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Aged cheese? None of that old cheese for me. Bring me new cheese.

Have you had well aged cheddar?

Aged Gouda, of course. The Dutch border is just 40 miles away. And I prefer the very old one which seems to have some mold but it's the salt in the cheese.

8 year old or older aged cheddar

So many choices..... nothing wrong with a good aged cheddar. Even an industrial version like Tillamook Extra Sharp (white). Or gruyere. Or Gouda. But my personal favorite is a medium (belegen) aged Gouda with cumin seed. Hard to find this side of the pond, but a little store in Salt Lake that carries it.

I use a fair bit of Provolone, but Gouda's very good and a local cheese factory here has some 12-year+ aged Cheddar that's truly excellent..

Velveeta

Fun fact: the working name for processed cheese, before the marketeers got hold of it, was “embalmed cheese”. Born Appetit!

Smoked Gouda

Cabot Farmhouse cheddar -

Probably got around ten kinds of cheese in the fridge right now, but our favorite is 12 year old cheddar from River Rat Cheese in Clayton NY. Every time we go up there I make it a point to get some. Hang onto your wallet. Our everyday cheese here at home Cabot 3 or 4 year old cheddar.

I was eating some Dutch aged Gouda that I got at Costco when i started the thread -but I can’t remember ever eating Asiago…. Hmmmm

I thought that's what the dairy men wanted it called.....not the processors.

Limberger

Bite your tongue man.

Get yourself some 14 year aged instead of the 1 year aged stuff.

https://scraycheese.com/store-2/14-Year-Aged-Cheddar-1-lb-p244683961

Years ago I traveled to Great Britain on company business . We stayed little hotel near AWRE which is GB's Atomic Weapons lab. .After the main course, a young gal brought out a cheese tray (actually a cart on wheels) with several different cheese wheels on it. I got to know the young gal serving it and she would dig out the center of the Stilton cheese wheel. Other patrons only got a wedge.It was the best blue cheese I ever tasted

Manchego is a favorite in our rotation: Manchego is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the Manchega breed. It is aged between 60 days and 2 years. Manchego has a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture, often containing small, unevenly distributed air pockets.

Havarti or Swiss. The Swiss is nice and “stinky”!

I love all varieties of blue cheeses, roquefort, stilton, gorgonzola, and cabrales, etc. However, a nice block of gouda with just a kiss of cold hickory smoke makes the best grilled cheese sandwiches in the history of grilled cheese sandwiches.

There is a place near here that makes and ages cheese. They have cheddar cheeses aged from 1 year to 18 years that you can sample. I've tried it all and found I like the stuff that's been aged 4-5 years the best.