Cheese and pickle is a classic combination!
I'd be a horrible food judge. I sympathize very much with the bakers on GBBO who get told their food is too simple. "Simple this, Paul Hollywood!"
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
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Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2016 9:22:29 am PST #3318 of 30002
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sarameg - Dec 05, 2016 9:22:59 am PST #3319 of 30002
Jesse, that's awful. I'm sorry,
Steph L. - Dec 05, 2016 9:27:49 am PST #3320 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Cheese and pickle is a classic combination!
I'd be a horrible food judge.
I guess if you like pickles, it's a good thing? (I don't care for pickles, except sweet pickles in tuna salad, so I wouldn't waste valuable cheese-eating stomach room on pickles, when I could just have more cheese.)
Laura - Dec 05, 2016 9:37:08 am PST #3321 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I am pro pickles in general, but if I were cheese tasting I wouldn't want it influenced by pickle.
Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2016 9:50:29 am PST #3322 of 30002
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I can definitely see some particular pickles going very well with specific cheeses, but if you're selling me on the benefits of $12 a pound cheese, let it speak for itself. (That French cheese two weeks ago is going on my regular buy list, but last week's cheese was bitter and salty and was not enhanced by the cinnamon-sugar whole wheat cracker it was served on.)
Jessica - Dec 05, 2016 9:54:05 am PST #3323 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The acidity helps to cut the fatty mouthfeel, which lets you eat more cheese. MOAR PICKLES PLEEZ. (Though if it's a fancy cheese, maybe they should be cornichons?)
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 05, 2016 10:03:43 am PST #3324 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think I prefer olives or figs with cheese. Unless also paired with a hamburger.
-t - Dec 05, 2016 10:06:45 am PST #3325 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think I've been offered cheese and pickles as a tasting thing. Have not been offered a cheese sample in a while though, I may be out of touch.
Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2016 10:12:51 am PST #3326 of 30002
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My new grocery store is part of the same chain as my old grocery store, but it definitely is appealing to a more affluent demographic. Then again, my old store is only a couple of miles from Brigham Young University and is always full of poor students. I kind of miss the Friday night/Saturday show of single people scoping each other out over the shopping carts. I enjoyed watching the girls fixing their makeup before going into the store.
Zenkitty - Dec 05, 2016 10:12:55 am PST #3327 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I think I prefer olives or figs with cheese. Unless also paired with a hamburger.
Agreed. I don't like bitter or sharp cheeses anyway.