Full Review:

Fromager d’Affinois Cheese!

Benjamin ate this on April 8, 2010

Similar to Brie. But not Brie. But you know, I’ve gotten away with the “oh hey everyone, Ben brought some really amazing, fantastic, extremely rare, delicious, important, culture-ladened brie for us all to enjoy!!” when bringing it to a dinner party. So. Hopefully that works for you too. Anyway, here’s the deal – I didn’t really do the whole “nice” cheese thing until a really good friend of mine introduced me to this stuff. In fact, I didn’t even really like wine. This stuff, specifically in the classic flavor here, is just amazing. So buttery, so smooth, just salty/savory enough. I get pair mine with some Garlic Triscuits or some sea salted water crackers. See, I can eat grown-up snacks.

First word after your first bite? How about other words?

Oh. Like, “Oh, I thought the only cheese I liked came in individually wrapped singles.”

High-brow or low-brow?

High-brow. 50% because I can’t pronounce it, 50% because its a French Cheese and when everyone else brings cheese puffs to the party and you bring this…you just look smarter.

Stand-alone snack or with something else?

Crackers! Nice thin crackers, but they can’t be too crumbly. Can’t steal the saltines from Wendy’s on this one, I know, I tried. Some Cake Bread wine doesn’t hurt either.

Thoughts on the packaging?

Meh, kind of hard to open. Whatever, easy to forget about that when it tastes so good.

Did you finish the whole thing?

I’m think that eating an entire one of these by yourself isn’t what they had in mind with serving sizes. But yes, I usually do finish the whole thing. Is that healthy?? Sorry, I know us ‘Muricans always screw up the French stuff.