On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:00:04 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:53:19 -0700, "The Ranger"
> wrote:
>
>>notbob > wrote in message
>
>>> If it will make you feel any better, I think brie sucks, too.
>>
>>You are so hopeless at times. I'll light a candle and mumble a
>>pray for you.
>>
>>The Ranger
>>
>
>I am wondering if notbob has ever had a really good brie....
>
>This reminds me of last year, when I bought some great parmesan. It
>was night and day from most of the parmesan I had eaten up to that
>point. This was the real thing, imported from Italy. I don't know
>how hold it was, and it really was probably not that old. It was
>moist, and extremely flavorful. I kept on shaving bits of it off the
>hunk I got. I couldn't stop eating it: it was THAT good.
>
>I had eaten parmesan before, but this was totally different..in a
>class by itself.
>
>This is probably true of brie, and many other cheeses....

I'm sure it's true. The first time I had brie it was with a pear
slice. I was in love. Then I tried it slightly warmed with cranberry
chutney and walnuts. Sometimes baked in puff pastry. Gawd that's
good if it's a triple cream.

Lou