{"id":13405,"date":"2010-05-06T15:07:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T22:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=13405"},"modified":"2010-05-07T10:52:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T17:52:14","slug":"cheese-wine-party-33-13-the-final-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/cheese-wine-party-33-13-the-final-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheese &#038; Wine Party 33 1\/3: The Final Verdict."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cheese-Party-2-0232.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13647\" title=\"Cheese Par-tay\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cheese-Party-2-0232-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cheese-Party-2-0232-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cheese-Party-2-0232-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post title is inspired by The Naked Gun, since we love Leslie Nielsen, and by our recent <em>numerous<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2010\/04\/22\/too-much-cheese-for-just-one-party-a-little-goes-a-long-way\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cheese &amp; Wine parties<\/a>.\u00a0 Here we finally summarize our favorites and the consensus is unanimous.\u00a0 For our slew of parties, we purchased (6) different <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2010\/04\/17\/preliminary-testing-for-an-upcoming-cheese-tasting-par-tay\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cheeses from Trader Joe&#8217;s<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0They have an excellent selection.\u00a0 Before the\u00a0first party, we tested the Cheese\u00a0to spare guests from\u00a0potential scary flavors, which is highly recommended and turned out to be necessary, since we quickly ruled out the TJ Morbier\u00a0(France).\u00a0 It tasted awful, thus we replaced it with another.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a better party when all tastes good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13648\" title=\"Mazzetta Product Accompaniments\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-021-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-021-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-021-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the winners are&#8230; <strong>(1)<\/strong> <strong>Toscano Cheese With Black Pepper (Italy)<\/strong>, (2) Blue Catello (France), (3) Italian Truffle Cheese (Italy), (4) Gouda Cheese With Olive Oil (USA),\u00a0(5) Kiwi Swiss Cheese (New Zealand), and (6) Smoked Cheese (Holland).\u00a0 All are Cow&#8217;s Milk Cheeses.\u00a0 The first three listed\u00a0are definitely worth buying again &#8212; Everyone particularly loved the Toscano Cheese With Black Pepper (back row right).\u00a0 And the Italian Truffle Cheese deserves a special mention too, as it includes actual Truffle pieces throughout (front row left).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13649\" title=\"Mezzetta Products\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-003-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13650\" title=\"Cheese &amp; Wine Par-tay Accompaniments\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-018-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13652\" title=\"Ready for Wine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-009-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13651\" title=\"Personal Wine Opener\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Cheese-Party-2-013-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our final <strong>Cheese &amp; Wine\u00a0Par-tay <\/strong>included a few Mezzetta products that went well with the Cheese and other accompaniments.\u00a0 We dipped\u00a0Olive Bread in the Pesto Sauce and\u00a0the Roasted Red Peppers and Pepperoncinis were a compliment to all.\u00a0 Thanks <a title=\"Link to more Mezzetta products and information.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2009\/12\/27\/appetizer-platter-inspired-by-mezzettas-20-minute-miracle-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mezzetta<\/a> &#8212; We&#8217;ve enjoyed many of your fine products\u00a0over the\u00a0years and the arrival of the (3) above surely came at the right time.\u00a0 We liked the\u00a0Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio had with all, but\u00a0have no\u00a0elaboration on &#8217;em.\u00a0 They sufficed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note<\/span>:\u00a0What makes a Party a Par-tay is your own personal Wine opener.\u00a0 Thanks T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post title is inspired by The Naked Gun, since we love Leslie Nielsen, and by our recent numerous Cheese &amp; Wine parties.\u00a0 Here we finally summarize our favorites and the consensus is unanimous.\u00a0 For our slew of parties, we purchased (6) different Cheeses from Trader Joe&#8217;s.\u00a0\u00a0They have an excellent selection.\u00a0 Before the\u00a0first party, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[109,3855,1426,2272,1,153,103,152,396,1047,41],"tags":[3499,4142,3981,110,27,4166,509,4167],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cheese &amp; 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