For some reason, I find the "pick your top three" discussions pretty interesting. Heck, I wrote a whole blog post about having a new top contender in the dessert category. For me, the fun part about it isn't so much in hearing the actual decisions, it's in hearing the reasons why something is either in or out of that top three. Do you pick the item that you could eat every single day without ever getting bored of it or do you pick the one that's a delicacy that you almost never consume? Being forced to pick just three of something usually forces some interesting decisions about what you like (and don't like).
Incidentally, that's also why I dislike sub-categorizing the choices. Your top three American desserts is no fun, I want you to actively consider about whether you like apple pie or kanafeh better. It's even more interesting if the items are nothing at all like each other. Is cold, creamy ice cream a better choice than a warm, gooey brownie? What about something with goat cheese in it? That's a notably different flavor than the usual sweetness in dessert, so does it get any consideration?
So, with this as a backdrop, the Mild Wife and I randomly decided to pick out our top three cheeses the other day. It was a surprisingly difficult decision, because we eat cheese in a variety of ways. I like cheesecake, for example, so I had to consider cream cheese. We also buy blocks of cheddar cheese from Costco and we'll sometimes make a cheese platter when we're feeling a little pinkies up. Like I said, we had several options to choose from.
Given those options, the discussion took a solid 15 minutes. I'm not even kidding, we sat there and weighed the pro's and con's of individual cheeses. Sure, brie is delicious, but would you give up pizza for it? Is it really that good? There were lots and lots of considerations that led to the ultimate decision for each of us. Notably, we did not end up with the same top three. There was definitely overlap and some of our also-ran's were also drawn from the same pool (we do eat together a lot, after all), but my final three were different than the Mild Wife's top three.
I will refrain from providing our actual choices, because that spoils a bit of the mystique and it might color your own opinion. Besides, if you really want to know, we can have the conversation in real time and relive all of the amusement. However, I will mention that we then decided to extend the fun to our siblings and significant others, and got very different answers. My favorite part was that one of my brothers-in-law responded within like thirty seconds. He clearly had preferences. I chuckled quite a bit when he responded.
Finally, I'll end with a question to keep the conversation thread alive: what are your top three favorite cheeses?
Incidentally, that's also why I dislike sub-categorizing the choices. Your top three American desserts is no fun, I want you to actively consider about whether you like apple pie or kanafeh better. It's even more interesting if the items are nothing at all like each other. Is cold, creamy ice cream a better choice than a warm, gooey brownie? What about something with goat cheese in it? That's a notably different flavor than the usual sweetness in dessert, so does it get any consideration?
So, with this as a backdrop, the Mild Wife and I randomly decided to pick out our top three cheeses the other day. It was a surprisingly difficult decision, because we eat cheese in a variety of ways. I like cheesecake, for example, so I had to consider cream cheese. We also buy blocks of cheddar cheese from Costco and we'll sometimes make a cheese platter when we're feeling a little pinkies up. Like I said, we had several options to choose from.
Given those options, the discussion took a solid 15 minutes. I'm not even kidding, we sat there and weighed the pro's and con's of individual cheeses. Sure, brie is delicious, but would you give up pizza for it? Is it really that good? There were lots and lots of considerations that led to the ultimate decision for each of us. Notably, we did not end up with the same top three. There was definitely overlap and some of our also-ran's were also drawn from the same pool (we do eat together a lot, after all), but my final three were different than the Mild Wife's top three.
I will refrain from providing our actual choices, because that spoils a bit of the mystique and it might color your own opinion. Besides, if you really want to know, we can have the conversation in real time and relive all of the amusement. However, I will mention that we then decided to extend the fun to our siblings and significant others, and got very different answers. My favorite part was that one of my brothers-in-law responded within like thirty seconds. He clearly had preferences. I chuckled quite a bit when he responded.
Finally, I'll end with a question to keep the conversation thread alive: what are your top three favorite cheeses?
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