Showing posts with label roquefort selun cheese microbiology intense cheesiness can kick your ass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roquefort selun cheese microbiology intense cheesiness can kick your ass. Show all posts

24 March 2009

Microbiology, Cheese, and You

I stopped by Wegmans today for the items needed for dinner tonight. It should be good - seared wasabi-crusted tuna with a simple salad of something we have here and jasmine rice. Obviously, I did not feel like working too hard on any sides today. Sue me.

While there, I decided I wanted some cheese. So, I settled on a member of the blue family - Roquefort - and another one I had never heard of before - Selun. (NOTE: Yeah, that is about all I could find on it.)

Now, I love most, if not all, blue cheese. I adore them for whatever reason. They are delicious. Roquefort, including the ubiquitous Societe brand, is great. I could have eaten the entire piece I bought, but I thought I would actually conserve a little for later today.

The selun, however, took me by surprise. I was not expecting the intense smell. For those of you who ever spent time working with bacteria cultures and/or in a microbiology lab, it is definitely a cheese that makes you feel like you're whiffing in the smells of the bacteria incubator. I was not ready for it. However, when I ate it, it wasn't that bad. In fact, the after taste was actually quite pleasant. I just have to get past that smell. What was that? Listeria? E coli? Perhaps the black plague? Yummy.

Selun image is probably copyright/courtesy/not mine but Fromaggio Kitchen.