Trader Joe’s ENGLISH COTSWOLD Double Gloucester Cheese with onions/chives

21 Mar 2024 1 Comment

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PRODUCT OF ENGLAND

I just tried this for the first time and was quite impressed.

It’s a very tasty English cheese with a lovely flavor. Here I find the addition of the onion/chives enhance the taste of the cheese and do not overpower it. I would call the cheese neither hard nor soft, its in between. Its a bit softer for example than a Cheddar. Speaking of which this is different than a cheddar cheese; A “Gloucester cheese” is its own thing. This is the kind of cheese you might find at an English pub.

I first tasted it on its own, then on some plain crackers and found the flavor really lovely in both cases. Just very tasty. I think this would be great on a cheese plate or cheese board.

Equally nice is the way this cheese melted, which was very easily, as its not very hard to begin with. So this will be great to melt on things and cook with. I put it on a taco and it melted easily and was delicious especially when I let it get little brown. It would be great of course mixed into scrambled eggs. Would this make a great Welsh Rarebit? I think yes, so I intend to try that sometime.

This cheese is going for $10.99/lb, my hunk coming out to about $5. It is an Imported premium cheese, so that is not bad.

I would buy this again.

Trader Joe’s CHEVRE (Goat Log) cheese

07 Dec 2023 1 Comment

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This creamy soft log of goat cheese is actually one of my favorite cheeses Trader Joe’s carries. Along with it’s cousin the “honey chevre” log which has a tiny bit of sweetness from honey.

Chevre means goat in French. The cheeses are of course made with goat’s milk. If thought sounds off putting dont worry. TJ’s version is really a very mild, creamy chevre cheese with a light pleasant taste and aroma. The “Honey Chevre” is the same cheese but they’ve added a tiny bit of honey. I really like that version. I would suggest you to buy the Honey Chevre version first, if you’ve never tried any kind of goat cheese before. Goat cheese and some sweetness go so well together which is why chevre is often paired with fruit or coated with chopped cranberries or blueberries, and TJ’s has those fruity coated cheeses too.

These goat cheeses will be a great addition especially for a cheese board, and goat cheese matches wonderfully with fruit. Slice it up and serve with apples or grapes in addition to crackers and a crusty baguette.

https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/chevre-goat-cheese-019751

TJ’s says “This lovely Chevre is fresh, soft, and unaged – lower in fat, calcium, but higher in vitamin A than cheese from cow’s milk. And with a lower lactose content, makes it more tolerable for many children and elderly people who may have a tougher time processing lactose.

As a side note, TJ’s has one goat log coated with dried herbs. I am not crazy for that one, I just don’t think its as good as these other two as I found the dried herbs had a slightly bitter aftertaste. You can make that yourself fresh chopping up some herbs and rolling the log in them.

If you are lactose intolerant goat milk & cheese is supposed to be easier to digest.

The small log (5 oz) is $2.99 $3.29