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What's your favorite cheese? "Just bite off a hunk and enjoy" cheese, not "cooking with" cheese?

I usually am a toss up between colby and munster, but I really think it's ultimately going to be swiss.
 
I'm a great fan of Brie. I love it at room temperature with some mild crackers.

Beyond just eating out of the fridge, I love it baked with brown sugar and walnuts. Yum.

Buck and I used to go to a wonderful restaurant called the Yellow Brick Bank in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. They had a fabulous appetizer of Brie and walnuts that knocked our socks off.
 
Real French munster is a treat. It's worlds different from the supermarket stuff. I love it with a baguette and some sausage.
 
Bite off a hunk and eat? I'm a big fan of pepper jack.
In general? Marscapone, just because there are a trillion things I do with it.
 
Prima donna - a type of Gouda, otherwise a nice piece of Edam is delightful. Cheddar is extremely hard to beat. If I can eat it with something, like a strawberry, Brie.

But then Baby Bel, Laughing Cow (with an apple) and Kraft singles (with either grapes or cherry tomatoes) will always have a place in my heart come snack time.
 
I love so many cheeses, and i will occasionally remove a chunk and munch it from almost any cheese, including veined cheeses, and parmesano regiano, asiago, and romano pecorino. But my all-time favorite is Balderson Heritage Cheedar, aged 5 years. You can't eat a bunch of it as it is very strong, but then again, it only takes a couple of small bites to satisfy.

If I want just ahunk of cheese to munch on, then colby is my favorite snackin' cheese, with a stick of pepperoni along side. Yum.

Oh, and if you do a search, you will find a similar thread with a host of responses.

Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
 
I am with Bilb on the gouda. I also like some of the soft ripe cheeses.
 
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Sharp cheddar. I always have some, so it must be my favorite.
And yes, I have been known to break off a chunk to eat without grabbing for anything else....
 
This is pretty much an impossible question for me since I have yet to meet a cheese - any cheese - that I haven't liked in some capacity. At this point in life, I think the only cheese I enjoyed as a child but don't care for much now is the Norwegian "Gjetost", which I find much too sweet as an adult.

I love them all - from cheddar to Limburger & back again. (I'd sell any relatives I don't like if Liederkranz would come back again - lol!!) But I guess, just off the top of my head (& I know I could come up with DOZENS more), the following are my favorite "grab a hunk for a snack" cheeses:

Kashkavel - a salty sheep's milk cheese.
Kasseri - ditto.
(Both of the above are excellent cheeses to pair with some good marinated olives & a few canned stuffed grape leaves with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Talk about an ultra snack!!)
Wisconsin Brick - must be a real authentic Wisconsin Brick cheese to qualify.
Queso Fresco with Jalapeno Pepper - used to be able to get this at a local supermarket until recently - boo hoo!!!
Aged Gruyere - nothing beats a good aged Gruyere; solid, satisfying, & nutty.
 
No, unfortunately they don't (although I continue to check whenever I'm in there).

The only store that used to carry it around here was Food Lion, but they haven't had it in months.
 
Oooh - just remembered another favorite, especially at this time of year:

Any blue-veined cheese (Maytag, Gorgonzola, Stilton, etc.) with slices of very ripe, juicy, pear & a glass of nice ruby Port. Yum.
 
Trader Joe has this "sandwiched" cheese, with Cheddar on the top and bottom and Stiltson in the middle, that I am rather fond of.
 
Like Breezy, there is no way I could pick just one. Cheese is one of my favorite foods and there are so many different types that I love. Just to throw one out that no one has said yet, but not necessarily my "favorite" is Jarlsberg. I grew up with this stuff and love it. I enjoy a nice big chunk of it or thin slices of it or melted on a bagel with some lox. Each way tastes different to me and I love all of them.
 
I have tried alot of different cheeses in my life and I have enjoyed probably 99% of
them. I have a weeny dog that justs loves cheeses.n his favorite food though is
peanut butter. but I havent found a cheese that he won`t eat.
 
First Maytag Blue second good wisconsin aged brick ( almost Limburger ) Third Ferry vill Wisconsin Colby. I have yet to meet a cheese I did not like
 
:)I love all cheeses american and foreign I dont have a favorite as I love what ever comes along.I have had some Bulgarian Feta that is by far better than American and other foreign. I order from Igourmet.com to get the great ones and yet I dont mind Velveeta at times either.
 
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