The Cheese Guide

Should I get him a bottle of red wine, some fancy crackers and this 15 year old cheddar cheese? Do you think it would make him sick? The oldest cheddar cheese I’ve eaten was 5-6 years old and I thought it was amazing. I am curious about a 15 year old aged cheddar cheese, but I’m afraid that it might taste like a dead person’s armpit.

The cheese sells for $50 per pound. Do you think if it were $100 or $200 per pound it would sell out right away, because people would assume that it was more special and rare than it is?

Why don’t you wait for Eoghan, Eo, Trevor, The Gay, The Lesbain,-, Cassius, Mary Winkler, Gazz B or who ever he may be pretending to be now answer. You ask questions like this all the time in this section. Why don’t you go away.

Honestly I think you are just another one of his accounts.

Hi Eloise

I have never tried halloumi in the microwave before, so not sure but according to the comment on a recipe on group recipes.com, it is possible

" softgrey 2 years, 6 months ago said:
ok-
so i needed to eat something right away because i thought i was going to fall over and didn’t have the energy to ‘cook’ anything, so i cheated and made myself a snack of this using a toasted english muffin and about 6 calamata olives roughly chopped.
i toasted the muffin and sprinkled the olives on each half- topped with sliced tomato and sliced haloumi and nuked in the microwave for about 2 minutes to melt the cheese…YUM!…
took all of 5 minutes and it was like eating a slice of realy good pizza straight out of the oven! heaven! "

http://www.grouprecipes.com/3131/halloumi-cheese-bruschetta-wtomato-and-olive-tapenade.html

I’ve only fried my halloumi or done it on the BBQ - hope the "comment" will help - give it a bash, I wouldn’t do it for too long in the micro though

My roommate is lactose sensitive and does not think there is lactose in aged cheese. I disagree and would like to find out who is right. Do cheeses such as aged cheddar contain Lactic acid?

Lactose and Lactic Acid are two different things.
Lactose is sugar coming from milk.
Some of the lactose will processed by the bacteria, but not all of it. It will ferment.
The bitter-sweet taste of cheese is caused by lactose. If it didn’t have any, the cheese wouldn’t be palatable.

Much like alcohol, the more the cheese ages, the less lactose there is. One can see that in eating say cheddar, the older the cheddar the more tart it it and less "sweet". But there will always be a tad of lactose into it. I guess it depends on the level of intolerance of the person.

Hope that helps.

I had it yesterday in batter as an alternative to fish and chips, it was on menu as Veggie fish n chips, and was gorgeous!
I love halloumi cheese, any other ideas how i can use it in recipes?

I cannot express to you how much I love halloumi cheese. If you could take mind-blowing sex and translate it into cheese, it would be halloumi cheese.

I am not recommending that you have sex with halloumi cheese, however.

For a 1-2 Years Aged Sharp Cheddar, does it really make a different in taste or is it just similar as what you get from the grocery store that are NOT aged.

just like wine cheese does taste better with age. It develops its flavors more. Its texture will change too-the key is to get it when the taste and texture are ideal but it is a matter or preference. Try an aged cheddar and compare it to the store brand and the national brands and see for yourself….the extra cheese will keep or you can shred it and use it on eggs or in mac n cheese. The good thing is you can’t go wrong either way and even an inexpensive cheese has its uses.

This is a kind of greek cheese, wonder if it’s available in singapore.

Try these few places by calling them up to check whether they’ve any clue of getting Halloumi Cheese for you.

1. Cheese Productions Pte Ltd
315 Outram Rd #13-06 Tan Boon Liat Bldg
Tel : 6323 7686

2. Niqqi’s The Cheese Prata Shop
18 Clementi Rd #01-00
Tel : 6872 1030

3. Cheezecake Bistro
20 Lor Telok
Tel : 6533 3067

If not, try visiting their official website at www.halloumicheese.com/order_online.html

You can place your online order with them. They also have the recipes for using Halloumi Cheese.

Yes. Once you open the packaging, you need to preserve its moisture, aged cheese or not.
If it is a huge ball of cheese, I like to cut it in portions , individually wrap it in aluminum foil into ziplock bags, and freeze it. However, if you are a cheese eating family, it will be gone and consumed in days so dont bother to do that, just put it in the fridge.

It does melt only at a slower rate. That is because it is a combination of naturally low fat goat and sheep’s milk. This makes it ideal for grilling and frying in traditional Greek dishes.

I’ve been given a huge slice of delicious aged goats cheese. As its aged its a hard cheese and doesn’t have any ash or anything on the outside.

I’ve grated some into scrambled eggs (which was delicious!) and used some on a cheese platter but I still have some left and am unsure of what else to do with it. Any suggestions how you’ve used this cheese would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks but aged goats cheese doesn’t come in logs. That is fresh goats cheese which has a different texture. It has a colour similar to a good parmesan but doesn’t have a crumbly texture.

The flavour is also much stronger than with fresh goats cheese.

you are on the right track with it so far. use it in a pasta dish next, maybe a pasta primavera with a white sauce, or make a quiche or frittata.

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