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igourmet's Favorites - 4 Cheese Sampler (2 pound) by igourmet.com
: :What could be better than to break out that prized bottle of wine youve been saving, served with some of the worlds greatest cheeses? This Four-Cheese Sampler was created with everyones palate in mind. The cheeses in the sampler are:Blue - From Italys famed Lombardy region comes superb Mountain Gorgonzola. It is mild yet tangy, creamy yet firm, with a pale interior laced with streaks of blue. Delicious served the Italian way (drizzled with honey), it is a real treat for connoisseurs.Nutty - Exta Aged Farmer Gouda is ripened for a full ...
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Italian Cheese Sampler (2 pound) by igourmet.com
: :This sampler features four cheeses that are typical of four distinct regions of Italy:Toma Piedmontese - Made in the Piedmont region of course, this cheese is surface ripened, meaning it ripens from the rind inward. Toma is a delectable mountain cheese that has a thin rind, a custard-like texture, small pores and a sweet lactic flavor with a gentle bite.Piave Vecchio - Similar to Asiago, Piave Vecchio (aged) is a firm, dry, slightly nutty cheese from the valleys of Northeastern Italy.Mountain Gorgonzola - Italy's famous blue cheese comes from Lombardy. Made from ...
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igourmet's Favorites - 8 Cheese Sampler (4 pound) by igourmet.com
: :Perfect for that slightly larger get together, our 8-Cheese Assortment contains all of the cheeses from our 4-piece version, plus four more half-pound cuts of some of our other favorites:Sheep - Malagon with Rosemary is made from 100%sheep's milk. Aged for over 3 months, this cheese has a wonderfully firm texture and an herbed-flavor that comes from its rosemary-impregnated rind.Goat - Famous chef Cas Spijkars spent years developing the recipe Dorothea, a remarkable Dutch goat cheese. Once tasted, never forgotten.Sweet - St. Olof is a semi-soft, double rich delight hailing from Sweden, ...
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Royal Blue Stilton - Pound Cut (1 pound) by igourmet.com
: :Long known as 'The King of Cheeses', blue Stilton is one a handful of British cheeses granted the status of a 'protected designation origin' (PDO) by the European Commission. Only cheese produced in the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and made according to a strict code may be called Stilton. There are just six dairies licensed to make Stilton, each being subject to regular audit by an independent inspection agency accredited to European Standard EN 45011.To be called Stilton, a cheese must:be made only in the three counties from local ...
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Mature Blue Stilton (8 ounce) by igourmet.com
: :The original pioneer of Blue Stilton, commonly referred to as 'The King of Cheeses,' was Mr. Cooper Thornhill, owner of the Bell Inn on the Great North Road in the town of Stilton. In 1730, Mr. Thornhill discovered a distinctive blue cheese while visiting a small farm in rural Leicestershire. He fell in love with the cheese and forged a business arrangement that granted the Bell Inn exclusive marketing rights to Blue Stilton. Soon thereafter, wagon loads of cheese were being delivered to the Inn. Since the main stagecoach routes from London ...
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Blue Cheese Assortment (2 pound) by igourmet.com
: :igourmet.com is saluting blue cheese by offering this International Blue Cheese Assortment, containing three of the worlds greatest blue cheeses. For creating blue cheese in the first place, we owe thanks to a micro-organism named Penicillium roqueforti. This microscopic spore attaches itself to a young cheese and, assuming the cheese is laced with small cracks, multiplies and spreads blue mold throughout as the cheese matures. By the way, this little microbe is also the principal agent used in creating penicillin, the world's first antibiotic. And now, back to the cheese...Roquefort: The world's ...
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Paladin Bavarian Blue (8 ounce) by igourmet.com
: :This tangy, crumbly blue cheese is produced in Bavaria's Alpine countryside. German cheesemakers have spent centuries taming the inherent sharpness of the original blue-veined cheeses, passing their time-tested methods down from generation to generation. The result is an incredibly smooth, mellow white cheese with distinct blue veins. Paladin does crumble, but has enough moisture to slice as well. Take it along with you on a picnic, or add it to your favorite green salad.Made from pasteurized cow's milk.Photo depicts whole 6 lb. form of cheese.We cut and wrap this item by the ...
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English Blue Stilton
: :Blue Stilton English cheese: King Of Cheeses, close textured un-pressed cheese with a pale ivory paste, grading to amber at the edges and marbled with white powdery patches. Full, fruity, deep, intense, sharp, and buttery flavor. Its made from whole cow's milk.
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Smokey Blue by Rogue Creamery (8 ounce) by igourmet.com
: :Rogue Creamery's 'Oregon Blue' is the first blue cheese recipe made on the west coast and they thought it only fitting that this classic recipe become the first blue cheese ever smoked. The result is magic! 'Oregon Blue' is a classic Roquefort style blue cheese that is cold smoked 16 hours with Oregon Hazelnut shells. The smoking process releases a sweet, creamy, smoky flavor that balances both the sharp blue flavor and sweet, creamy flavor of the 100% natural full cream sustainable milk from Bonanza View Dairy.Oregon's Rogue Creamery scored the coveted ...
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Roaring Forties Blue (8 ounce) by igourmet.com
: :Roaring Forties Blue Cheese is made by the Kings Island Dairy. Kings Island is situated south of Melbourne, Australia at the western end of Bass Strait. Dairying is the largest primary industry among this islands 1,500 inhabitants. According to local legend, grass seeds found in King Islands soil are believed to have been washed ashore in straw mattresses from some 60 eighteenth-century French and English shipwrecks that are strewn along the King Island coast. For almost a century now dairy herds have grazed on these unique pastures. The quality of these pastures, ...
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