GMMore 2818: How Old Is This Cheese?

Welcome to Good Mythical More where good cheese is aged. Hah! And we’re gonna try and order these cheddars by their age using taste alone. But first, we’re going to give a $100 gift certificate to the Mythical store, To Becca Melkonian. You’ve done it, Becca! We spotted you out in the wild, already repping that Mythical merch with #mythicality. And you know what? Congratulations. Get more. You gave the get more, get some more. When we talk about aged cheddar, what do you think about? I think about, um, uh, the cheese wrap. The cheese wrap, because there was a, I’m, I’m old. I’m stuck in my ways. I’m stuck in your, I’m on your breath and in your teeth for days. Days. The cheese wrap. We wrote that and performed that at a cheese store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mm-hmm. And we were told by the cheese monger there that the only people who liked the very old cheddar, which I think was just 12 years, we’re going up to 15 today, apparently we’re going to 15, was uh, old men. Something about old men’s taste buds die. They die slowly. Grandkids. And old men like that. So, so are we old enough men? Mm-hmm. To like this cheese? Let’s taste number one. I’m excited about this. We, we had a big toblerone and now we got some cheese. This is a good day for me. It’s a bit punch. It’s definitely not four to six one weeks. I, I would say three year. I don’t know. I, I’m wondering what year am I gonna stop liking it? ’cause, and at some point I ain’t gonna it. And I think I’m gonna like it more and more as it goes. So seven years, 12 years, 15 years on my side. So. We’re gonna say that this is three years. Just that when we gotta start somewhere, it’s a little bit sharp, but it’s not too sharp. Well, is that how we’re doing these? We’re gonna? Might as well. It’s easier to visualize the timeline staying in, in place. Now this is obviously old. This is older because it’s crumbly. If you look at that, like the out the top edge of it is lighter, and then the outside is so moldy. But you can, oh, you can just eat that mold. I’m like, oh man. Oh, it’s got crystals in it. Man. That is good. That’s too much. That is so good. So awesome. 12 year, it might be 15. I don’t know what. But Link, are you having a good experience? It’s, I don’t I? No, I hate it. Okay. All right. You just weren’t expressing anything verbally. It’s not as bad as blue cheese. I love the crystal strong cheese. I love, I love a crystal. Yeah. Um, what is the crystal? Is it, it’s called gunk? No, it’s bacterial gunks fungi. The crystals make the cheese and, um, I don’t know what they, they call it, but. That’s cheese that you can get that’s got the, it’s uh, been dipped in like wine, but it’s got the crystals on the inside. I don’t know what that is. Tyrosine crystals. Those are so good. Okay, this calcium lactate crystals. This one looks crazy. Oh, this is so young. Look at that. We know we’re in young. This is so young, so flappy. That’s a fresh cheese. That’s four to six weeks. That’s good. I’m interested to see, Stevie, which one, what would you think about the really, really old one? Ain’t nothing wrong with that. No, you couldn’t. I mean, we’ll bring this one back. Yeah. Um, four. This one, I mean, I feel like I can tell that it’s younger than this one. I’m, I’m looking forward to being an old man, you know? Well, yeah, you’re getting there liking this cheese. I mean, think about. I think the grandkids are gonna be easier than kids. Well, yeah. You can give them back is what they say. That’s a little bit more. I don’t know. Uh, we met a couple that now they’re, they’re grandparents. When I first met ’em, they weren’t grandparents. That happens. They were talking about how great it was. I just don’t feel. Ready? Like how old are the couple? I’m not ready. Like you’re saying like a couple, like you’re eight. They were, they were like, they might’ve been like 50. Well, that’s pretty soon for us. I know. I, listen, I’m not in charge of my children’s plans. I’ve only got two. You’ve got three. So you’ve got more of a chance of this happening, happening sooner. Um. But I kind of want a good decade gap here where I don’t have to think about any children. No children of the world will be on my mind for 10 years, mine or others. Well, how old is? How old is Locke? Locke’s 21. But you’re saying, well, what is you? You see, I had Lily,. He has to be 31 or he can be 28? 