This is a giant brick of cheese that was being smoked in the smoke room inside the house. The walls of the smoke room are thick, as the last thing that one wants in the warm Costa Rican climate is a fire adding to the warmth.When I first saw that there was the equivalent of a smoke house inside the ranch house, I thought it would be for ham or other meats. I was surprised to see such a large block of cheese being smoked. I presume that smoking cheese preserves it without refrigeration. It would certainly add to the flavor.
Several people yesterday left comments about the smoke inside the house. It was not smoky at all until he opened the door to the smoke room. Normally the smoke stays in the smoke room and out of the rest of the house.
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As a person born and reared in Wisconsin, I'm not so sure about that huge brick of smoked cheese. It's probably very good. but it doesn't look very appealing. Did you taste it?
ReplyDeleteI love smoked cheese. I wouldn't have guessed that was what they were doing either.
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmm, good!
ReplyDeleteCHEESE!! Well who would have guessed! I was so sure it would be either a meat or fish! Well there you go, that's why I love this, you see something different everyday!!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't mind a bite of that one!
ReplyDeleteThat is a huge block of cheese! Smoked cheese is so delicious too. Did you get to try any?
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