TRT (Totally Random Thoughts)

[Jake226]

If you push harder too fast on something the more likely you are to fall on your butt.

 

[danielson]

If you push too hard, you will have a different kind of problem on your butt

 

[Hookeye]

When your kid goes to college you wish you had a butt and a wallet for it to sit on.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Wallet!?!?!???

Where?

 

[Warrior]

It is snowing during my range day. Cool but yet not cool.

 

[nakinate]

Parks and Recreation is funny.

 

[kawtech87]

I hate doing laundry almost as much as I hate doing dishes.

 

[danielson]

Garbage disposal still not fixed.

 

[gungirl65]

I was cooking with blue cheese tonight and I realized it would be very hard to determine if blue cheese was bad. It already looks and smells bad & the taste is a little different. How would I know if it's bad?

Luckily my rescue dog Chase was in the kitchen, he always acts like I am trying to poison him when I give him new things so I gave him a bite. He ate it so I decided it must still be good.

 

[kawtech87]

I was cooking with blue cheese tonight and I realized it would be very hard to determine if blue cheese was bad. It already looks and smells bad & the taste is a little different. How would I know if it's bad?

Luckily my rescue dog Chase was in the kitchen, he always acts like I am trying to poison him when I give him new things so I gave him a bite. He ate it so I decided it must still be good.

Awe, the dog test. Yep I've done it.

As for the blue cheese I've found it starts to get mushy when it is getting bad. The smell will intensify and it will become apparent that isn't good by the overwhelming stench of rotten gym socks that have been left in a hot locker.


If it didn't smell to much worse than normal and its still fairly solid then its probably fine.

 

[tv1217]

I hate doing laundry almost as much as I hate doing dishes.

Noooo way. Laundry is so much easier. Just throw in some detergent(or a Tide pod), twist a couple dials, and start the machine.

 

[danielson]

Awe, the dog test. Yep I've done it.

As for the blue cheese I've found it starts to get mushy when it is getting bad. The smell will intensify and it will become apparent that isn't good by the overwhelming stench of rotten gym socks that have been left in a hot locker.


If it didn't smell to much worse than normal and its still fairly solid then its probably fine.

Mushy-ness is the tell. I used to work in a kitchen, and we had wheels of blue cheese shipped in from Denmark, and they smelled stronger than any blue cheese you ever smelled. But if its mushy, or has a liquid/slime coating, its bad. Of course, if you cut down a 1/4" its probably fine. Cheese is very robust.

 

[kawtech87]

Mushy-ness is the tell. I used to work in a kitchen, and we had wheels of blue cheese shipped in from Denmark, and they smelled stronger than any blue cheese you ever smelled. But if its mushy, or has a liquid/slime coating, its bad. Of course, if you cut down a 1/4" its probably fine. Cheese is very robust.

Yep, mushy means bad no doubt. At the restaurant I work at part time they make their Blu cheese dressing in house from scratch. But we use crumbled blue cheese not wheels. I know it is the highest quality that the distributor offers but I have no idea the country of origin. I just know it stinks to high heaven and when it starts to go bad it smells even worse. Of course I hardly ever smell bad blue cheese because they go through it so fast it never has a chance to spoil. No kidding we have gone through 5 gallons of homemade blue cheese dressing in one weekend before.

 

[danielson]

No suprize. We made everything from scratch except mayo. That blue cheese was awesome though. When I took over the prep crew I used to yell out "Im opening the blue cheese" so that everyone could prepare themselves. It would literally be like a stink bomb going off in the entire back room, and the people up on the line would ***** and moan. Except for one guy who would come by with a dish for some fresh pieces.

 

[kawtech87]

I like blue cheese in very very small portions. If used sparingly it can be very tasty and add loads of flavor to a dish. But if over used it dominates the palate and mutes other flavors.

 

[gungirl65]

i like to broil the little bacon wrapped steaks and add a little blue cheese to them the last three minutes or so of cooking time. I buy the basic blue cheese crumbles in the little bowl.

Last night the blue cheese didn't have much of a smell or taste. The flavor wasn't as robust as it usually is. I figured it was probably just getting old since it was almost gone.

I wouldn't eat cheese or anything else if it were slimy. I pitch lettuce and other veggies at the first hint of slime.

 

[kawtech87]

i like to broil the little bacon wrapped steaks and add a little blue cheese to them the last three minutes or so of cooking time. I buy the basic blue cheese crumbles in the little bowl.

Last night the blue cheese didn't have much of a smell or taste. The flavor wasn't as robust as it usually is. I figured it was probably just getting old since it was almost gone.

I wouldn't eat cheese or anything else if it were slimy. I pitch lettuce and other veggies at the first hint of slime.

Sounds tasty! I may have to try that. I like to use Gorgonzola for topping steak. I think it has a little more of a buttery flavor than other blue cheeses.

Unfortunately I have been afraid to use it (or any blue cheese) much for cooking recently because the type of mold used to blue the cheese is a type of penicillin and my fiancé is deathly allergic to penicillin. I'm not sure if it would have enough to trigger her allergy but I don't want to risk it.

Yours may have gotten dried out from being in the fridge in an open container for to long. The fridge is basically a big dehumidifier.

 

[gungirl65]

Sounds tasty! I may have to try that. I like to use Gorgonzola for topping steak. I think it has a little more of a buttery flavor than other blue cheeses.

Unfortunately I have been afraid to use it (or any blue cheese) much for cooking recently because the type of mold used to blue the cheese is a type of penicillin and my fiancé is deathly allergic to penicillin. I'm not sure if it would have enough to trigger her allergy but I don't want to risk it.

Yours may have gotten dried out from being in the fridge in an open container for to long. The fridge is basically a big dehumidifier.

It's funny you mention the Gorgonzola, that's the other cheese choice I use on the little steaks. My son actually prefers it to the blue cheese. I like the blue cheese because it is a bolder type of flavor.

Another way I like to use blue cheese or Gorgonzola is in berry salad. I use the spring mix lettuce, I add blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and or any other pretty berries and walnuts. I top lightly with a raspberry vinaigrette dressing and blue cheese or Gorgonzola crumbles. It's a neat flavor combination.

 

[gungirl65]

Yep, mushy means bad no doubt. At the restaurant I work at part time they make their Blu cheese dressing in house from scratch. But we use crumbled blue cheese not wheels. I know it is the highest quality that the distributor offers but I have no idea the country of origin. I just know it stinks to high heaven and when it starts to go bad it smells even worse. Of course I hardly ever smell bad blue cheese because they go through it so fast it never has a chance to spoil. No kidding we have gone through 5 gallons of homemade blue cheese dressing in one weekend before.

You should post the recipe to the home made blue cheese dressing.

 

[kawtech87]

You should post the recipe to the home made blue cheese dressing.

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