"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> Little Malice <Little Malice >> wrote:
>
>> One time on Usenet, Sqwertz > said:
>>
>>> It's a grilled ham and cheese topped with more cheese and a white
>>> sauce (made with more cheese). The one pictured is a double decker
>>> made with Blarney Castle and cheddar cheeses, home made ham, with
>>> romano and more blarney in the sauce. Then broiled.
>>
>> I had to look up Blarney Castle cheese, but I'm glad I did:
>>
>> "Blarney Castle is a semi-soft cheese with a mild flavor and creamy
>> texture similar to a young Gouda."
>
> There are several brands of "Blarney" cheese, but I think only the
> Kerrygold brand is called "Blarney Castle" cheese. One site says
> it's produced at the castle itself using cows grazing on it's land,
> but I don't see how several different dairies can be operating on
> the grounds of the castle.
>
> Some sites also claim it a round waxed cheese. The Kerrtygold stuff
> is very mass-produced - especially if they're selling it at CostCo
> for $4.85/lb.
>
> Joel - do you have an entry for Blarney cheese in that book of
> yours?
>
> [Yes, I'm guilty of crossposting. Sheldon is right - I am a
> crossposting scumbag singlehandedly responsible for inviting
> spammers selling handbags into RFC]
>
> BTW: CostCo is carryoing three Irish cheeses, Kerrygold butter and I
> forget which brand of raw corned beef this month. The beef wasn't
> too cheap ($4/lb? It BETTER be good for that price)
>
> -sw

Sorrry, neither that nor Kerrygold. But the book was old, even before
the reprinting in 1953.