What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Talking Points: Smoky Gouda Fruit Plate! What smells like bacon, is salty like bacon, and can be eaten at room temperature like bacon, but isn’t bacon? Give up? Smoky Gouda cheese. Here you have a mild, soft, slightly sweet-tasting cheese that practically gives you the same high as eating bacon. Seriously. The hickory smoked flavor practically makes your eyes roll back. Not to mention, the buttery smooth notes coat your tongue making it practically melt in your mouth. You realize the fruit is for show, don’t you? Just kidding.
SMOKY GOUDA CHEESE PLATE
Ingredients:
7-ounce wheel of Smoky Gouda cheese, wax removed
1 pint strawberries, washed and whole
1 bunch green grapes, seedless
Instructions:
Allow the cheese to come to room temperature. Remove the wax seal; cut cheese I nto bite-sized chunks. Arrange smoky gouda cheese, strawberries, and green grapes on a platter. Serve with crackers, if desired.
They look so beautiful in the cheese shops, the lovely wax coatings! But they taste even better. i love the smoked varieties.
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You are I have a love affair with cheese. 😍🍃🧀
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What not to like?! I love it! Thank you, Gail.
Joanna
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You’ll get no argument from me, Joanna. 🤣
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome. 🍃🌸
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Party time.
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Wine? Beer? Or Cocktails? 🍷🍺🍸
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[…] Smoky Gouda Fruit Plate […]
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What a lovely arrangement and composition of tasty cheese and fruit. I think Gouda is the cheese I eat the most, next to Gruyère, Cheddar, Edamer, Gorgonzola, Brie,…
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🤣🤣🤣 I think, actually I KNOW, I feel the same way! 🍃🧀
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Haha, I knew it 😅
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I have all of this, Gail! Mine is not arranged as such, but am encouraged to do so like yours! 💛
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Practice makes perfect. Every time you nibble, rearrange the platter. 🤣
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Tee hee! Great advice! 😆
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I love gouda—smoked or otherwise.
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I agree. And what a difference between smoked and original flavor. Yum! 🍃🧀🔥
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Yum!
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Just say “Cheese”. 🍃🧀
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