The Whiskey Taster’s Flavor Guide

Vintage Cheese

My eyes scan over the table.
My taste buds begin to perspire.
There’s so much food here on offer,
so I wonder what I’ll desire. 

There are some beautiful salads.
There’s carrot, corn and green peas,
bar-be-cue meat to perfection,
and a platter of selected cheese.

There are prawns cooked in their shell,
paté, salami, olives and chips.
There’s my favourite dried tomatoes; 
dry biscuits and all kinds of dips.

I’m ready to make a selection.
My craving helps me with ease.
I bi-pass the foods of sensation,
for an entrée of Vintage Cheese.

I could have tried Camembert first, 
but its flavour just never agrees,
and why would I ever want Blue Vein,
when the platter holds Vintage Cheese.

Swiss has a nice nutty flavor;
cheddar’s soft with flavour so light.
Pecorino, Romano, are for cooking,
but Vintage is cheese with a bite.

It must be made out of whole milk,
and it has to be seven years old.
There must be mould on the cheesecloth,
and it must be the colour of gold.

One chop; two prawns and tomato,
lettuce, onion, beetroot will create,
a very bland meal, at a bar-be-cue,
without Vintage Cheese on my plate.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Jones Avatar
August 30, 2020 at 12:38 AM
I’m just salivating at this smorgasbord of a poem, as a fellow foodie I love it.
Laurie Avatar
August 31, 2020 at 6:33 PM
Hello John ... oh yes, and cheese is such a diverse product that provides a flavour for everyone to salivate on - thank you John - Lindsay
Mcguire Avatar
March 24, 2020 at 5:36 PM
I'm reading this before lunch at my desk and all of the sudden I am very hungry
Laurie Avatar
March 26, 2020 at 8:30 PM
G'day Timothy … reading about foods prior to a meal can certainly draw you to the fridge. Self control needed - thank you Timothy - Lindsay
Wolf Avatar
March 18, 2020 at 7:20 PM
Sounds like an acquired taste there. Bon appetit, Lindsay! :) gw
Laurie Avatar
March 26, 2020 at 8:28 PM
Hello Gershon … vintage cheeses are not for all taste buds, but they certainly are for mine - thank you Gershon - Lindsay
Proxenos Avatar
March 18, 2020 at 10:12 AM
Hi Lindsay glad you found Vintage cheese on their menu - your pick of the foods on your plate sounds. yummy. Hope all of you OK - we have gone into lock down - i even had my yoga lesson on a video call this morning. If either of us get sick, please God, hope not, we will try to self medicate, doing all we can (so have one of our sons and his wife)- pretty scary stuff. Blessings, Jennifer Jennifer
Laurie Avatar
March 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM
Hello Jennifer … thank you once again. I guess I'm a cheese tragic. We too are in lockdown and day by day we're advised of further restrictions. I guess we all need to listen and stay safe - catch you soon Jennifer - Lindsay
Leffanta Avatar
March 17, 2020 at 10:57 PM
I feel that way about Gruyere, but would be too busy eating it to write about it, so well done, indeed! Aloha! Rico
Laurie Avatar
March 26, 2020 at 8:22 PM
G'day Rico … cheese has so many different cultures to give us the different varieties we dearly prefer - thank you Rico - Lindsay
Cunningham Avatar
March 17, 2020 at 9:54 PM
Old cheese is to die for, not keen on some of the others, quite bland and rubbery, but old crumbling cheese, yummy Tom.
Laurie Avatar
March 26, 2020 at 8:19 PM
G'day Tom … I'm like you Tom. Aged tasty cheese is the way to go. Unfortunately cheese is not aged like it was fifty years and more ago - thank you Tom - Lindsay
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