News flash: Parmesan cheese is not just for sprinkling on pizza. While its tasteless, soulless paremsan cousins became condiments, Reggianno kept its feet on the ground and its head in the game. Namely, it kept its taste and texture real, so real, in fact, that people who sprinkle it on pizza should be thrown in fucking jail. Seriously. It should be eaten alone. Okay, maybe on a light cracker; maybe with a touch of olive oil, but it should always — ALWAYS — be eaten late at night, in a dark kitchen, after a long evening out.
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I think it should be acknowledged that Reggiano is the King of Cheeses. Not only is it the perfect snack cheese, usually eaten standing in front of the refrigerator with the door open, but also it is very tasty in a number of dishes, and can make the blandest pasta dish taste like a feast. I have been caught, on more than one occasion, gnawing on the rind of a piece of Reggiano because it was all that was left in the house. We should chip in and buy a wheel together.
oooh good idea on buying a wheel of Reggie! can i wheel it home from the store, like the little girl w/ the stick & hoop in The Red Balloon?
Buying a wheel of the Reggie would be like a bunch of cokeheads buying a kilo of coke — a "key", as they said on Miami Vice — or some equivalently ridiculously large amount that would seem like it would provide us with more than enough cheese for the rest our lives but would actually end up dividing and/or killing us all. I vote yes, in any case, because I know I will live.
I think Reggie needs to be stored in a cool, dry place, so I volunteer my storage room as Reggie's new home. You can sign up for visiting hours when we get the wheel. Or else Reggie can be divided into portions based on who is the best bracketologist during March Madness.
reggie is the King of Cheese for so many reasons, and tonight it is because Reggie's sharp, salty, crumbliness tastes so good with something sweet and sticky like a medjool date. mmmmmm. the perfect dinner.