Punk Rawk Labs nut milk cheese

Change is constant · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:44 pm

I just picked up the smoked cashew cheese today and I can't wait to share it with friends! Anyone else tried it yet?

http://www.punkrawklabs.net/cheeses.html

jordanpattern · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:37 am

Where did you get it?

vegimator · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:49 am

Vegansaurus said rainbow was going to be carrying it.

vijita · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:03 am

I WANT IT.

Change is constant · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:05 am

Got it at Rainbow, in the veggie cheese section. They had the smoked Mac nut for $16, and the cashew, and smoked cashew for $10.

vijita · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:02 am

Change is constant wrote:

Got it at Rainbow, in the veggie cheese section. They had the smoked Mac nut for $16, and the cashew, and smoked cashew for $10.

Yikes, so it is Dr. Cow prices.

Change is constant · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:19 pm

Yikes, is right, but maaannn it's good. The texture is creamy and smooth, it's got a nice mild pungent bite. I will be sharing this with omni's, but only the really cool ones.

vijita · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:29 pm

I finally tried it. It is SO salty. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but given the prohibitive price I think I'll pass in the future.

Desdemona · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:01 pm

vijita wrote:

Change is constant wrote:

Got it at Rainbow, in the veggie cheese section. They had the smoked Mac nut for $16, and the cashew, and smoked cashew for $10.

Yikes, so it is Dr. Cow prices.

That is steep.

vijita wrote:

I finally tried it. It is SO salty. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but given the prohibitive price I think I'll pass in the future.

I was never impressed with Dr Cow. It wasn't so much that I didn't like it as that it didn't suggest "cheese: to me; if anything, it sort of reminded me of savory halvah...not what I was expecting/looking forward to when I first tried it. Is the Punk Rawk Labs stuff similar in ways other than redonkulous expensiveness?

vijita · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:07 pm

Desdemona wrote:

vijita wrote:

Change is constant wrote:

Got it at Rainbow, in the veggie cheese section. They had the smoked Mac nut for $16, and the cashew, and smoked cashew for $10.

Yikes, so it is Dr. Cow prices.

That is steep.

vijita wrote:

I finally tried it. It is SO salty. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but given the prohibitive price I think I'll pass in the future.

I was never impressed with Dr Cow. It wasn't so much that I didn't like it as that it didn't suggest "cheese: to me; if anything, it sort of reminded me of savory halvah...not what I was expecting/looking forward to when I first tried it. Is the Punk Rawk Labs stuff similar in ways other than redonkulous expensiveness?

I actually kind of like Dr. Cow better. It is creamier than Dr. Cow, so no halvah texture, but it just kind of tastes like salt. I would only spring for Dr. Cow again.

strawberryrock · **Joined:** Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:15 pm **Posts:** 1697

I saw it at Food Fight and thought about it for a minute then remembered that sometimes jdfunks lets me eat her homemade cheese for free so whatever.

vijita · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:27 pm

strawberryrock wrote:

I saw it at Food Fight and thought about it for a minute then remembered that sometimes jdfunks lets me eat her homemade cheese for free so whatever.

Snap. <3

Garrick · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:48 pm

They're MN-based and were sampling it at a co-op here, on crackers and stuffed in dates. I thought it was delicious. Expensive for sure...Made me want to start trying my hand at the artesian cheese cookbook.

vegimator · **Posted:** Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:41 am

I like them better than Dr Cow (which I also like). I like that it's slightly softer (and I want to say creamier tasting) than Dr Cow and for (slightly) less money by weight.

Making cheese like from AVC is the way to go though.

dandykins · **Joined:** Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:03 pm **Posts:** 349

Garrick, were they sampling at Seward? I just saw it there today, but for those prices I want to know I like it first...

luckyklutz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:31 pm

I think it's effing delicious! The smoked kind is bomb dot com. Nooch has it for $14, I think.

calcio777 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:27 pm

Garrick wrote:

They're MN-based and were sampling it at a co-op here, on crackers and stuffed in dates. I thought it was delicious. Expensive for sure...Made me want to start trying my hand at the artesian cheese cookbook.

Hi Garrick,
I too would be interested to know where this was....? :-)

Garrick · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:04 pm

Yup, the two founders were sampling it at Seward.

cadryskitchen · **Joined:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:47 pm **Posts:** 36

I've had it a couple of times and liked it a lot - very tangy. I've tried the cashew plain, herbed, and smoked. The herbed was my favorite. It isn't something I could afford to buy regularly, but I realize that nuts aren't cheap. (The cashew cheeses are less expensive than the ones with macadamia nuts for obvious reasons.) And of course, there's the labor involved for a small company. On the plus side, you get twice as much as with Dr. Cow - 5 ounces versus 2.5 ounces. It's something I think of as a special occasion item, and when I figure I'd spend that amount for a bottle of wine for a dinner party or whatnot, it's not so bad. It's the kind of impressive cheese I'd be eager to share with non-vegans, but the only problem is, I wouldn't want to share! :)

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