Cheese and Stuff

A few years ago I stopped buying those individually wrapped cheese slices, and started buying the packages of cheese slices that were all stuck together. I replaced processed cheese food with processed cheese. They melted just as well and gave the same creamy results in grilled cheese and omelets. It was a step in the right direction.

In the past few months I have stopped buying the processed cheese slices, and started buying more blocks of cheese, usually colby. It doesn't melt as well, and tends toward a stringier texture. It still makes delicious grilled cheese and omelets. I have to grate it for the omelets now, though. I've always used grated real block cheese for my mac and cheese. A slice off the block of real cheese is a much nicer snack than a slice of processed cheese. It's another step in the right direction.

The Farmer's Market opened last Saturday. There wasn't a lot available, because the last frost date here is mid-May. Most crops are still in their little seedling containers, safely indoors. I was able to get a nice couple of bunches of asparagus and some swiss chard. The rhubarb preserves I got are very runny, but delicious. I also got a rhubarb plant. It's sitting outdoors in a pot, ready to be planted. Not next year, but the year after I should have my own rhubarb supply!