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re: ladelfa
Will Owen
Dec 19, 2006 07:14 PM
The guy at Roma doesn't like to cut his PR into smaller chunks, so you kind of need to make an investment. That said, the last wedge I had from him was the better part of $20 very well spent...and I'm not really a connoisseur of it, generally quite happy with supermarket wedges.
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At Costco, the cheese comes vacuum sealed (I try to pick out the one with palest color-they must hate me) and very good price (I want to say $8.99/lb but my memory is failing me). They also sell a Grano Padano which is $1-2/lb cheaper which can also substituted for things like grated cheese on spaghetti.
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re: vsoy
Bon Vivant
Dec 13, 2006 01:25 AM
Before 9/11 when the shipping charge was really cheap, I used to order my parmigiano reggiano direct from Peck in Milano (they have absoulutely the best!) After 9/11 the shipping charge went up to $70 so I stopped ordering from them.
One day I'm at my bro's place and he has this big ole chunk of PR that looks like it came from Peck. I yelled, "where did you get this?!" and he said Costco! If it looked and tasted like it came from Peck you know that it has to be good.
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re: Bon Vivant
The RP at Costco is pretty good quality, but when you get some directly from the cheese factory, there is a subtle difference depending on the cheese maker. My hubby's grandma used to live in a tiny town near Berceto and she lived across the street from the cheese factory people who were real artisans. When people visited grandma, they'd pay a visit to the neighbors and they wouldn't take money for the cheese. They are the hardest working, nicest people. Their cheese had this slightly moister, creamer taste than the stuff from Costco. But it's a real subtle difference you have to think about while eating.
What is interesting is that the people there prefer the young cheese for eating and the stuff for export is the older stuff which is meh for them.
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re: vsoy
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