cheese-off

we had a cheese off awhile ago:  WI vs VT cheddar!  we had josh's mom bring down some super delicious vermont cheddar, and then friends from WI brought down wisconsin cheddar.  we had a blind taste test and a vote for "favorite".... the winner was.... NEITHER!  it was a perfect tie.  even split for which of the two cheeses were WI/VT and even split for which one was the favorite!  so we'll obviously have to do that again next year.

besides the tasting we had tons of delicious appetizers (everyone brought something different) and wine and just an overall good time.

some photos:

eating and taking photos 

 the whole gang

 conversation

 still eating

 setting up before everyone arrived

 olives, and some home-made crackers (by josh)

 olive oil dip

 home-made fig butter (by josh)

 meat and cheese platters

 key lime cookies (by josh)

 cheese-off instructions

 cheese-off ballots

 cheese-off voting station

 amber, robin, and rachel

tom, josh, and michael