If you’re satisfied by this video on how to cut a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano you might be a foodie or at least a serious cheese enthusiast. Even then you’d have to be into fine cheeses and how to serve them in order to really get into this video. Is it interesting? Oh yes, it is. But the idea of getting excited about cheese is something you really need to be into as someone that enjoys preparing and learning how to handle fine foods, unless it might be something that you forget very soon afterwards. The idea of this cheese is that it is such a finely-made product that it needs to be handled with care and given the proper respect that it took to create the wheel.
Those in Europe seem to take a lot of pride in how their finer cheeses are made and should in fact since some of the practices have been around for quite some time. This kind of craftsmanship is something that a person can truly be proud of and as a result should be able to display in full to anyone that really wants to know. Personally I’m a brute when it comes to cheese since I’ll take a slice of cheddar and call it good. I’m the kind of guy that will buy the Parmesan cheese that’s found in the green containers with Kraft on the label, and I don’t think I’ve ever really appreciated a fine cheese like this for more than its taste and the possibility that it will satisfy my hunger at any given moment. But hey, that’s me.
Those that truly want to know what they’re getting and what the correct way to present, package, and preserve something like this should take a look at the video simply because it does give a lot of good tips that could be easily followed and absorbed by anyone. An aficionado of fine cheeses might already know how to cut a wheel of cheese, how to present it, and what to tell the discerning customer that finds it particularly pleasing to their palette. The idea of food being an art form isn’t something that needs to be scoffed at, though to some of us the idea that food is simply fuel is hard to get past. Cheese is a great product and is easy to eat by itself or accompanying something. Fine cheeses however are something that people tend to get touchy about if they know anything about them since it takes a lot more effort to make and is considered something that needs to be appreciated rather than just consumed at one’s convenience.
To be honest when it comes to cheese the more discerning palettes are those that will truly appreciate the difference in the product, while the rest of us might just use the grated product or even the smaller bites to melt over a burger, a plate of nachos, or something that would be seen as equally lowbrow. But that’s the difference between just anyone and someone that knows their cheese.
