Welcome to another week in review here at Cheese Cheese Everywhere!
Week 7. 7 is a lucky number. And it was a good week this week. So our luck held out. Not every cheese was a home run but we got to try an interesting mix. Not only that, but we happened to “luck into” a cheese tasting :)
As I mentioned in several previous posts, Sobeys is my go-to spot for cheese and almost everything else. I made my way there Thursday evening and saw the most glorious thing: cheese samples. It turns out that Sobeys has started a cheese happy hour, every Thursday from 6 to 7 PM. They pick a theme, give out samples of cheeses that fit the theme along with nuts, fruits and crackers and provide a little bit of information about those cheeses. Last week, it was cheeses of the UK. You can be sure, Constant Readers, that I will be using these happy hours as information gathering sessions for future posts. And if you’re near downtown Ottawa on Thursday evenings, stop by and check it out for yourself. You might even see Captain Cheese there!
Last week in cheese…
Monday: Fontina (simply one of my favourites, try this as soon as you can)
Wednesday: Cambozola (an interesting hybrid of a few different cheese flavours and origins)
Friday (Sunday): Halloumi grilled cheese (A+ for effort and anticipation, D for execution, incomplete for overall grade. I think I’m going to have to try this cheese again)
Now, you might want to sit down for this next part. It pains me to say that, as much as I would like to think otherwise, the Captain is not perfect. I know, I know, it’s a shocker. So with that being said, I would like to issue an addendum to my review of Halloumi grilled cheese and point out that it was the Phantom who provided the recommendation. Her contributions are invaluable, as always.
Cheese in the news
Week 7. 7 is a lucky number. And it was a good week this week. So our luck held out. Not every cheese was a home run but we got to try an interesting mix. Not only that, but we happened to “luck into” a cheese tasting :)
As I mentioned in several previous posts, Sobeys is my go-to spot for cheese and almost everything else. I made my way there Thursday evening and saw the most glorious thing: cheese samples. It turns out that Sobeys has started a cheese happy hour, every Thursday from 6 to 7 PM. They pick a theme, give out samples of cheeses that fit the theme along with nuts, fruits and crackers and provide a little bit of information about those cheeses. Last week, it was cheeses of the UK. You can be sure, Constant Readers, that I will be using these happy hours as information gathering sessions for future posts. And if you’re near downtown Ottawa on Thursday evenings, stop by and check it out for yourself. You might even see Captain Cheese there!
Last week in cheese…
Monday: Fontina (simply one of my favourites, try this as soon as you can)
Wednesday: Cambozola (an interesting hybrid of a few different cheese flavours and origins)
Friday (Sunday): Halloumi grilled cheese (A+ for effort and anticipation, D for execution, incomplete for overall grade. I think I’m going to have to try this cheese again)
Now, you might want to sit down for this next part. It pains me to say that, as much as I would like to think otherwise, the Captain is not perfect. I know, I know, it’s a shocker. So with that being said, I would like to issue an addendum to my review of Halloumi grilled cheese and point out that it was the Phantom who provided the recommendation. Her contributions are invaluable, as always.
Cheese in the news
This week’s cheese news story is only somewhat cheese related but it does involve Chuck E. Cheese. From reading the article, it appears that when the manager had an unexpected emergency and had to leave, the assistant manager decided to close the restaurant, much to the chagrin of customers.
There’s a pun in there somewhere about the cats being away and the mice playing.
And in honour of this week’s grilled cheese…
Stay cheesy!
Captain Cheese
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