/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12656925
I got some buttermilk blue cheese and its intense as hell. I have a small slice here and there but that's all I can eat without it taking over my mouth. I dont know if I like it or hate it desu

>>12656925
Limberger. Tastes soo good on crackers and bonus I can gross my kid out with it.

>>12656925
Holy shit, what's up fellow N CA fag. I love Nicasio valley cheeses and it's also a great stop on the way to Pt Reyes Station, obviously for pic related, a drink or two, then walking around on cliffs & shit

Why yes, I love brie, how could you tell

>>12657340
For reference Nicasio Valley in mid-spring, fucking beautiful

>>12657351
fuck it I'm kind of buzzed and feeling nostalgic now. will keep it cheese and food related

cheese counter at cowgirl creamery

>>12657371
can u also creamery the girl?

>>12657392
That's the idea. Then eat seafood overlooking Tomales bay

>>12657406
Then a cocktail overlooking the bay, then a girl creamery again

I've been jonesing for some gorganzola
My mom used to make pasta salad with gorganzola crumbles in it, and jesus christ it was amazing
Especially when you accidently get a piece of it that was a little too big, and suddenly you see jesus

>>12657417
Damn that looks comfy as fuck.

>>12657424
hynnnnnnggg. have you been able to recreate it? recipe?

>>12657428
early afternoon the next day, head to Jenner and drink niche wines where Russian river empties into the sea, preparing creamery girl for the next creamerying

>>12657438
A little fingerbanging in a tiki lounge overlooking Point Arena lighthouse, then it's off to...

>>12657438
Sometimes I wish I'd never found this place so I could have stayed a normie and experience things like that.

>>12657461
you'll get there, I believe in you

>>12657457
I hope it's ok that I rented this entire house with an outdoor kitchen and saltwater pool just for us two

>>12657474
Kinda getting sick of your needy ass rn, you surf the internet while I tend to some important business affairs

>>12657480
sorry bae I take it back lets eat in light up in Albion

>>12657511
ok faggots, sorry for the excessive N CA fagging, I'm out, pic is Sonoma Portuguese restaurant

>>12657517
sorry one more. st helena has amazing food as well

>>12657347
it's great but i honestly don't like the rind unless it's been roasted. if you like brie (and camembert), you have to try roasting it at least once. it makes it that much more delicious

>>12656925
Eating fromage blanc like an actual cheese seems weird to me, unless it's season I guess.
You could try eating it like you would eat yogurt, like with sugar or jam or something. I know it's a cheese, I know what the name means, but it's very weird to me seeing fromage blanc wrapped like a cheese in your picture, I have mostly seen it in yogurt-like pots

>>12657532
I agree, see
>>12657340
on the right for how I generally approach using it.

>>12657544
now that you mention it, I used it that way too with blinis and smoked salmon, i really like it that way.
I wonder, how cheap and easy to find is fromage blanc where you live ?

>>12657562
>I wonder, how cheap and easy to find is fromage blanc where you live ?
Pretty easy, my local store has OP's cheese and a few others. Also mild sheep/goat cheese works great for me too.

>>12657566
But I should have said, not cheap, a half-block of OP's cheese is about $10

>>12657526
You don't roast brie

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>>12657525
Damn, is Northern CA really that nice?

>>12657600
It is. Thing is, it's all tucked away out of sight and only discoverable by the enlightened and determined. I had the day off yesterday and went to pic related and slammed some pints and had a few slices of pizza. It's the best of the world, with pockets of the worst. Both sides try not to interact with each other.

>>12657627
Here's how I found:
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>>12657417

See pic related 3 large WTF happens here arrows. I was coming from the South, so I tried to line them up. The red dotted line is the path I drove and the orange dotted is what I hiked. The small arrows are when I discovered something great, which are the things listed above.

Cont/

>>12657690
To my fucking utter shock, at WTF ELK? was pic related, fucking a wild Elk reserve, with a bunch of fucking huge elks wandering around? Who approved that? What the fuck. It's crazy, but it's true.

