Without further ado, I quickly dropped it into my basket. When I got home, the first thing I did was to dig up the tiny bit of cheese from the sea of groceries and grabbed a knife to slice that baby up. Actually, I do this all the time when I’m excited to try out a new food. I took one bite of the cheese, and I didn’t know what to think. Am I supposed to like this? Is this what fancy people enjoy eating? The smoky flavors were very interesting, but I don’t think I want that on my mozzarella. Although I wasn’t the biggest fan of smoked mozzarella, I didn’t let that experience stop me from dabbling in the world of smoked cheeses. The next week, I grabbed a block of smoked gouda, and what a difference! I think the saltier qualities of gouda better complemented the hickory flavors. And do you know what goes well with smoked gouda? A bit of red wine. I had a package of mini peppers to power through before they went bad, and I thought a stuffed pepper dish with that smoked gouda would be absolutely lovely. Dice a bit of ham and scallions and toss a bit of shredded zucchini and, MAGIC, you get these lovely stuffed peppers! I didn’t bother to add any additional seasoning to these stuffed peppers because the flavors of the ham, scallions, and smoked gouda were already good enough. I won’t lie, I was too eager to eat these stuffed peppers while they were still hot, so I didn’t have the patience to take more photos. And you know what, these were fantastic!
