compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL the "sharpness" of cheddar is associated with the levels of bitter peptides in the cheese.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down16
arrow-up1245arrow-down1external-linkTIL the "sharpness" of cheddar is associated with the levels of bitter peptides in the cheese.en.wikipedia.orgcompostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoMmm, delicious peptides. Nothing better than a crumbly 3+ year old cheddar, especially when it has those nice salt deposits on the surface.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoI like when those little crystals develop inside
minus-squareElvith Ma'for@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoHaving a cheese with those crystals at home. My wife: Uh, that doesn’t look good. I think it’s spoiled! Me: WAIT, let me look first! Looks, sniffs, takes a bite nope, everything fine! My wife, sceptical: You do you, I suppose… … everytime…
minus-squareranzispa@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoWhere I live a highly prized cheese is best when spoiled. It’s not like they age it very long or in a particular way, they just throw it in a cellar to rot for a while. It’s delicious.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoA really mature Red Leicester beats any cheddar.
Mmm, delicious peptides. Nothing better than a crumbly 3+ year old cheddar, especially when it has those nice salt deposits on the surface.
I like when those little crystals develop inside
Having a cheese with those crystals at home.
My wife: Uh, that doesn’t look good. I think it’s spoiled!
Me: WAIT, let me look first! Looks, sniffs, takes a bite nope, everything fine!
My wife, sceptical: You do you, I suppose…
… everytime…
Where I live a highly prized cheese is best when spoiled. It’s not like they age it very long or in a particular way, they just throw it in a cellar to rot for a while.
It’s delicious.
A really mature Red Leicester beats any cheddar.
Red Fox is great