January 20 - Cheese Tasting

We tasted 12 different kinds of cheese today.  I do not like cheese that much, and many of the cheeses that we tasted, I did not like.  It was interesting to see all the different kinds of cheese because they were so different from what we normally see in the stores.

Vermont Butter & Cheese Co’s Crème Fraiche

Smell – It smelled like sour cream and very creamy

Taste – It tasted pretty much like sour cream to me except more fresh.

Dancing Goat Creamery’s Cream Cheese

Smell – It smell like cream.

Taste – It had a sour and tangy taste.  It tasted like cheesecake to me.

Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog

Smell – It had a very weak smell.

Taste – It had a dry, creamy taste to it.  It did not taste that good to me. 

Berthaut Epoisses

Smell – It smelled very gross and it was very strong.

Taste – It tasted really gross too. It had a burnt, smokey taste .

Capriole Mont

Smell – It smelled like Swiss Cheese.

Taste – It has a pungent taste to it.  It was really strong, but it did not taste that bad.

Dancing Goat’s Merze Tate

Smell – It smelled sour.

Taste – It had a very mild taste.  It tasted like Mozzarella.

Roth Kase Buttermilk Blue

Smell – It had a very strong smell. It did not smell good at all.

Taste – It was very strong and sour.  It did not taste good.

Castellano

Smell – It had a very weak smell.

Taste – It was dry. It kind of tasted like parmesan cheese.  It was a lot less sour then the others

Dancing Goat’s Effie Mills

Smell – It smelled like fresh mushrooms to me

Taste – It tasted creamy and kind of like mushrooms.

Cashel Blue

Smell – It smelled very strong. It smelled like cows.

Taste – It tasted very gross. It was gritty and very strong.

Isle of Mull

Smell – It had a weak smell.

Taste – It has a sharp pungent taste to it and was very strong. 

Alpine Cheese

Smell – It smelled like Swiss cheese.

Taste – It was very strong. It was a very dry cheese.  It tasted kind of like Swiss cheese.