The second meeting of the International Cheese Club commenced on January 23, 2011, a Sunday, at 8:00 in the evening. Moobs selected the cheese for this week's meeting, a BlueMarble Jack (combination of blue cheese and monterey jack) and took the liberty to prepare it in several varities. First up was the standard slice with Ritz crackers, followed by shredded on blue tortilla nachos, and concluded in a grilled form on sourdough bread. Members present were: Moobs, Scott, Jesse, Tony, and newest member, James.
Opinions:
Moobs- The cheese by itself was smooth and creamy with sharp, metallic aftertaste. The cracker helped for a moment, but the aftertaste remained. The nachos worked the most as far as getting rid of the aftertaste. The sandwich was alright, but once again the aftertaste was just overpowering, but the cheese melted nice. Jesse can have the rest of it. Wouldn't buy it again.
Scott- It was alright, but I probably wouldn't have it again or choose to eat it. The moldy cheese aftertaste was something I'm not crazy about.
Jesse- I normally don't like creamy cheese at all, I'm a big creamaphobe. It brought to mind an evergreen wreath Christmas tree aftertaste. After contemplation I've narrowed it down to a dark olive aftertaste. I liked the cheese and when it was on the nachos it added a depth that made it work. By mistake there was a little bit of butter on the cheese and it revealed to me that it cut out the aftertaste.
James- I liked it. I think the jack did a good job of cutting the blue cheese and not make it overpowering. It was best on the nachos, maybe because it was used sparsely. Would definitely eat it again.
Tony- A nice combination that works good in small doses. Worked well on the nachos and grilled in sandwich form. The aftertaste that is typical of blue cheese wasn't nearly as strong as it could be. I feel like Moobs paid too much for it.
Susie the cat- Sniffed it and ate it. Enjoyed it.
The next meeting will happen in a week.
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