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a wooden negotiation between sophistication and the primal urge to eat only the brie
means A flat board, usually wooden, on which an assortment of cheeses (often with accompaniments like crackers, fruit, and nuts) is presented and served.
from A transparent compound of "cheese" and "board." "Cheese" descends from Old English cīese, borrowed from Latin caseus (the same root behind Spanish queso and, indirectly, the casein in your dairy). "Board" comes from Old English bord, meaning a plank or table — the same board that gives us "room and board" and a ship's "on board." Put them together and you get exactly what it says: cheese, on a plank.
- clock rule
- Serve cheese coolest to strongest, left to right
- odd numbers
- Three or five cheeses look better than even sets
- warm it
- Cheese tastes fuller at room temperature, not fridge-cold
- ancient pairing
- Romans aged cheese specifically to travel with wine
- rind truth
- Most rinds are edible, just not the waxy ones