Do you have any food memories from when you were a child?
Maybe your afternoon snack between nap time and playing with your toys? That
isn’t a question that I have asked many people, I’m not too sure of how common
a food memory is from the someone’s youth but I have a couple that I can think
of. The memory that sticks out the most revolves around Muenster cheese. When I
was very little, my mother used to buy Muenster cheese from the local deli.
Every afternoon, I would get a little slice to eat with some other little
things for a snack. My favorite thing about this cheese when I was little was
the orange looking skin around the outside edge. The first thing I had to do
when I received my cheese was to nibble along the edge and eat away all the
orange skin. I can thank those childhood memories for my overall preference to
white varieties of cheese, as well as a continued love for the Muenster.
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| One cheese, to rule all other cheeses. |
This may sound funny, but Muenster cheese is protected by an Appellation d'Origine Controlee (AOC). This certification
places under control the main steps of the cheese process. The producers are
required to rigorously observe the transformation of the cheese and what
goes into it (Which I am totally fine with as long as they keep making it taste
delicious!). Muenster cheese has a smear soft texture, with a slightly salty
and buttery flavor that appears to almost melt on your tongue with each bite. If
you were curious about that odd orange color, it comes from a brine wash that
is brushed onto the exterior of the cheese while it is aging. As much as I love
this cheese, I really don’t use it enough.
In recent years, I have been using swiss and provolone as my
go to cheeses. I love them both, and they taste great on a sandwich, but they
still are only second place in my book. My favorite way to use muenster cheese,
is in a grilled cheese sandwich. Just thinking about indulging on a fresh one,
with the warm, gooey, cheesy goodness of every bite, makes me hungry! Muenster
cheese is also great in quesadillas and also can be enjoyed in a homemade Mac
and cheese.
If you haven’t had a chance to try out this one of a kind
cheese, you need to go out and buy some today; it might just change your life.
If it doesn’t change your life, well I don’t know what to tell you, at least
you can say you tried it and that I’m crazy for loving it. Do you have any food
memories that you can recall from your early childhood? I would love to hear
some, that way I know that I’m not the only one that remembers food from 20+
years ago! Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you tomorrow!
Till next time,
~Mr.McLovin
Food memories--what a fantastic concept. My childhood snack--and go-to comfort food even now, some 30+ years later--was tomato. Fresh and quartered, and (nowadays) with a spray of lime and just a liiiiiiiiiittle bit of salt and pepper. Another one: my grandmother (Irish) used to give me a boiled potato to snack on between meals. Unlike my mother, she wasn't shy about the salt. To this day, even just the sight of cooked potato flesh with a sprinkling of salt--like, say, when you've got them all in a pan just before mashing for puree--takes me back to my grandma's kitchen.
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ReplyDeleteI too haven't had this cheese but will surly give it a try. It had made me hungry for cheese. Going to make a snack right now:)
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ReplyDeleteThere's a mexican restaurant near my aunt's house that serves muenster cheese on all of their food! We all liked it so much that one time she asked what type of cheese it was, and from then on, she always buys muenster for taco nights! :)
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