31. I mean, before he starts having children. I was 23 when we had Lily. Yeah. Think about your timelines here. I don’t want it to be like us. I don’t want that for, yeah. Yeah. One year from now, my daughter will be the age I was when I had her. That is cool. We got married so we could have sex. And when we had sex, we had children. That’s how it worked for us. Thankfully we got, but we’re not Catholic. We, we got, we got lucky. We used those wine condoms for little, yeah, we used the wine condoms. Uh, thankfully we got lucky and we found the right women on the first try. Um, but um, that’s not something I would prescribe for, uh, for my children. Getting married at 20. Yeah. Don’t, don’t have, don’t have babies with your first partner. Wait until, wait until the second one. Is that what you’re saying? That’s exactly what I’m saying. Yeah. Yep. No kids in the first marriage get one divorce under your belt before you really start slanging. You know what I’m saying? Yeah. Come on. Slinging that dope! I’m not comfortable with your terminology. Number five looks scary to me. Wow. It is not as weird on the outside though. But it’s crumbly. I’ll tell you that much. It’s crumbly. Oh, that was alright. That was more. That’s almost, that’s almost too much for me, but not, it almost, it tastes like. It is almost too much, but it’s not. It’s like if you, you, you know, you gotta replace your air filters in your home every month. What if you waited like a couple of years, 15 years and then, then you decided to lick– There was a layer of cheese on it. Just you decided to lick it. That’s what, oh man. I haven’t had it. What’s that application? I guess you. My face just got so tight. You would mix it with other cheddar in something. Yeah. I feel sick. I feel nauseous. You can’t go, you can’t go straight up. No, you can, you can’t. You nas– Oh yeah. You nauseated, huh? You should, you should go straight up like a whole grilled cheese. You should go straight up. Okay. Way Stevie. This is gonna make you straight. If you eat that, you better watch out. You better watch out. Don’t eat it. Don’t, don’t do it. Oh God, that she’s so old. It makes you straight. Yep. Hey, I didn’t, I didn’t know what existed until today. This one looks older, but this one’s actually crumblier and significantly stronger. The whiteness that comes on it by year 12 dies out. It goes away in the next three years. It dies up is what we’re asserting. So now we’ve got six. Is that why it makes you straight? The whiteness that comes on it. The whiteness. The whiteness. No, the whiteness comes on it, but then it goes away. I know it. Oh, you said it again. You said it twice. Yeah, I did. Uh, six looks fresh. You gotta learn how people can take things wrong when you’re talking the wrong grandkids. They take everything the wrong way. This one’s a sleeper agent. It tastes horrible too. No, it’s good. But I think it, I think it might be seven I. Yeah, I think we were right, because over here with three no visible sign between seven and three years, we’re right about that of any difference. But yeah, we’re right and I know we’re, I think we’re right about that too. Yeah. Yeah. We’re right boys. We’re locked in. You have got yourself a queen sweep here. Yeah, you’ve done it. I mean, alright, take that. There’s different um, names. Take 15 back to Stevie and see what happens. Alright, the, it goes mild sharp, super sharp, mega sharp, hyper sharp, uh, ludicrously, is that how you say it? Ludicrously. Ludicrously sharp. This is what you’re about to eat. Now. Okay. You brought me the, we brought you straight to the, the one that, to the 15th was almost too much for you. Almost too much for me. Do you have any last words in No, I think I will like it. Yeah. But, but I am gay. Yep. Right? Yep. For now, let’s find out what happens. Oh no. I ate a piece and I’m gay now I thought you mean like I turned into you. I thought, I thought Stevie became straight Carney. What is, I don’t think this is almost too much for you. I think this is really good. I think this is really good. You’re an old man at heart. I like it. Um, uh, let, let, let gay Carney taste it. Is he a cheese fan? Mm-hmm. I don’t, I don’t, I don’t look, I just feel like it’s a really sharp cheddar, but it’s not like too sharp. I don’t know. Crazy. I like it. I think my favorite might be the three I. I don’t know about a full grilled cheese with it, but I do like it. I would way too much. No. You know what? Seven is my favorite. 