April 30, 2003

Zingerman's cream cheese

For the second year in a row, V. has given me the gift of cheese. This year, I received Zingerman's spread of fresh cheeses, and holy cow, was the cream cheese good. You could make out the family resemblance to Philadelphia, but the texture seemed much more delicate and the taste was had a big whallop of dairy flavor. It made it clear why the stuff is called cream cheese, although it was much more tangy than cream (or fresh butter or unflavored ice cream). We had it on toast with strawberry jam and as a condiment on matzoh brei, and it was simply delectable.

(Also, just for Judith: unheimlich. That's the last one, I swear.)

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