Persephoneers! Thank you so much for participating in The Big Cheese! Brackets are pointless when there’s no passion involved in jockeying for supremacy, and I was pleased to see you engaging (even if I had to goad you on occasion!).
Championship:
Cheddar 71% v. Parmigiano 29%
Taste our winner! Some of the more widely available excellent brands available in the U.S. are Cabot, Boar’s Head, Black Diamond, Tillamook, and Grafton; Adams’ Reserve is a great choice if you’re in the NY/New England area. Let us know of any others in your region/country you’re particularly fond of, so Persephoneers everywhere can access the best representatives of The Chosen Cheese.
Come join me again this summer, when I’ll be running an Ice Cream Bracket! Yes, I have a dairy problem, I can admit it. Technically, I’ve already completed the bracket layout…but I welcome any input on what you’d like to see there–comment here or message me with suggestions. See you in the dairy aisle!
46 replies on “The Big Cheese Bracket: AND THE WINNER IS…”
A noble cheese, the noblest of which is Granville cheddar (Granville, MA)
sigh, still team bleu.
For icecream, honeycomb must be a contender.
WHOA. What is this? Where can it be found? What’s it like?
Cheddar? You’ve got to me cow-kidding me!
YAY Cheese Bracket! This was awesome. Thanks for running it.
My ice cream nominations are: cookies and cream & chocolate chip (baskin robbens chocolate chip is the best)
Both are in there! Chocolate chip–as opposed to MINT chocolate chip–is not one I’d really thought of, but it showed up in a bunch of lists. Cookies and cream, of course, is an institution :)
Pistachio is going to be on the bracket, right?!
I’m still bitter about mozzarella’s defeat.
Indeed it is! It’s been a long time since I’ve had good pistachio ice cream…
The best pistachio I’ve ever had was actually soft serve. It was incredibly delicious.
Noooooo.
I shall go faceplant into all the cheeses that aren’t cheddar in my fridge when I get home. Om nom nom.
As a resident of Tillamook Country (and the proud owner of an I (heart) Tillamook button – with a picture of the Tillamook Van) I fully support this result.
And, if you need to refresh yourself and get your strategy ready, I suggest studying the many icecream flavors, Tillamook offers as well. :) Â http://www.tillamook.com/products/Ice_Cream.html#
I am available for guided tours through the creamery as well. (price: a double-scoop at the end of the tour)
Thanks for the tip!
SAD FACE.
I still think we should have a booze bracket before ice cream.
*wave lactose intolerant flag*
Someone was talking about doing the booze one, but I can’t remember who. Middlemarch Madness is up next, but ice cream won’t be until June or July; Selena mentioned that booze could be worked in during April/May. I’m sure you, or you plus another person, can put a bracket together! It’s fairly easy once you’ve studied a few (including an actual March Madness, just to see how the original operates).
I’m actually familiar with brackets from my brother’s time doing elementary wrestling. . . IDK, Co-running booze bracket could totally be fun!
Do it!! Selena can take you through all the details of form-making and posting. If you can make a decent bracket (I used some crowd-sourcing–just asking people what cheeses they loved–before finalizing mine, which was quite helpful), I’d say go for it.
Looks like y’all’ve been using google forms? I’m a little familiar with those already, so should be an easy learn for me.
@selena oh great one, your thoughts?
Yup, google forms. Selena made the pretty bracket, and I just used a template I found online to map it out first.
Yes Booze Bracket!
Team GIN! (I’m already jumping on my soapbox)
Whoa, I was expecting this to be a close one! I think I’m going to go see if I have any Parmigiano left and give it some love. And by love, I mean take a giant bite out of it.
You’re right, I expected it to be closer… probably they’re too similar–I bet the percentages would be very different if a less firm and sharp cheese was going against Cheddar.
NOOOOOOO BLASPHEMY.
Great minds think alike.
This is blasphemy! Parm forever.
My favorite sharp cheddar to put on potatoes is Trader Joe’s Vintage Reserve cheddar. Â NOMS.
Really?! This is useful, as TJ’s is often inexpensive. I’ll check it out next time I’m near one (i.e. leaving the outer boros for downtown Manhattan).
If you can get to it, the TJ’s in Queens is awesome. No absurd lines! No wine, though.
It’s quite far from me, actually! I’m in Astoria, in the northwest corner–the Queens TJ is out in car-land, and it’s about the same time spent on the subway… except that I have other reasons to go to the Union Square area :)
Trying to get from Astoria to central Queens does suck. I used to live in Forest Hills and we had a car so it was pretty easy.
Yeah, when you’ve got a car it’s not too much of an issue… but I live here in part so I don’t have to drive!
UNF UNF POTATOES AND CHEESE
Wait a minute, this doesn’t look like tumblr….
BLESS THIS POST.
While I disagree with your statement, this may well be my most favorite thing in the entire world right now. Oh, Lloyd. You gave her your heart, she gave you a pen…
And now I’m terribly hungry.
YESSSSS TEAM CHEDDAR!
I’m going to celebrate by making the cheddar-iest macaroni and cheese imaginable.
EX-TRA SHARP!Â
EX-TRA SHARP!
EX-TRA SHARP!
ALL TOGETHER NOW!
EX-TRA SHARP!
EX-TRA SHARP!
Agreed1 The best Cheddar is extra-sharp!
About the ice cream–chocolate chip (not mint, please) and toasted almond?
There will be both mint and non-mint chocolate chip :)
I have Mocha Almond Fudge. I’ll check around for the general availability of Toasted Almond (I don’t want to include stuff that many people can’t find).
I am very. Very. Disappointed.
Good bracket 14KGold! :D I’m looking forward to ice cream, which I’m anticipating will involve even more agonizing decision making.
Thanks! Yes, ice cream should be very fun. I’m reconsidering how I’ve done the bracket though–I thought it might be fun to add a few specifics to the generals. Like, cherry is very popular in the U.S. as a whole, but would people here be less likely to vote for Cherry Vanilla than Cherry Garcia? Then again, I could make an entire bracket purely of Ben & Jerry’s (but won’t, unless they put ads on Persephone!).
god dammit, parmigiano! You fought your way here only to drop the ball in the LAST ROUND!
I am so disappointed.
It did work very hard to make it though, and should receive due recognition for that! Squeezing out both Feta and Brie is not for the faint of heart…