>>12657696
I wandered a few miles to a brackish mystery meat lagoon, which was really otherworldly but probably not compelling to the general public. Pic related

>>12657371
>She'll never churn your butter

Passing back through, I saw the following. If you want a mindfuck, google "Vladimir's Czech Restaurant" in Inverness, CA, which is completely fucking unironically home to scenes like pic related. Last time I was going through, I was with my mother, and there were a shit ton of people on the patio drinking beer and it was a huge party, so not really the thing for my aging mom, but interesting for sure. Now I have a WTF happens here for Vladmir's.

>>12657600
Anyways, I've been doing this for 20 years here and it never gets old. Maybe the only thing better than figuring out something new is re-visiting an old favorite and finding it has either stayed the same or has gotten better.

>>12657696
Elk are indigenous to NorCal. Just fyi.

>>12656925
>75% of /ck/ cant digest cheese
why didnt you kys yet?

>>12657627
>>12657737
I've always wanted to go to CA but I decided against it after always hearing about how fucked it it and because of what the leftists were doing to it, but I may have to go anyway if it is this great. At least to the north I guess.

>>12657911
>>12657911
The cities are fucked but all cities in America are fucked. Rent a car and go explore northern California and you'll see how much better things are.

>>12657911
come to SF to see two or three tourist atractions if you must, dont bother to stay there
rent a car and enjoy the 101 up and down, its really nice

>>12657911
this is like a hank hill take except you're not joking

>>12656925
I tried some packaged goat cheese prepared with vanilla, blueberries and a little sugar. Surprised how well it passes for cheesecake.

>>12657340
OP here, hello friend. So far with what I've tried of NorCal cheese, I'm not a big fan of the cow milk stuff. From Nicasio ive tried valley square and fromage blanc, not a fan of either. From cowgirl I've tried tam and hawk, didn't like either one. I've also tried shit from this smaller creamery called stepladder that I didn't enjoy at all. So far, I've liked the goat cheeses way more and I've also been eating a lot of sheeps cheeses from this one smaller creamery that sells at my farmers market which have also been dope

Mozarella, blue cheese, parmesan and brie are current favorites.

Epoisses. It was dank

>>12659846
What did you like about it? What other cheeses do you like? I can't get into washed rind cheeses, I don't see the appeal

>>12658320
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>>12657690
Great thread guys. This link will help you find all the great cheese in California. OP it sounds like you've had a few of the larger operations stuff which is great! But it's just the tip of the iceberg there's also fantastic sheep's and goatsmilk producers if you aren't into cow milk so much but there's different cow milk that i prefer than what you mentioned. I work for one of the creameries on the map but I won't say which.

You ALL DEFINITELY need to hit up Rainbow Grocery and talk to their mongers. If you're lucky the legend himself, Gordon might be there he's worked in the industry for YEARS and knows everything about the state's cheeses and carries the best selection in the state hands down.

http://cheesetrail.org

>>12657461
I have a rich girlfriend

>>12656925
Made some cheese for the first time ever, was amazed at how easy it was. Homemade ricotta is so clean tasting, want to try salting and culturing it next.

>>12659925
What're some of your favorites of Cali? I wanna hear your recommendations for cows milk and your opinions on the stuff I listed.

When it comes to goat, I've tried cypress, Laura Chenel, and Andante. The only sheep focused producer I've even heard of is weirauch which is the one that's at my farmers market. I'd love to hear your recommendations for sheep/goat too.

I live in the east bay so I'd probably never make it over to rainbow as I don't even have a car. However, I do live somewhat near a cheese shop that's got a pretty big selection so odds are I'd be able to find whatever you recommend at my local spot

>>12656925
I go for the traditional.

>>12656925
How about some California cheese?

>>12656925
Casu marzu. The taste is excellent and the maggots squirming down my throat is incredible.

>>12661155
This probably tastes fine but my god it looks like melted fruit by the foot and my brain immediately thinks it's going to taste like that and it makes me want to vomit.