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January 16, 2005
Birthday Party with Cheese
My birthday party featured lots of wonderful cheese-related events.
First, as a gift I received a huge slate board for serving cheese. It is about 2.5 feet wide and about a foot deep. it displays up to five cheeses in a spectacular fashion. Another gift was a slightly smaller metal cheese board, one of its great features being a cheese slicer - a thin wire allows cheese to be sliced into ultra thinness. I am now prepared for the cheese expert endeavor!
Now, cheese: lots of cheeses were featured, however, the one that stood up the most was gjetost cheese (Ski Queen brand). Gjetost cheese is a Norwegian cheese made from both goat and cow milk. It looks like a brick of caramel and it tastes like it as well. This is due to cooking the milk until the sugars in it caramelize during the cheese making process. Gjetost is sweet and rich and would probably taste best with dark bread, served as a dessert or snack. Just watch out - the smell of it will linger on your fingers for a really long time!
Posted by maggie at January 16, 2005 11:29 PM