branza... cheese wonderful cheese

well fewer things in life are better then cheese - that's right cheese makes the world go round - at least my world. sweet cheese, bitter cheese, tart cheese, sharp cheese, mild cheese, crumbly cheese, soft cheese, hard cheese and so much more. so of course raw excitement and heartfelt emotion all spurred by glorious cheese. the dairy council might want to send some $$$ my way :) i'm certain that u can get quite a few different cheeses here ....even hard to find cheeses but why search when there is a bounty of fresh delicious cheeses here. maybe there were just too many choices in the states and well not enough local producers. here u have local producers so there is a quality of freshness that isn't necessarily found in the larger stores in the states.

each day here is a day of discovery for me and last evening i ventured to a store that sells only cheese, milk and ice-cream. well i think i'll have to temper my desire for the glorious food called cheese because it's sooooo delicious. last night's dinner menu was modified to well experience this new cheese. of course the experience of it cold called for an accompaniment of an apple - a proper pare would have been a good thing too but the apple won. after the appetizer of apple/cool cheese was the cheese warmed and melted in pasta. it's form was decidely different and i was surprised at the textural change once it was warmed - a little salty but not too salty - so only pepper was the added condiment.

this cheese produced in cluj is brânză burduf II - brânză frământată - well it's just yummy. considered to last longer in the fridge then some others - but it's so good it won't last in the fridge - not in this house anyway.