3yr Provolone

I wanted to get a hard and sharp cheese to have with some fresh bread I made. There was one hard cheese that I got from Lucy's Whey a few months ago with a black rind that was excellent that I was trying to find again here, I suppose.

Cost: $29.99/lb. (about 0.20 lbs or $6 worth shown here)
Official description: super sharp, potent, chewy
Did I like this: I think so.

This definitely wasn't the same hard cheese as the one I'd had before, but still quite good in its own right. Texture was a bit waxy.

The Cheese Store's Crottin

A hard-ripened goat cheese from The Cheese Store in Hoboken:

Cost: $4.99 (not sure of weight)
Official description: tart, sweet, delicate
Did I like this: not sure.

Every time I try some of this cheese, I can't get over how it really does just taste like goat cheese mixed with blue cheese. Blue cheese is too strong for me to like consistently, but sometimes it does hit the spot. I think I may need to try this warmed up and with something sweet, like maybe on a flatbread with honey and nuts.

Trader Joe's Unexpected Cheddar Cheese

I bought this cheese to make roasted tomato soup with broiled cheddar and picked it because I was intrigued by its claim that the taste had "hints of parmesan."

I came up with the concept for this blog after I'd already used it for the soup.

Cost: I think this was something like $3.99/lb?
Official description: tastes like an aged premium cheddar with hints of parmesan
Did I like this: Yes!

I didn't taste an obvious parmesan flavor in it, but it was certainly deliciously sharp for a cheddar cheese and had a bit of...complexity to it? A little difficult to grate but worth it.