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May 18th, 2009

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10:38 am - Judgmental once again
It’s official. I will be judging cheese again at the American Cheese Society competition in Austin, Texas in early August. I’ve always wanted to go to Texas in August… ha. I’m guessing I will spend a lot of time in the air-conditioned hotel.

Regular readers of this journal will remember that I judged cheese at the 2007 ACS competition too. Tasting and grading 50-75 cheeses a day plus all the individual category winners. Whoo-hoo! Cheese judging is probably the only time I ever feel like I have my fill of cheese. It’s also what gave me this great icon.
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From:[info]pantryslut
Date:May 18th, 2009 06:06 pm (UTC)
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You will miss my birthday! G.'s too. But I guess you'll come back with crackin' recommendations for belated birthday cheese, so I won't complain. Much.
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 18th, 2009 07:02 pm (UTC)
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I'll try and bring some cheese home for you. But no promises!
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From:[info]sararyan
Date:May 18th, 2009 06:52 pm (UTC)
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What's your strategy for palate maintenance when you're tasting so many different cheeses?

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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 18th, 2009 07:01 pm (UTC)
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excellent question.

I actually like milky tea in the morning. Juice is awful for tasting and water is just ok. Grapes and melons are good too. Mostly though it's crackers or bread. and, of course, I never taste anything on crackers or bread, just use those as a palate-cleansing chaser.

The order of tasting is important too. There's always a flavored cheese category so making sure the habeneros and jalapenos are last is an obvious think to do. Though sometimes you get tricked!

and I don't eat much else. I usually have a cobb salad after a day of cheese tasting. Hold the blue cheese!
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From:[info]cindymonkey
Date:May 18th, 2009 07:58 pm (UTC)
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cannot wait to see what rises to the top after all of those cheeses
i always wanna run out and get the ones that stand out after all of those many many cheese tastings
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From:[info]sadie_sabot
Date:May 18th, 2009 08:17 pm (UTC)
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Oooooooh, Texas in August. Sometimes extremes can be kinda awesome.
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 18th, 2009 08:26 pm (UTC)
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and sometimes not. ;)

the cheese conference is always miserably hot. Even in Portland it coincided with 5 straight 100 degree days. In Portland!!!
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From:[info]sadie_sabot
Date:May 18th, 2009 08:30 pm (UTC)
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is the place where you do the judging not air conditioned??? wouldn't the extreme heat change the cheeses?
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 18th, 2009 08:32 pm (UTC)
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No, I expect to be fully air-conditioned. and not leave the hotel much!
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From:[info]amandaruth2001
Date:May 18th, 2009 08:18 pm (UTC)
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To cleanse your palate you have got to go to Lockhart for barbecue. Or Luling. City Market is chock full of character. And smoke.

http://www.texasbbqtrail.com/

Edited at 2009-05-18 08:20 pm (UTC)
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 18th, 2009 08:25 pm (UTC)
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I would love to do that. But I think it'll wait for a day or two after the judging. The human body can only take so much.
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From:[info]fightingwords
Date:May 18th, 2009 08:27 pm (UTC)
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Off-topic--I did send you a DW invite, but I don't remember which email I sent it to. Just making sure you got it.
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 19th, 2009 04:10 pm (UTC)
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You know, I didn't get it. That's weird. all my emails still work, I never got around to killing the mindspring one...

What do you think of Dreamwidth?
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 19th, 2009 04:12 pm (UTC)
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I can check my spam filter but it may take awhile. I actually did get another code, so feel free to give that to someone else. But thanks!
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From:[info]sheanadavis
Date:May 19th, 2009 04:47 am (UTC)

Travel~ACS~Cheese~

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And we get to travel together~ Thanks for always traveling!
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 19th, 2009 04:09 pm (UTC)

Re: Travel~ACS~Cheese~

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whoo-hoo!
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From:[info]hella_old
Date:May 19th, 2009 03:44 pm (UTC)
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Lucky.
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From:[info]gordonzola
Date:May 19th, 2009 04:09 pm (UTC)
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I know how much you love Texas in the summer!
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From:[info]gypsyecks
Date:May 19th, 2009 11:32 pm (UTC)
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you're invited to dinner at my house while you're in town. if you're not too busy judging cheeses and all.

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