Truly Yummy Cheese

January 20, 2008 /

I found myself at Whole Foods the other day, hovering around the lovely cheese department. Can I just say, cheese is good food. Yay cheese! So, there I was, snooping around, and I spied my all time favorite, heretofore only available in restaurants, cheese, Bermuda Triangle, made by Cypress Grove. OK, I lied just there, and Cherry knows it, because I’ve told her of seeing it at a local grocery once in awhile. But the difference is, at the local grocery, I would have to buy the whole long triangle of cheese, whereas at Whole Foods, they’ll slice off as much or as little as I want. At $21 a lb, I don’t want much, let me tell you. So, I bought about $7 worth of cheese, and proceeded to enjoy a lovely cheesy lunch with my friend, Pat. Coincidentally, Pat had cooked some beets that very morning, and Bermuda Triangle cheese goes SO WELL with beets. (I’ve had it at a couple of different restaurants, always with a beet salad.) Yummy.

The cheese itself is “Soft ripened and double-rinded with ash and surface ripening, the flavor is earthy yet mild; the texture becomes creamier with age. ” It is creamy on the tongue, much like a brie, but yummier than any brie I’ve had in I don’t know how long. After lunch, I brought the remaining cheese home, and then later, I had Ted and Maya taste it. They agreed, it is superior cheese, though they both admitted that it is mighty rich, so they wouldn’t want a LOT of it.

Good. More for me. 😉

10 Comments

  • Karen MEG

    January 20, 2008 at 7:10 am

    J, I love Whole Foods, I’m so glad I don’t live too close to one or we’d go bankrupt! I’m a major cheese lover too, and that looks and sounds so delicious and something I’d probably gobble up in one sitting.

  • J

    January 20, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Mom, Ted and Maya don’t like beets either..so next time you come down, we’ll get some of the cheese, some beets, and some greens, and have a yummy salad with some french bread as well. Mmmm. Perfect lunch. (Thanks, Pat!)

  • amuirin

    January 21, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    *laughs*

    I don’t think I’ve ever read anyone quite so infatuated with a cheese before. Which is sayin somethinig, cus two people on my blogroll are from Wisconsin, cheese capital of (whatever it’s the capital of).

    We hardly ever get to a whole food, but I’m going to try to remember this if we’re in Portland. Bermuda Triangle. Cypress Grove.

  • C

    January 23, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Oooooooooooh! That sounds sooooooooooooo good!!! I love Brie, so any cheese that tastes better than Brie is something I’ve got to try! 😉

    P.S. Have you ever had Brie warmed up and topped with sweet red pepper jelly? This concoction served with poppy seed crackers is just divine! Gah! Now I’m hungry! LOL!

  • J

    January 27, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    D, I think my friend Cherry would agree with you, as Humboldt Fog is her VERY favorite. I love it, but I love the Bermuda Triangle even more. 🙂