I got the variety pack of cheese in from the WSU creamery yesterday. So far, I’ve only opened the Cougar Gold and the Crimson Fire, but both are quite yummy.
Cougar Gold is a hard, somewhat crumbly, cheese that tastes like one of the English cheeses whose name I can’t remember (mainly since it’s been a year or more since I last had some). (Update: upon reading the description at the Cheese Encyclopedia, I think it’s Cheshire.) It’s quite good, and I’ll probably be getting a can of it when this box runs out. I might even try it as chupaqueso filling with a bit of bacon, just to see how it holds up.
Crimson Fire is a softer cheese that’s full of pepper. This ain’t no namby-pamby Pepper Jack, either: while it won’t send diehard Dave’s Insanity Sauce fans running for the chocolate dish, the average person will be left with no doubt he’s gotten hold of something fiery. All of that does a very good job of hiding the fact that the cheese around the peppers is low-fat.
When I get through these two, I’ll break out the American Cheddar and Dill Garlic varieties. I expect they’ll be pretty good, too.