For all the possible ventures into which an appliance manufacturing family might stray, you'd think there would be a few steps on the way to cheese-production. I'm thinking Refrigerators--> Industrial Dairy Cheese Aging Rooms --> Other Dairy Stuff (Pasteurizers and Wax Melters and so forth)--> fall into Large Scale Narcotics Production by pure coincidence that makes for a great story and then--> Cheese Production so Johnny Law doesn't get wise. Somehow the Maytag family found their way right to cheese, however, and thanks to their hard work the world has Maytag Blue. Created in Newton, Iowa not too far from the factory that makes your washing machines but fortunately even closer to their cows; small-production Maytag Blue proves that with enough determination anyone can make award-winning cheese. Not that having an appliance-fortune backing you up hurts.
Origin: Iowa, USA
Milk: Cow, pasteurized
Rennet: Animal
Affinage: According to their website; "long months". Also "twice as long as most other blue cheeses."I guess that means they don't age it in February except every fourth year?
Notes: Step right up, you there, and take a look at the newest, the fastest, the most space-agey 5-cycle front-loader on the market! She is a time-saving beauty and will revolutionize your life believe-you-me, especially with this Golden-Value war-an-tee! Purchase now and we'll toss in some cheese, for those set-in stains!
Thoughts: The reputation of this cheese, more cheese awards and sports metaphors here, far precedes it and sets very high expectations, but it might just live up to its name. This blue manages to be very bold but not have any but a hint of the minerality characteristic of strong blues, and in fact throughout the texture and flavor are creamy to a fault. The even veins provide just enough kick but do not leave an unpleasant aftertaste, and the flavor as a whole seems to peak just perfectly at its strongest before milky tones kick in fully and counteract the heat. The bold flavor then quickly fades, leaving you ready for the next bite. This is not the strongest blue you could find but it is a top notch entry in the strong-but-not-too-strong category. Just crumbly enough and moist enough to tie the whole package together, seek this blue out and see for yourself how the Yanks are sticking it to the blue-cheese establishment. Buy some crisp red apples and enjoy it as a delicate summer treat. Alternatively buy some crisp red apples, core them, fill the space with Maytag Blue, and then have a flavorgrenade with lunch or dinner.
Caution
If you start thinking "hm, you know what you make this X better? If we injected it with cheese..." then my plan is working perfectly. If you were already thinking that then keep fighting the good fight, one day our cause will prevail and there'll be cheese with everything. Everything!
Milk: Cow, pasteurized
Rennet: Animal
Affinage: According to their website; "long months". Also "twice as long as most other blue cheeses."I guess that means they don't age it in February except every fourth year?
Notes: Step right up, you there, and take a look at the newest, the fastest, the most space-agey 5-cycle front-loader on the market! She is a time-saving beauty and will revolutionize your life believe-you-me, especially with this Golden-Value war-an-tee! Purchase now and we'll toss in some cheese, for those set-in stains!
Thoughts: The reputation of this cheese, more cheese awards and sports metaphors here, far precedes it and sets very high expectations, but it might just live up to its name. This blue manages to be very bold but not have any but a hint of the minerality characteristic of strong blues, and in fact throughout the texture and flavor are creamy to a fault. The even veins provide just enough kick but do not leave an unpleasant aftertaste, and the flavor as a whole seems to peak just perfectly at its strongest before milky tones kick in fully and counteract the heat. The bold flavor then quickly fades, leaving you ready for the next bite. This is not the strongest blue you could find but it is a top notch entry in the strong-but-not-too-strong category. Just crumbly enough and moist enough to tie the whole package together, seek this blue out and see for yourself how the Yanks are sticking it to the blue-cheese establishment. Buy some crisp red apples and enjoy it as a delicate summer treat. Alternatively buy some crisp red apples, core them, fill the space with Maytag Blue, and then have a flavorgrenade with lunch or dinner.
Caution
If you start thinking "hm, you know what you make this X better? If we injected it with cheese..." then my plan is working perfectly. If you were already thinking that then keep fighting the good fight, one day our cause will prevail and there'll be cheese with everything. Everything!
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