[Pigging by Wilfrid: June 13, 2012]
I guess this stuff is really rare. I can't find any information online -- and I am open to correction on the spelling (which I thought I took from the label). But we know who Rolf Beeler is.
He's the superstar affineur of hand-selected Swiss cheeses. And his stuff is good. But $46 per pound good?
We live in an era -- quite sadly -- where $29.99 a pound and up is recognized as a fair price for imported cheese. Domestic cheeses have kept up (like domestic wines, they don't want to look like they're from the bargain basement). But this seemed a high price.
I found the specimen at the Bedford Cheese Shop. The paste is tangy-savory, the rind is gritty but edible, the overall effect like a slightly soft Tomme. Maybe it's made in miniscule quantities from super-rare milk. Anyway, for me it's pushing the price envelope.
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