I was in Wegman’s on Monday and walking through the cheese section of the store. I didn’t want any blue cheese, because I thought I still had some at home. But I did see a small round item labeled “goat cheese”. I don’t think that I saw the name “Bucheron” on it until I either got it to the car or home. Actually, the Bucheron label was on the opposite side of the puck, and it only said “goat cheese” on the side that had the price.

There was something familiar about the look of this cheese puck. The core was mostly whitish, but nearer the rind, the cheese yellowed a little and then the rind was actually darkly mottled. I tried some of the cheese and liked it. I think it was then that I looked at the label and read the name “Bucheron”. Slowly it came to me, “wait, I know this cheese, and it used to be a favorite of mine”. Not sure why I stopped buying it. Probably just disappeared from the refrigerated shelves and I eventually forgot about it. My favorite goat cheese has been the “Capricio de Cabra” for several years now. Consistently tart and good. But most definitely, Bucherondin is an old favorite, that I would purchase again. *When I first tried “Bucherondin” I was living in Jacksonville, North Carolina. I do not recall where I bought it there. I think what happened was that when I moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1995, there was no one that sold Bucerondin goat cheese, and I eventually forgot about it. But, the flavor is distinctive, and when I tasted it , perhaps more than 30 years later, I recognized an old friend.