I'm London Bound!

In 16 hours I'll be starting my journey to London.  The cheese buyer for the shop got me a bit of a tour with Lucy from Neal's Yard Dairy.  Two hours one on one with someone from the cheesiest place on Earth? Take that Disney  You bet your Berkswell I'm excited! 

I bought some cheese from the shop tonight to have for my trip tomorrow.  Then I remembered that I can't fly with soft cheese.   So I had to eat it for dinner instead.  The cheese tonight was called St. Pat and she's from Cowgirl Creamery in California.  This is a great little cheese.  Each round weighs about 1/2# or 225 g the metric system...oh yeah, I'm learning it. and is wrapped in nettle leaves.  The nettles are washed and frozen, so there's no sting left in them.

This cheese is soft and creamy like a well-ripened Camembert, but it has a lovely vegetal quality to it.  Some people describe  it as artichoke-ish, but I don't know.  To me it tastes like the sweet and sour clovers we would eat as kids when we were at camp.  Kind of grassy, tangy and slightly bitter.  This cheese is a great way to celebrate spring, or to kick off a trip to London!

This is going to be my last post for a week.  I just can't justify bringing my laptop all the way across the pond.   I know I haven't even gotten there yet, but I already can't wait to come home and share my cheese experiences with you guys.  Eat plenty of cheese while I'm gone!