/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11090426
Swiss
Bubblegum colored lump of ham (boars head)
Cheddar
Prosciutto
IDK

Cheddar is really versatile, white or yellow, and it can be super sharp or not. It melts great, its great cold, its great with many meats but not all (I wouldn't have it with prosciutto or like pastrami though, its great for hams, turkeys)

Meat is murder

There is no single answer to your questions, sandwich cheese will typically be milder, I like havarti or swiss. Stronger cheeses are for the charcuterie board, too many options to list. Cured meats are also very diverse and it depends on what you want. A good prosciutto or jamon is always a safe bet, but so is a good salami or mortadella

>>11090426
There is no "best" just good pairings. Baguette over crackers.

>I'm specifically looking for recommendations for a flavorful sandwich cheese

Cheddar, or if you're wanting something a bit different, red leicester. Anything else just doesn't belong on a sandwich.

>>11090426
Mozzarella and provolone see flavorless because they have no fat. They're made with skimmed milk.

Comte, gruyere, and aged Gouda are super versatile and delicious. A good blue like Asturian cabrales pairs great with sweet fruit and honey or preserves. In general fruit preserves are excellent with good cheese and charcuterie.

>>11090473
>Anglo opinions on food
Cheddar is good but please refrain from the autism

>>11090426
>What's the best sandwich cheese?
Something smoked or otherwise strong enough to stand out amongst other sandwich ingredients, yet mild enough not to overpower them: gouda, Irish cheddar, gruyere, etc.
>What's the best cured/flavored meat in a sandwich?
I'm personally a prosciutto fan but there's no point putting prosciutto on a sandwich with much sauce, it will be overpowered. I like roast beef from the deli for sandwiches.
>What's the best cracker cheese?
Cambozola. Hearty seedy cracker + black label cambozola + dried cranberries = heaven
>What's the best cured meat on its own or paired with cheese and crackers?
Dry sausage. Like real, stinky, moldy, dry-cured sausages. I like something Sopressata so it's heavy on garlic.
>What's the best cracker to pair with cheese?
Mary's Gone Crackers is what we always buy. I like the original, I also really like the jalapeno ones in flavor but they almost always make me feel sick, and they're not very spicy at all.

>>11090521
>Something smoked
Stopped reading there. Instant pleb filter.

>>11090542
>I can't enjoy an entire subset of delicious, internationally acclaimed cheeses because I'm afraid I won't seem pompously cultured and bourgeoisie enough
You can like mimolette or epoisses and you can also, simultaneously, like smoked gouda. However, good luck enjoying a sandwich made with fucking epoisses, you posturing faggot.

>>11090493
If some cunt made me a fucking sandwich that didn't have cheddar in it I'd kick the cunts fucking cunt in, the cunt.

t. football hooligan

>>11090556
Smoked Gouda is not internationally acclaimed... They don't even eat that shit in Holland. Graskaas or Boerkaas are good variants of Gouda.

>>11090583
>They don't even eat that shit in Holland.
There is literally a 0.000000000% chance that no one in the Netherlands has ever eaten smoked gouda. Have you never been in a grocery store? Do you never buy imports? What kind of sad and sterile life do you live that you have to actively stop yourself from having too much fun?
Stop trying to seem smart, because when you try so hard, you just seem like an angry idiot instead.

>>11090607
Lmao imagine being this mad that you have shit taste. What exactly is fun about cheese that you can't even taste the quality of the milk because it's been loaded with the odor of cigarette butts?

>>11090628
>loaded with the odor of cigarette butts
Tastelet detected, enjoy not enjoying anything that has been deliciously smoked, more for me and the rest of the world.
Who are you trying to impress on a Thai banana peeling forum with this faggot song and dance routine? Get over yourself, your taste is shit if you can't understand the appeal of smoked food, which is undeniably, factually, popular the world over, and has been since nearly the dawn of humanity.
>The smoking of food likely dates back to the time of primitive cavemen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_(cooking)#History

>>11090663
Huh, maybe it's just a long-standing fad, like alcohol

>>11090663
Smoking a quality cheese made with high quality milk is like cooking a steak well done.

>>11090583
Smoked Gouda was so popular that the French made mimolette to copy it

>>11090941
Not it’s not anything like that. You’re a moron who knows nothing about cheese

>>11090955
Mimolette isn't smoked. It's damn good though.

>>11090955
>>11090959
>Mfw /ck/ trys to talk about cheese like they know something

>>11090436
why do americans call Emmentaler "swiss"? there's so many dishes/ingredients you just call by their origin country, why the fuck do you do that. it sounds so stupid.

>>11090980
Because Americans are retarded on cheese even when you try to educate them they stay stubbornly fixed on their preconceptions. Just read the rest of this thread lol. A guy just claimed edam and mimolette are smoked.

>>11090980
Because "swiss" sounds a lot better than "A cheaper product that resembles Emmentaler and other cheeses made in Switzerland but isn't exactly the same".

>>It sounds so stupid
Indeed. But these things happen. Pic related.

>>11090980
Yeah what kind of american retard drinks Champagne-brand Champagne from Champagne

>>11090426
>What's the best sandwich cheese?
swiss
>What's the best cured/flavored meat in a sandwich?
corned beef
>What's the best cracker cheese?
brie
>What's the best cured meat on its own or paired with cheese and crackers?
salami
>What's the best cracker to pair with cheese?
depends on the cheese, but if you're using best cheese (brie), for me, its water.

>>11090995
>>11091039
We could just call it California Emmentaler or Wisconsin Emmentaler like the way that there is California sparkling wine vs champagne.

>>11091063
>>11091063
Wow someone managed to post from 1983

>>11090995
THATS NOT EVEN A BURGER IN THE LABLE

>>11090986
>>11090980
obsessed, its swiss get over it nerds

>>11091094
I'm American retard

American'ts talking about cheese is always so cute and weird

>>11090426
how do I make my platter more interesting?
I've been going with
>crackers
>one or two types of cheeses
>salami or peppered pastrami beef
>cucumber
>sometimes kimchi or olives
a few times i've mixed it up trying cream cheese, blue cheese, lettuce, ham etc but iunno. Are pickles good on crackers with cheese?

>>11092335
Sub crackers for baguette
Sub salami for jamon de Serrano and chourico
Add fresh fruit and a fruit preserve
Have a hard aged cheese, a bloomy rind, a fresh, and a funky (washed rind or blue)
Olives and pickled things are good but probably not kimchi idk I've never thought of pairing Asian food with cheese.