Fiore Sardo

This was recommended by a guy at the Whole Foods in Union Square after I got half a pound of Midnight Moon and told him that was my favorite cheese.

Cost: $15.99/lb.
Official description: I don't remember the entire description on the Whole Foods placard for this, but it something about being a good salty sheep's milk hard cheese. The cheesemonger said it's good with both snacks and grated over pasta.
Did I like this: Yes.

I think it's pretty similar to Midnight Moon, though without the crystals and of sheep's milk instead of goat's milk. Perhaps the key is just that I like salty hard cheeses. This one tastes pretty creamy, too. Interestingly, the bits of this cheese near the rind have more of that blue cheese taste, but I don't mind it.

Monte Enebro

Outside of going to a cheese tasting or class, I've decided to start asking cheesemongers for their suggestions on a new kind of cheese to try along with old favorites I'm re-stocking on. A guy at the Garden of Eden told me this was his favorite cheese.

Cost: $30.99/lb.
Official description: Aged goat cheese. Sharp to strong taste. Imported from Spain.
Did I like this: eh.

I think I'll stop buying aged goat cheeses from now on, since I didn't much like the Cheese Store's Crottin either. I'll try new ones but typically I have cheese as a snack with apples or with a scrambled egg breakfast on the weekends and anything that's like a blue cheese for me is best with some honey and I have to be in the right mood for it. So if I'm going to have some at home, it should probably only be in really small quantities like leftovers from a tasting and not an independently purchased block.