Bucolic wrote: Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:18 pm No, five dozen raw oysters.

I'd prefer the case of beer. Damn sure I'd be puking either way, so may as well get a buzz!

TxChinaman wrote: Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:32 am Would you eat Casu Marzu, infamous as "the most dangerous cheese in the world"?

https://allthatsinteresting.com/casu-marzu

Nope. Just plain no.

Sea boogers (aka oysters) are fine by me.

Bucolic wrote: Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:18 pm No, five dozen raw oysters.

Unless they are tiny oysters about the size of a nickel I still cannot imagine it. Usually the oysters I see are about 2" long, 1 1/4" wide, and 1/2" thick--a dozen is like eating at least a 1/2 lb burger!

Yeah, but they are largely water. As an old friend was wont to say, “Dude, you gotta pace yourself.”

Bucolic wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:57 am Yeah, but they are largely water. As an old friend was wont to say, “Dude, you gotta pace yourself.”

Isn't most food (not cookies and chips) mostly water? Isn't that how microwaves work--exciting the water molecules in the food?
Even my beloved clam chowder and lobster bisque soups are mostly water, and still filling.

I'm mostly water..... ;-)

MaxWyatt wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:11 pm I'm mostly water..... ;-)

Not beer?

YankeeTarheel wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:51 pm

MaxWyatt wrote: Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:11 pm I'm mostly water..... ;-)

Not beer?

My philosophy of cheese is that if it doesn't smell like socks you've been wearing for a month, it's not worth eating.

Raw oysters? They're like eating a piece of the ocean- fresh and briny, bright and primordial. Love 'em.

Who could argue with a guy named Bacchus?

As the French say, smelling like the feet of angels.

I think have made my position on oysters clear. If not, they will be my last meal, if I can choose.


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Bucolic wrote: Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:02 pm Who could argue with a guy named Bacchus?

As the French say, smelling like the feet of angels.

I think have made my position on oysters clear. If not, they will be my last meal, if I can choose.


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I wanted some more taleggio, but when I got to the cheese rack they had some bleus as well. I resolved to jump into this whole stinky cheese thing head first and get some Stilton and Gorgonzola. I also got a couple of bottles of wine so that I can lift my nose at all the dirty plebes who have never had wine and cheese, and fartsniff my way into a wine and cheese fueled stupor. Wish me luck!

Bang, you’re gonna be great!


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Bang wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:20 pm I wanted some more taleggio, but when I got to the cheese rack they had some bleus as well. I resolved to jump into this whole stinky cheese thing head first and get some Stilton and Gorgonzola. I also got a couple of bottles of wine so that I can lift my nose at all the dirty plebes who have never had wine and cheese, and fartsniff my way into a wine and cheese fueled stupor. Wish me luck!

Cheese and wine (red only, IMHO) is great, but I LOVE cheese and apples, the sweeter the apple and the more pungent the cheese, the better. And I can wash it down with the wine. Or Rum. Or Tequila. Or even Bourbon.

I think I got some "commercial" Gorgonzola, for lack of a better term. It just tastes like rather mild bleu cheese, and doesn't really smell like anything. I opened it up and will let it age a bit exposed to air and see what happens. I've had this experience with bleu cheese before.

As for wine, I got a Chianti to stick with the Italian theme of the Taleggio, but I find it to be a bit mild. It's good, but I think something fruitier and richer would go better with the cheese. Any suggestions?

Fruitcake, perhaps?

Boones Farm Strawberry Hill? That would be fruitier!

YankeeTarheel wrote: Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:52 am Boones Farm Strawberry Hill? That would be fruitier!

Now we're talking!