If I have to pick one category, it would probably be good, dark chocolate. Or maybe a cheese lasagna. Or a decadent cinnamon roll with browned-sugar glaze over it.
However, at the moment, the food that that nearly transports me when eating is a "vintage" Dutch gouda. It seems like a decent, slightly salty cheese when I first put a piece in my mouth, but as I chew a bit and it warms on my tongue... suddenly, there is a flood of rich flavor almost like a good butter, but so much darker. The flavor has such a fullness, an almost physical dimension to it that I'm sure someone somewhere must have labeled sinful. I'm squirming in my seat at work just thinking about it...
Besides the exquisite taste, it also offers a bit of fun. It's coated in a black wax that is, in turn, wrapped in heavy paper or cloth that has what looks like an ancient map printed on it. When I realized that the lines were ships' rigging and lines of latitude and longitude, I started peeling off that outer wrapping and collecting the pieces from the wedges. So far, I've been able to piece together 4-5 bits into the larger material from which they were cut, but a lot of the bits are repeats, so I'm not sure there's a whole image to be assembled. The store never has more than a couple wedges in the refrigerated case, so not much selection. Still, it's a fun little game.
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Date: 2010-10-08 05:17 pm (UTC)However, at the moment, the food that that nearly transports me when eating is a "vintage" Dutch gouda. It seems like a decent, slightly salty cheese when I first put a piece in my mouth, but as I chew a bit and it warms on my tongue... suddenly, there is a flood of rich flavor almost like a good butter, but so much darker. The flavor has such a fullness, an almost physical dimension to it that I'm sure someone somewhere must have labeled sinful. I'm squirming in my seat at work just thinking about it...
Besides the exquisite taste, it also offers a bit of fun. It's coated in a black wax that is, in turn, wrapped in heavy paper or cloth that has what looks like an ancient map printed on it. When I realized that the lines were ships' rigging and lines of latitude and longitude, I started peeling off that outer wrapping and collecting the pieces from the wedges. So far, I've been able to piece together 4-5 bits into the larger material from which they were cut, but a lot of the bits are repeats, so I'm not sure there's a whole image to be assembled. The store never has more than a couple wedges in the refrigerated case, so not much selection. Still, it's a fun little game.