Today we got all fancy and had a cheese tasting party, focusing our taste buds on French cheeses.
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| First the students looked at our cheese selection. The cheese monger at Harmon's helped us select an assortment and some bread, honey, nut, and fruit pairings to go with. Here the students are strategizing how to group the foods and lay them out attractively. |
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| Brie Fromage was controversial! Very complex, surprising, intense and strong, with a mushroom finish. Here are the words to accompany it: |
Fetid
Musty
Musky
Dirty
Calm with a gush of bitterness
Recalcitrant
Abrasive
Earthy
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| Sage making the honey look pretty. |
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| Port Salut: the cheese monger suggested we pair it with sour dough to bring out it's citrusy notes. This was the most unsurprising, some said "dull" cheese. Here are the list of descriptions the students came up with for Port Salut:FamiliarMildSmoothNon-descriptCitrusyCasualRelatable |
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| This Domaine de Vallage triple cream brie had a sweet finish. This was a popular cheese that was interesting, had some complexity to it, but not too crazy. Here are our words for this cheese:
Calm with a little zing
Hundreds of baby bunnies
Silk lingerie
Creamy
Cashmere
Salty
Soft
Silky
Subtle
Melty
Gentle
Diaphanous
daphinois
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| Bleu D'auvergne: |
Vibrant
Bold
Bullet
Hay
Cheesy
Strong
Sharp
Nautical
Sweet aftertaste
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| Teacher Josh doing his cheese board thing. |
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| Teacher Eric's favorite. The Goat Buche had a soft, runny rind and a dry, crumbly center. Here's how we described it: |
Subtle
Crumbly
Dry
Timid
Gentle
Strong but soft
Foggy
Cloudy
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| I loved how the decimated cheese board looked, and all the descriptive words scribbled around each cheese. So beautiful! |
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| Good times. |
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| Gjetost: the kids' fav, the teachers' least fave. Unsurprising, as it tastes like caramel cheese. Here's what everyone said: |
Pleasant
Unexpected
Peanut butter
Candy
Carameled
Dairy
Caramel apple
Cloudy
Cloying
Vivacious
Changing
Jejeune
Milky
Refreshing
Savory
Overwhelming
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| The feasting. |
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| The spread. |
Cheese Awards
People's Choice:
Gold Medal--Gjetost
Silver Medal--Domaine de Vallage
Judges Awards:
Gold Medal--Brie Fromage
Silver Medal--Bleu d'Auvergne
