BelGioioso Burrata Minis

On balance, I'm glad I live alone right now (for both allergy and noise reasons), but there are a few major downsides, and one of those is burrata. This is a set of 4 "mini" balls (each being a 2 serving 2-ouncer, so not actually that mini at all), and as the packaging warns you, you better eat it within one (1) day or you will suffer the most horrible agony. One of these is great on pesto pasta, or with olive oil and tomatoes, or whatever you have going along those lines. Two is a little much, but maybe doable if that's all you're eating that day. That leaves 2 burrataballs that solo-you simply cannot eat or you will suffer intense agony, either from overeating fatty cheese (a lesson I've learned a few too many times) or eating very smelly expired milk product (a lesson I only needed to learn once). You can't freeze it, either. The only choice is to waste food or to never buy it. Or, I guess, to have friends?? 

Anyway, as I said, it's very good. Mozz outside, wet mozz-goo inside. Good temperature contrast to hot food. Fun. Makes me think of Alyssa always getting burrata at trivia and me being jealous and also scared because it came with walnuts. And it is for those reasons that I made the sad choice to buy it...  just this once. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10 

BelGioioso Mozzarella Pearls ("Little Ones")

Some of my best friends are "little ones". This is mozz and as such it tastes like all the other form factors of BelGioioso mozz. However, there's like 50 wee orbs in here, which is actually better than the normal sized ones for most of my purposes (snacking, noodles, recipes that want you to pull off a bunch of tiny bits). They are fun, they are cute, they are small. I think mozz usually messes with me in large amounts, but it tastes good, anyway.

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [6$ish]
Taste: 7/10 

Bel Gioioso Mascarpone

This is hard to review, because I used it to make ice cream (my first attempt at homemade ice creaming!) and it was a little weird (=thick, fatty), texturally, and extremely cheesy, but was that the goal of the mascarpone ice cream enterprise or not? Anyway, this comes in a convenient form and has minimal ingredients, and it is probably delicious, but I don't actually have enough information to make an educated review. So why review at all, you ask? Well. From an allergy perspective, it gets a pass!

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [6$ish]
Taste: 6/10 ?

BelGioioso Ciliegine Mozzarella

Some of my best friends are "Cherry Size". Listen, it seems like mozz should be right out, but it's fresh and not aged so perhaps it is fine. My store didn't have Normal Large Ball, but actually these 1/3oz blops are pretty convenient. They taste like mozz and I have no complaints. 6 of them make for a nice personal pizza lavash. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10 (6$)
Taste: 7/10

BelGioioso Shredded Parmesan

Ahoy! This was much better than the grated version for two reasons: one, it didn't give me a stomach ache (at least not yet), and two, it tasted good, like actual cheese. Solid stuff. Is it worth 5$, probably not, since it only lasts 3 days, but if I need to fill my cart, there are worse things.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

BelGioioso Fontina Cheese

According to the package, this cheese and I have a lot in common. Anyway, I got it for my big lasagna, and it did the job there. I'd rate it as "good", at least in ease of grating compared to the parm brick. Very soft, creamy texture. Tastes like cheese. Not a super strong flavor.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

BelGioioso Grated Parmesan

I haven't had grate(!) luck with grated parm and my digestive system. This is a legit company, but yet I still felt pretty funky after eating this, even though it was fresh! I couldn't really taste it much, so I have little to offer other than it didn't kill me and they sure put too much in these containers.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10