Cheese plate

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Quite possibly, the easist dish to prepare was our Cheese and Crackers dish with Grapes. One of the stores Joy and I shop in the area, Fry’s, recently had a remodel. In that remodel, they introduced a section dedicated to cheeses of the world. I am not speaking about the little island in front of the deli where maybe 1/2 of it will have ’special cheeses,’ I am talking 5-6 display coolers full of a range of cheeses from soft to hard consistancies.

While we were shopping for our holiday meal, Joy like a child in a candy store, reached for a variety of cheeses. We heard somewhere that a successful cheese tray needs 3 cheeses. Joy put into our basket these cheeses: English Double Gloucester, French St. Andre, and Swiss Gruyère. Cut into cubes, placed in front of the slices of cheese, and to help with serving, toothpicks were put into the cubes. To accent the cheeses, we picked up a box of Entertaining Quartet. We also picked up a few vines of red grapes and served them along side the crackers. While we had a small number of guests, this cheese tray was gone long before dinner hit the table.