and we couldn't believe how excellent it was! If you like the semi-soft Dutch cheeses like Gouda or Edam (belegen, again) this is the cheese for you. (I sound like an ad for Beecher cheese). I couldn't stop eating it. Highly recommended. In eBay speak: A+++++!

Lousy picture of my new favorite cheese!

posted by sheryl | 8:11 PM |

I KNOW that cheese having visited it at Pike Place market last year - DELICIOUS!!

I'm trying your easy crispy waffle recipe - it's in the fridge right now waiting for tomorrow.

I used a cup of buttermilk and a cup of milk instead of 2 cups of milk - I hope that doesn't ruin it....
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Michael 7/2/07 9:50 PM