Cheese!!!!!!

I know, I know it's savory. But cheese is a product that must be given credit for it's divine trips in the world of flavor (english translation: I love it and I'm going to write about it).

The life of the party is not the people. It is not the music. It's the food. One of the most common party foods is cheese. Seems easy right? It is, as long as you follow these steps.

Step 1) select cheeses that people know, or taste like they know. Choose cheeses like blues, bries, goudas and cheddars. And if you are going to use cheddar, this my motto.

           "My motto with cheddar is the sharper, the better."
                                                                                     -RI Red

This means when using cheddar, go for sharp, extra sharp, or Cabot makes a seriously sharp (that's really good).

Step 2) If you can try a cheese at the grocery store, and tastes good, get it. Just make sure that your taste pallet corresponds with what most other people like, just in case your the person who likes things that not many other people like (If you like deep fried fish roe, than that's what I'm talking about).

This was a sample at Trader Joe's

Step 3) Keep cheese refrigerated at all times

  Step 4) Before serving your cheese, take it out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature. Your cheese won't taste good if it's cold. 

Step 5) serve cheese spread apart, so that knives don't cut different cheeses. 

Step 6) don't, under any circumstances, cut cheese up before hand. It dries the cheese out and looks really cheep. One time my aunt asked me to cut the cheese (ha ha) I was bringing into fun shapes for thanksgiving. I said no, because then there wouldn't be any good cheese left, just dried out milk mold.

Step 7) have a different knife for every cheese. This prevents weird flavors mingling together in a not so lovely way. With multiple knifes, you get the cheese you cut.

Step 8) Enjoy! For an even better cheese board, serve your cheeses with extra nosh like grapes, nuts and crackers.