Favorite kind of cheese? Mine is shredded mozzarella 😋
Shredded mozzarella is AMAZING you have good taste! Okay so "favorites" are always hard for me bc I either have too many to choose (like favorite Taylor song? Yeah I can't) or it changes all the time. So currently here's my cheese rundown:
So for like snacking for just eating on its own. There is this brand from Australia called Old Crock and it's all good but their garlic&herb cheddar is SO. EPICALLY. GOOD. Hands down my favorite. But- I can't find it anywhere anymore!!! There was a brief period before covid where it was at almost every grocery store but now it's gone and I'm SO SAD I've even written the company twice. But that's definitely my favorite for snacking/charcuterie. Second choice is usually sharp white cheddar, and my favorite is from Kerrygold which is an Irish brand that makes dairy from grass-fed animals which is important with our diet stuff so we get their butter and also they make a cheese called Dubliner which is also really, really good especially as a melted/fondue cheese. Though both I've used on eggs and to snack on.
Otherwise, favorites depend on what use the cheese will be for. Brie for any melted cheese creation, there's a recipe I want to find; this local restaurant had cheese fries made with a brie, garlic & sage sauce and I've always wanted to figure that one out. Speaking if cheese fries that is one guilty pleasure which tbh it's been years but back in Chicago they have the cheese fries with the really melty yummy orangeish cheese that I know is not nutritionally the best so it's a treat but I do LOVE IT. Like the cheese fries from Portillo's or Steak N' Shake. Speaking of things I only find in Chicago I also love Greek food and I really love Saganaki which is an American-Greek creation but it's the one they light on fire and it's usually made with a specific cheese that's either goat or sometimes sheep and I want to find it and try making it someday. I used to be really picky and think things like feta were gross but now I love it like on gyros and Greek salads. I do still HATE bleu cheese and swiss cheese I cannot stand those and only *sometimes* gorgonzola.
Mozzarella with/in lots of pasta dishes is a must and very yummy for snacking; though I prefer parmesan for anything I need to actually melt cheese into and like to make homemade Alfredo. I also use parm a lot in eggs and on salads etc so many uses. For sandwiches I tend towards slices of Monterey or Colby jack slices if not regular medium cheddar. I will also snack away on cheddar but tend to like it sharper. Tillamook cheddar is good.
Anyways if anyone doubted my love of cheese I mean