12 and 15 are just a novelty. Seven. Seven is on point. Where did they keep all this cheese for 15 frigging years? I know with the whiskey, well sometimes it says cave aged, so I think it’s like in a cave somewhere. Stored in a, in an environment like that. You think it’s, you think 12 and 15 are novelty. Really? I don’t think it’s actually, what’s the oldest? The oldest that you can buy? Let me see. Like. At that, the mouse house where you got this? No, I’m saying I would put 12 and 15 on a charcuterie board and they’re very enjoyable. But I’m saying if I’m just gonna be like, what’s my favorite cheese up here? I’m stopping at seven and then it starts getting very interesting, but not as enjoyable. You know, at my nanny’s house growing up, they did something that I feel like was uncharacteristic of. Someone in the county, they would always have a block of cheese. Why was that uncharacteristic of the county? Because I like out in the country, I didn’t see a bunch of people like with a block of cheese and just shaving a piece of it off like every everywhere else I went, they just had to slice cheese. There is an NPR article. It’s like pre charcuterie board days. Huh? That says a guy walks into a cheese cooler in Wisconsin. True story. Edward Zane Zan was closing up Z’s cheese shop when he discovered wooden boxes of cheese aged cheddar cheese accidentally aged overlooked in the cooler for up to 40 years. Oh, no. And they now sell it, or at this time sold it for $10 an ounce. Oh. But it just keeps going. It keeps crazy cheese that you can actually buy online. We’re seeing around 20 years old. I mean, how much was that 15 year block? Do we know? Lemme see. Because you’re paying for rent 25 75. It was only 25 75 for that 15 year block. Wow. I mean, that’s quite an investment to sit there for 15 years and then make 26 bucks off of it. Mm. It’s a tough business to be in. Man. That’s a small, I’m seeing 50, but still it’s not that being cheese monger not that bad. Wow. I mean, I’m having a great time. Bring that toblerone in here. Oh my goodness. Because chocolate and cheese together, is it? Is that a thing? Can’t even, you can’t even pick it up. I mean, is it a thing? Of course it’s a thing. Have you had a chocolate cheesecake? Because I mean, this is not aged. It’s not easy. Pull it. Okay. Because I wanna take a bite of the, I wanna take a bite of the pen act. Can you bring the 15 back? You’re done with that? I’m just gonna be, I’m gonna just live in decadence right now. I’m gonna do weird stuff with food. I’m gonna do stuff that I’m gonna do when I’m old, when I no longer have a job except just enjoying myself. When the grandkids come visit me, their phones are going to disappear. When the who does what? Grandkids going to visit, what the grand fields do. What? Okay. Their phones are gonna disappear. So one way you could do it is you could do chocolate, right? Well, where are they gonna go? Where will the phones go? I don’t know. But when their mama comes and pick ’em up, they’ll find them. You know what I’m saying? Like Easter eggs? No? Mm-hmm. Okay. Chocolate then cheese. Red Daddy don’t like you on your phone when you’re visiting with him. You are already making rules for visits for your grandchildren. No phones, kids. I love it. I mean, if that was dark chocolate, you’d really be in place, but milk is good now. Cheese, then chocolate. Cheese, then chocolate. You gotta try this, man. Is that good? I don’t, I definitely ain’t going for this 15 years though. The chocolate takes the edge off. You’re gonna love it. Oh God. So I’m gonna use, I’m gonna eat this chocolate, bite the chocolate corner, bite the cheese, feel it, feel it. Let it, yeah, yeah, yeah. That’s good. Yeah. Chocolate helps, but, mm-hmm. Every now and again, something nasty, peeks through. Mm-hmm. You like it. It’s better though. Hey, that’s tough. Now I’m gonna name my grandkids. Of course you are. When they come visit me, they’re gonna have different names. Mm-hmm. They’re going, they’re gonna be called what I wanna call. That’s the funny thing is that would be a great like character trait to write into something. A granddad who insist on calling. Kids their own name. But then the fact is is that you will probably do that. Yeah. Do you know we have exclusive content on our own platform, the Mythical Society. We’re sharing a special look at what’s available over on Good Mythical More. Head over now to watch the crew roast us in the roast of Rhett and Link. I was talking to his wife and apparently there’s a whole long list of things he won’t eat. I’m talking of course about legumes.

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