On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:34:34 -0600, Arri London >
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I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
not?

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sf wrote:
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> On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:34:34 -0600, Arri London >
> wrote:
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> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
> not?
>


Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful

On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:19:04 -0600, Arri London >
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>sf wrote:
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>> On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:34:34 -0600, Arri London >
>> wrote:
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>> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
>> not?
>>
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>
>Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful

Guava paste with Manchego cheese is absolutely wonderful. When I have
been bereft of guava paste, a good jam or marmalade is a great
substitute.
I hope you try it sometime.

koko
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Arri London wrote:
>sf wrote:
>>Arri London wrote:
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>> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
>> not?
>
>Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful

Why, jam is fruit... fruit is usually served with cheese and no rule
says it must be fresh fruit. And many cheeses lend themselves to jams
particularly well; cottage cheese, pot cheese, farmer cheese, and of
course cream cheese. And many cheeses are eaten with crackers and for
many the crackers/toasts are spread with jam and then eaten along with
cheese and spirits are drunk as well... what's a wine and cheese
without crackers, and cooked fruit is a more natural accompaniment for
crackers/toasts than fresh fruit... my family consumed a lot of
compote, we all had an array of fruit trees. It's really all a matter
of what's traditional for each. I prefer jams with cheese and
crackers/bread to fresh fruit... but for me when I grew up that was
traditional breakfast fare along with a lot of other viands that many
today wouldn't think of eating at all... folks from Latvia also ate a
lot of smoked/pickled fish for breakfast, I'm sure still I'd kill for
the matjes herring available then, today it's crap, not even
herring... and also drank vodka and/or schnapps for breakfast, with
tea or coffee, mostly tea brewed in an ornate samovar... my
grandfather would finish a 16 ounce glass of straight vodka along with
a 16 ounce glass of caviar as an appetizer before breakfast... the
caviar he ate (I've no idea which) was in the 16 ounce glasses he used
to drink vodka or tea... it was a tall tapered glass. We ate wedges
from huge loaves of Russian black bread and corn bread, not
cornbread... dense with chewy crust a 1/2" thick that my grandmother
baked every morning, the loaves proofed in bed with her under the down
comforter, she had special linen proofing sacks, bread would be in the
coal stove oven by 4 AM, a loaf weighed a good five pounds. She baked
six loaves every day. She and my grandfather operated a tourist home
here in the Catskills... today called a B & B. Their tourist home is
long gone, the property was donated to the town and is now a park
commemorating them... they fed and housed a lot of indigents, even if
they had to sleep in a hallway on a pallet.

On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:19:04 -0600, Arri London >
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> sf wrote:
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> > On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:34:34 -0600, Arri London >
> > wrote:
> >
> > I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
> > not?
> >
>
>
> Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful

A few weeks ago on TV, Lidia Bastianich showed a huge platter of
cheeses with various accompaniments - two of them were jam and honey,
nuts were another and I don't remember the rest. A restaurant example
is Absinthe, SF http://www.absinthe.com/menus.php open the dinner
menu and read the cheese selections.

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"Arri London" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> sf wrote:

>> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
>> not?
>>
>
>
> Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful

But it isn't. It is quite common as an antipasto or dessert here in central
Italy. We often make preserves specific to the purpose, like red onion jam,
squash jam, spicy chili pepper peach, and honey is also very prized for the
same course.

"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "Arri London" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> sf wrote:
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>>> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
>>> not?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful
>
> But it isn't. It is quite common as an antipasto or dessert here in
> central Italy. We often make preserves specific to the purpose, like red
> onion jam, squash jam, spicy chili pepper peach, and honey is also very
> prized for the same course.

Cheese goes beautifully with fruit cake and with apple pie too!
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"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Fri 08 Oct 2010 03:40:15a, Ophelia told us...
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>> "Giusi" > wrote in message
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>>> "Arri London" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so
>>>>> why not?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful
>>>
>>> But it isn't. It is quite common as an antipasto or dessert here
>>> in central Italy. We often make preserves specific to the
>>> purpose, like red onion jam, squash jam, spicy chili pepper
>>> peach, and honey is also very prized for the same course.
>>
>> Cheese goes beautifully with fruit cake and with apple pie too!
>
> I've nver tried it with fruitcake, but my mother would often put a
> slice of cheese on top of a cold slice of apple pie, then slip it
> under the broiler until the cheese was beginning to bubble.
> Delicious!

Yum It is not such an outrageous idea though, because I have seen recipes
using cheese pastry for apple pie

I don't know if you have Christmas/fruit cakes? Well, I tend not to
ice/frost mine. I bake them and store them, feeding them with alcohol
<hic> for a few months after baking.

