I do not like cheese (so I continue to claim) and yet I find joy in littering every remotely Italian-looking meal with parmesan, my favorite topping on everything. Hey, at least I don’t remove the layer of mozzarella off of my pizza anymore. Okay, sometimes I do. It really depends on the restaurant and brand. However, there are still plenty of forms of cheese that my stomach doesn’t feel comfortable with digesting, such as…
Mozzarella Sticks: Perhaps it’s the fried exposure to my gut that doesn’t sit well, but I believe that my body prefers mozzarella on a pizza.
Cottage Cheese: What’s the unfortunate truth about this? Cottage cheese is delightfully great for promoting muscle recovery, but I can’t stand the curdled formation of it! Why is it chunky?
Blue Cheese: Just mold. That’s all it is, but no slander to anyone who enjoys it. I heard it goes well with a salad.
Cream Cheese: While pairing it with a bagel makes it taste infinitely better, the dry, flavorless, texture simply doesn’t match with my tongue. I can’t even eat certain types of cake coated in this type.
On the bright side, the plethora of cheese versions I love consist of…
PARMESAN: Greatest cheese of all time! It is on a much higher echelon than all the others, and I would eat this with every type of food if it were socially and culturally acceptable. Even when I chose to remove the mozzarella cheese from my pizza, it would be instantly replaced by a pound—or two—of parmesan cheese.
Digiorno: Ahh, maybe not Caseoh’s favorite brand of pizza, but it is mine. The cheese cooks just right in the oven; crispy and never too melty.
Quesabirria: A special type of taco, the cheese (Queso Oaxaca) invites a delicious pull, and it comes with a yummy broth to add more flavor. I’m mainly interested in the meat, but I think the chewy delight of the cheese makes the initial crunch worth a bite.
Chile’s Queso: I’m not even a fan of plain tortilla chips, but whatever the chefs put into this savory sauce works like magic. How bad would it be to make this into a drink? Right, that’s absurd… no it isn’t, I’m doing it.
So, I might not particularly enjoy the scent of cheese wafting towards me in a Whole Foods. I might not enjoy grilled cheese on a cold winter’s day. But I swear: cheese is one of the most mind-blowing inventions on planet Earth.