Blue Stilton is a lovely cheese. A strong cheese. Ok, it is a cheese most people would call a
STINKY or SMELLY cheese, but it is darn good!
And this Trader Joe’s version of Blue Stilton was
GOOD. So good, in fact, that after we
shared our first one with other artists at the Indy Fringe over wine and I had
to leave town for a couple of days, David went BACK to Trader Joe’s and stocked
up on ANOTHER one. Then, after we
finished that one and came back home to Virginia,
last night at Trader Joe’s he bought ANOTHER ONE. So that is 3 purchases of this lovely cheese
in just 2 short weeks. Ahhhh – stinky cheese
rules!
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| Trader Joe's Blue Stilton - a right good stinky cheese |
This cheese is good to put on a cracker and eat while
sitting under the stars and sipping red wine.
It is also good to eat in a salad while sitting in front of
a television watching trash tv like “Naked and Afraid” and drinking San Pellegrino
(which got a great review on day 94 of this blog)
I imagine it would also work well crumbled up and spread
over a thin pasta. Or in an omelet. The sky is the limit. J
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| From England - like lots of other good things |
As you can see from the signage in the Indianapolis
Trader Joe’s, this cheese is from England.
Lots of good things are from England!
Let’s think of a few: the
Beatles, Hobnob Digestive Biscuits, fish ‘n’ chips, my Aunt Shirley, and Amy
Winehouse. Now we can add this Blue
Stilton to the list.
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| Aunt Shirley!!! The best Aunt in England. |
If you do not like smelly cheeses this is not the cheese
for you. But Greg, a hybrid musician
from Boston who was in Indy with us, is a foodie and DOES like smelly cheeses
and here is what he thought of this particular one when we shared it with him: “This Stilton was a fine version of the cheese. It is a little sharp and a little
pungent. It has a good flavor and balance
of salinity. It is a delightful snack at
the end of the day.”
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| It is not cheap, but it is much cheaper than airfare to England to pick up the cheese there. |
David says: “This
cheese is DELIGHTFUL! It is flavorful
and pungent. It has some structure to
it, yet is nice and creamy as well.”
This cheese is a win for stinky cheese lovers.
Price – $11.99/lb
Rating – 4.5
I love this cheese! Thank you Trader Joes for another affordable delusions product!♥
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