comically large block of cheese
March 10th 2008 10:07 pm
On today’s trip to the cheese section at Andronico’s, I stumbled upon this outlandishly huge block of cheddar. I measured it as 11″x14″x6″. There was no tag on the monster to indicate its exact weight, but I took the measurements of one of its smaller neighbors. The littler block of cheese was 3.5″x3.5″x 1.5″ and weighed in at 0.73 pounds -> density(cheese) = 0.04 pounds/in^3. Extrapolating, the monster block should weigh 37 pounds (which felt about right). And at $11.99/pound, that makes it a $443.63 piece of cheese. Yikes.
This was not the only gargantuan piece of cheese sitting out on the showroom floor. Over next to the beemster there was a huge slab of Parrano, there for the taking at the low low price of $194.27. Andronico’s is kind of like the Maserati dealership for fine cheeses. And for that, I love it.
pandamo responded on 12 Mar 2008 at 8:47 am #
if you were to buy this monster & subsist of only its cheesy goodness for awhile, you could do a fat-gained analysis
though that would be incredibly depressing
Stephen responded on 13 Mar 2008 at 8:02 pm #
Try cutting a wheel of Reggianno parmesian. People used to use hacksaws, but later found that after scoring the rind w/a knife a simple garrote wire works best. The ability to cut one of those beasts by yourself is almost a guarantee for hiring.
Adrian responded on 23 Apr 2008 at 6:14 pm #
Did you bring the ruler to the supermarket solely with the purpose of using it as a point of comparison in your cheese photo?
towel radiators responded on 26 Nov 2009 at 2:25 am #
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