A slice of that is wonderful with a cheese. Try it and I bet you will
become hooked

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"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Fri 08 Oct 2010 07:46:38a, Ophelia told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 5.247...
>>> On Fri 08 Oct 2010 03:40:15a, Ophelia told us...
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>>>>
>>>> "Giusi" > wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Arri London" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate,
>>>>>>> so why not?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful
>>>>>
>>>>> But it isn't. It is quite common as an antipasto or dessert
>>>>> here in central Italy. We often make preserves specific to the
>>>>> purpose, like red onion jam, squash jam, spicy chili pepper
>>>>> peach, and honey is also very prized for the same course.
>>>>
>>>> Cheese goes beautifully with fruit cake and with apple pie too!
>>>
>>> I've nver tried it with fruitcake, but my mother would often put
>>> a slice of cheese on top of a cold slice of apple pie, then slip
>>> it under the broiler until the cheese was beginning to bubble.
>>> Delicious!
>>
>> Yum It is not such an outrageous idea though, because I have
>> seen recipes using cheese pastry for apple pie
>
> Many years ago I had an apple pie recipe that has cheddar cheese in
> the bottom crust and a crumb topping. About ten minutes before it
> was done, cream was poured into the top. I wish I still had that
> recipe, though I suppose I could wing it.
>
>> I don't know if you have Christmas/fruit cakes? Well, I tend not
>> to ice/frost mine. I bake them and store them, feeding them with
>> alcohol <hic> for a few months after baking.
>>
>> A slice of that is wonderful with a cheese. Try it and I bet you
>> will become hooked
>>
>
> I am without fruit cake this year, but our family always had a dark
> fruitcake that was treated the same as yours. Both my mother and I
> would bake fruit cake after the Christmas holidays for the next
> Christmas. We baked them so early because it's difficult to find
> candied or glacéed fruit in the US except around the holidays.
>
> The next time I have a cake I will try it with cheese. This year,
> though, we will probably be in the throes of moving around the
> holidays, so probably won't get a chance to bake one.

Well, good luck with the move!

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On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:36:00 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

> I've nver tried it with fruitcake, but my mother would often put a
> slice of cheese on top of a cold slice of apple pie, then slip it
> under the broiler until the cheese was beginning to bubble.
> Delicious!

I think hot apple pie with sharp cheddar is old fashioned and
traditional. I'd rather have my cheddar with tart raw apples, but
that's me.

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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:36:00 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>> I've nver tried it with fruitcake, but my mother would often put a
>> slice of cheese on top of a cold slice of apple pie, then slip it
>> under the broiler until the cheese was beginning to bubble.
>> Delicious!
>
> I think hot apple pie with sharp cheddar is old fashioned and
> traditional. I'd rather have my cheddar with tart raw apples, but
> that's me.

Your tastes have a fashion?????
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:57:54 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:36:00 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I've nver tried it with fruitcake, but my mother would often put a
> >> slice of cheese on top of a cold slice of apple pie, then slip it
> >> under the broiler until the cheese was beginning to bubble.
> >> Delicious!
> >
> > I think hot apple pie with sharp cheddar is old fashioned and
> > traditional. I'd rather have my cheddar with tart raw apples, but
> > that's me.
>
> Your tastes have a fashion?????
> --

I guess you could put it that way. My grandparents did it, none of my
contemporaries or children's friends (that I know of) do it.

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koko wrote:
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> On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:19:04 -0600, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >sf wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:34:34 -0600, Arri London >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
> >> not?
> >>
> >
> >
> >Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful
>
> Guava paste with Manchego cheese is absolutely wonderful. When I have
> been bereft of guava paste, a good jam or marmalade is a great
> substitute.
> I hope you try it sometime.
>
> koko
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BTDT and didn't like it at all I go as far as putting honey on cream
cheese.

Giusi wrote:
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> "Arri London" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> > sf wrote:
>
> >> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
> >> not?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful
>
> But it isn't. It is quite common as an antipasto or dessert here in central
> Italy. We often make preserves specific to the purpose, like red onion jam,
> squash jam, spicy chili pepper peach, and honey is also very prized for the
> same course.

*Savoury* jams/preserves I can visualise with some cheeses. But not
sweet. Cream cheese and honey or chile jam (which I don't make very
sweet anyway), yes.

Apparently there are no receptors in my brain for sweet+cheese LOL.

Arri London wrote:
>Giusi wrote:
>> "Arri London" wrote:
>> > sf wrote:
>>
>> >> I've seen jam and honey accompany cheese on a cheese plate, so why
>> >> not?
>> >
>> > Where did you see that? Sounds dreadful
>>
>> But it isn't. It is quite common as an antipasto or dessert here in central
>> Italy. We often make preserves specific to the purpose, like red onion jam,
>> squash jam, spicy chili pepper peach, and honey is also very prized for the
>> same course.
>
>*Savoury* jams/preserves I can visualise with some cheeses. But not
>sweet. Cream cheese and honey or chile jam (which I don't make very
>sweet anyway), yes.
>
>Apparently there are no receptors in my brain for sweet+cheese LOL.

You never ate cheese danishes (cherry-cheese, pineapple-cheese,
blueberry-cheese, etc.)...
canoli:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,191,...224197,00.html

I won't even mention cheese cake.