Food & Drink (OT)

[zambonir]

Email I just got from Curiousity Doughnuts in Doylestown. Apparently one of their employees also makes fresh pasta.

We will also have Philly Cheese Steak pasta kits in the house. They are $35 and serve two people as an entree, with a combination of classic and jalapeno casarecce and our cheese steak sauce.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/curiositydoughnuts/3562307655198613978/

[Sabin]

and our cheese steak sauce.

Does it contain Brie?

[zambonir]

I'm more hung up on the steak part. Is it a a sauce that includes both cheese and steak, or a cheese sauce inspired by Whiz and the "steak" part is just branding?

[julio]

And here I thought you were being serious for a second.

Happen to have a favorite type of brie? Around the holidays I'll make a baked brie,. Take an 8oz wheel, wrap it in a puff pastry (I rub with Kerrigold butter) and top with a good raspberry preserve and sliced almonds (also optional: slice the wheel in half and add some of the preserves and almonds in the middle). Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, let sit for five.

That's normally a pleaser.

Pretty much any Brie - mild or aged. Your baked Brie sounds good. I’ve also enjoyed it with cranberry (on a bagel at Johnson Hall in Hulmeville); and of course just smeared on a cracker.

But no, not on a cheesesteak! Provolone, with grilled onions and mushrooms, ideally. Peppers are OK, but I sorta see them as taking up space that could have held mushrooms…

[Sabin]

Came across this article last night.

I like cheese. Not sure I like it that much.

Casu marzu: The world’s ‘most dangerous’ cheese

Cheese skipper flies, Piophila casei, lay their eggs in cracks that form in cheese, usually fiore sardo, the island’s salty pecorino.

Maggots hatch, making their way through the paste, digesting proteins in the process, and transforming the product into a soft creamy cheese.

Then the cheesemonger cracks open the top – which is almost untouched by maggots – to scoop out a spoonful of the creamy delicacy.

[julio]

Pass.

[zambonir]

almost untouched!

but not really that different from any cheese, it's just that you can see the maggots!

[zambonir]

Saw a pic on Facebook of Cooper DeJean picking up sandwiches at John's Roast Pork today.