I LOVE ME SOME FETA.
I am home alone – I had to come home and work a few days
and leave my main man in Indianapolis. So
tonight I decided to splurge and treat myself with some really nice feta.
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| Here is the packaging for this fancy feta |
At least, what I presumed would be nice feta. I fell for the “it’s expensive so it must be good” trick (I like to think I do
not usually fall for that…). The feta we
normally purchase at Trader Joe’s is $2.99 for 8 oz. This feta was $6.49 for 10.5 oz – see – comparatively
it was PRICEY! (You can see the review
of our normal TJ’s feta on day 105 of this blog.)
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| What the hell- put it on a credit card! |
So this afternoon I was craving feta. I neeeeeeeeeeeeded feta. And really, as far as cravings go, if you are
going to crave something, I think FETA is a mighty healthy craving, don’t
you? So I went straight to Trader Joe’s
in Clarendon, VA to hook myself up!
Now, earlier in the day I was stuck in traffic. Like, BAD Washington DC traffic. So I had time to hear the news on NPR not
once but two or three times. So I kept
hearing about the Prime Minister of Greece resigning today. And you know, Greece is in a boat load of
financial trouble. That poor country is
a messy mess! So I guess what I am
saying is, yes, I splurged and spent way more on feta than a girl needs to
spend, but it was AUTHENTIC GREEK FETA from GREEEEEEEECE for heaven’s
sake! And if anyone needs my money, it
is Greece, right? So there. Not only did I satisfy my craving, I helped
out an entire economy with my purchase.
(That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.)
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| David taking the plunge in Koufonisia, Greece (2007) |
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| Me swimming in Koufonisia, Greece - isn't the water beautiful??? |
So, was my splurge on this feta worth it?
Uh-huh.
This cheese is amazing!
It is a kick ass feta. It comes
in brine, which seems to ensure it is not dry and blecky like some fetas
are. However, the brine also means it
can be MESSY, as evidenced by when I tried to pick it up after “closing” it
(oops, it was not closed) to read the bottom of the container… I splashed brine all over the counter.
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| It has 2 chunks of feta in it - here I stood them up for you to see |
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| This is what it is like when you open the tub |
The thing I need to ding the rating on a bit for this
product is the packaging. It is super
hard to OPEN. You pull off a little hard
plastic bit, then theoretically you can pull the lid off. Maybe it is because I currently have long
nails and need to cut them, but I had a really hard time getting the lid
off. I resorted to jamming a fork around
until I could squeeze it open a bit. And
of course the whole time I was trying to rip the lid off, I was afraid the lid
would POP off and give me a brine shower.
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| This totally satisfied my craving for feta. Ahhhhh.... |
I am glad I splurged.
Greece needs our help – go buy this feta. J Just be really careful opening and closing
it.
Price - $6.49
Rating – 4.75
Always use a utensil to remove the feta from the brine and only put back unused feta that has not been touched by your fingers. This avoids contaminating the brine.
ReplyDeleteTHANKS!
Deletelove the cheese ...hate how difficult it is to open the container! We typically resort to puncturing it with a knife or scissors! lol
ReplyDeleteAGREEEEEEEEEEEEED! I often resort to asking David to open it... I hate doing that, but once I get that feta container out of the fridge my mouth is watering and I NEED TO GET IN IT!
DeleteBest feta, worst container to open. I was hoping to find a better way when I googled. No luck.
ReplyDeleteThis is not difficult to open. But maybe I found the "secret" sooner than the rest of you. In one of the corners the ridge under the lid is designed to break away leaving a place to easily pry the lid off.
ReplyDeleteThank you. You're a genius. Just spent TIME with a pair of pliers even though I started in that obvious corner - I did not simply pry open the corner; I tried to pull the tab and that Does Not work.
ReplyDeleteSimply pry up on that corner!
Thanks again.
Yes! Thanks Larry. Simply used a dinner knife to break away the notched corner and the top came right off. ✅
ReplyDeleteI also love this feta and needed some Google help in finding the right way to open it. I believe the reason it’s so good is that it’s made from sheep’s milk the way true feta should be. Also, pre-crumbled cheeses have cellulose on them to keep the crumbles from sticking, which makes them dry and not as tasty!
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