Cheese 101: Did You Know?
- Mild cheddar is aged over 30 days – Medium cheddar is aged over 90 days - Sharp cheddar is aged over 1 year
- Cooking, baking, and heating flavored cheddar cheese enhance flavors.
- Cheddar is a firmer cheese which gains flavor by aging. It is best when aged over 3 months.
- Mold may develop on the surface of cheese– cut mold away 1/4 to 1/2 inch of the cheese on all sides containing mold.
- The best cheese flavor is when cheese is at room temperature, remove from refrigerator 1-2 hours before serving.
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Cheese Curds: Fresh or Refergerated
Your local Sendiks Food Market offers many choices when it comes to cheese curds. Among those many cheese makers is the Malcore Cheese curds both fresh and refrigerated. So what is the difference? Here in our Germantown Sendiks we receive Malcore’s fresh curds on Tuesday, Friday and Saturdays. Often when the delivery truck arrives they are even still warm…..delivered directly from the cheese factory. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wilhelm Family Baker’s Torte
Sendik’s Food Market is one of the few sources of quality old fashioned bakers cheese. As difficult as it is to find bakers cheese, it’s even harder to find recipes. Many of these old family
recipes are treasured and passed down from one generation to the next.
Recently I had the pleasure of visiting with Mary Wilhelm at Germantown. She was shopping for bakers cheese to make her family’s favorite torte. She not only shared the recipe with me, but also the story of the recipe. Mary also graciously agreed to allow me to tell you the story and print the recipe. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cesar Cheese
If you have visited the Germantown Sendik’s Cheese Department lately, you may have noticed some pictures posted of a cheese maker pulling a long ribbon of cheese. That cheese maker is Cesar, owner and creator of “Cesar Cheese”. Cesar produces a quality hand made string cheese that is absolutely wonderful! Before I start gushing about how wonderful his cheese is, I’m going to tell you the rest of the story… Read the rest of this entry »
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