Tuesday, December 23, 2008

A Paucity of Cheese

Cheese is a troublesome thing. The pizzas here would be fine if they had some decent mozzarella and parmesean. A sharp cheddar would be nice, and maybe a few more exotic styles just to try from time to time. It is, of course, entirely possible that there are some really good cheeses, either imported from more bovine areas of the world or produced in the area served by the trains and rolled across the steppes in great herds of curdled milk, but I haven't found them yet, and it has been suggested that the 'cheese' that I have so far located is, in fact, not cheese at all but rather a milk derivative similar to Kraft. I remain optimistic and will continue my pursuit of cheese everywhere within a 10 minute walk of where I live, although often the assorted cheeses aren't really labeled.