Posted on 11/20/2006 6:21:45 PM PST by randita
I am in charge of desserts for my family Thanksgiving dinner. Many in my family are not dessert eaters for various reasons and I would like to prepare a dessert cheese and fruit plate for those not eating the standard dessert pies.
I am soliciting suggestions from food savvy Freepers for a good combination of cheeses, fruits and nuts for a nice post dinner nibble. There is a Wegman's supermarket nearby, so almost anything suggested, no matter how obscure, could most likely be found there.
One cheese I have already purchased is a triple cream Brie, which I personally love.
Thanks in advance for all your good suggestions and a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving to you and yours.
randita-Freeper since 1997
ahhhhh, you are a wegmanite? good, very good.
My favorite - Cambozola.
I live in the West but whenever I come back to see family, I always buy extra marble rye from Wegmens to take home....just can't find anything near that good taste out here...
Mmmmmm, marble rye, the last couple of times I stopped in at Wegmans I bought some of that very same bread. Delicious. I love their bagels - boiled in water and baked.....the honey wheat bagels are delicious too.
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Randita, I don't know much about fancy cheeses at all, but I'd like to make a suggestion. Please include some plain old cheddar for the less adventurous folks in your family, particularly the kids. Personally, I prefer Velveeta, but I know that's probably too for anybody but immediate family.
Looks like this thread is a feta complis, but just in kaese, I salut you for churning out some more puns. It's always fun to talk about cheeses, but it's even more fun to edam.
Hope all is well with you, hr. Long time, no cheese.
I don't think there are many pairings that go better together than Stilton and Port. Good call. And you can never go wrong with Brie.
I don't think there are many pairings that go better together than Stilton and Port. Good call. And you can never go wrong with Brie.
A good bleu cheese with fresh, sliced pears.
Jarlsburg is a very nice smooth cheese from the low countries. I love it and it goes great with almost anything, including fruit.
That's a new one, personally. Appreciated.
Oh yummm! Sounds like you made some very good selections. I know you'll enjoy them.
LOL at myself, I sat straight up in bed and slapped myself upside of the head, thinking "guava paste?" "why did I write guava when I mean quince paste?"
There you have it. I was picturing the red jellylike paste and thinking of the inside of a guava, when it's actually the inside of a quince after it's cooked, which turns that ruby red.
I cooked one last year just to see it change color and to make quince paste! You'd think I'd remember that. It had to dry a couple of days and then I could cut it into stars and holly leaves with cookie cutters, to have on my Christmas cheese tray.
You can also buy it as "membrillo" where Spanish foods are sold. Just wanted to correct my post so it wasn't misleading - and I don't think you can cut guava paste into little decorations - it's not firm enough.
Bon appetit and Happy Thanksgiving!
I saw quince jelly/jam/paste in several places in Wegman's (jelly section, international foods section AND cheese section). It was much easier to find than the fig. I looked everywhere and didn't see any fig jam so finally asked someone at the cheese counter and they found me a teeny little jar of it in an obscure spot - easy to overlook. Next time I'll get the quince.
Ha! Hope you do try it - it's excellent. But who knows? You might like the fig jam better. I'm not a fig fan, so I can't comment.
OTOH, a chutney would've been my choice in that figgy category.
Have you been to the cheese section at Central Market?
Was that you I was fighting with to get the Cheese Lady to cut some samples for *me* first, lol?
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