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Brick cheese: delight when in the USA

Added: 05/30/2006

The United States of America produces a lot of things, which export has a big influence onto the US foreign economy. Wisconsin cheese, brick cheese in particular, is not an exception. It is tasty, elegant and much-awarded - so, include it into your everyday menu, and you won't get disappointed with your choice, because brick is wonderful, and many cheese connoisseurs think this cheese to be one of the best dairy products in the world.

Brick cheese was first made in 1885, when John Jossi invented it.  Nowadays it is one of the most lucrative sorts in cheese making.  You can recognize brick cheese with some particular qualities.  The most often-met form of this cheese is brick-shaped, though the name was given to the product because John Jossi used bricks to press the moisture from the cheese in the process of making.  The next peculiarity is color - from pale-yellow to white.  The flavor is also interesting, as it changes depending on age: the young brick cheese has a sweet and mild flavor, and the aged one is pungent and tangy in taste.  This sort of cheese is easier to crumble than to cut, because it sticks to a knife.  Cheese is good with sandwiches and it melts very well, so if you want a hot sandwich there is nothing easier than put a slice of brick over a piece of bread and get it prepared in a microwave.  It is also wonderful with beer, fruit and wine.

The young brick cheese needs to be eaten within only two weeks, because later it loses its properties. The shelf life of the aged brick is four weeks.  Macaroni and crackers are also delicious with brick cheese.  Actually, you can try to eat this cheese with anything you want, because in any case, brick has a good flavor and will become a perfect match to your dishes.  The history of the cheese is long and interesting.  For more than 150 years the United States of America has been providing us with brick cheese, and through this time cheese makers have grown into true professionals.  The quality cannot be bad by definition, and you can prove it when taste Wisconsin cheese.  Wisconsin has begun to develop as cheese area since 1941, when Mrs Anne Pickett established first cottage for cheese industry.  Then it developed into an international trade centre.  The number of pounds of cheese produced in the state is amazing - more than 515 million pounds a year in 1945 and more than 2 billion pounds annually in our days.  The figures are really astounding.

If you want to surprise your family or friends with your ability to cook extreme, unusual and strange dishes you should not avoid brick cheese recipes.  This sort embellishes almost all menus, no matter the meals.  Don't be afraid to spoil salads or sandwiches - your guests will be amazed at that unusual way of cooking you have followed.  But the most exciting memories you can get in restaurants in the United States of America.  Actually, if you have a chance to visit this country, both during a holiday cruise or on a business trip, try to visit one of the splendid night restaurants or cafes where a romantic dinner, a good service and quiet music will raise your spirits to the top, and you will feel like in a fairy country surrounded by a variety of splendid dishes.  And be sure any restaurant serving dishes with cheese (in Wisconsin it is obvious) will offer you brick cheese.  So, make an order and delight the food cooked by a chef who really knows what to do with cheese.  Enjoy your life and bon appetit - it is the only advice in case you are going to delight brick cheese.




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