Once only found in the classiest of restaurants or wine bars, charcuterie has gone mainstream to become one of the most popular types of food shared on social media. At my house, I put together some type of board almost every Sunday during football games. I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping wide range of ingredients in the pantry and fridge to spontaneously assemble board from dried fruit like apricots and raisins to pretzels, olives, cheeses, and meats. Pretty much anything goes on my boards depending on the week!
Evidently the charcuterie board got even more popular during the pandemic with many butcher shop and grocery stores producing their own ‘ready-to-eat’ charcuterie packs. And with more consumers discovering a trend that got its start in the 15th-century, charcuterie is making an unexpected comeback thanks in part to social media sharing.
A charcuterie board with meats, cheese, and vegetables.
Getting the right image of your charcuterie or cheese board is essential for posting an image or video that’s shared websites like Instagram. And just as important is the need to create a caption or quote to pair with the photo you’ve tagged. Here’s a variety of catchy captions, quotes, and hashtags to get you started.
Charcuterie Board Captions
Meat and cheese board.
- A punch to the palate.
- A taste that melts in the mouth.
- An addiction to be sure, but a welcoming one.
- Bruschetta the crumbs and get more cheese
- Cheesed to meat you here.
- Are you bored? Let’s make a charcuterie board.
- Crackers ready; I’m going to the moon!
- Delicious whether eaten alone or paired.
- Everything is better with cheese.
- Great minds sip alike.
- I pimento to meat you.
- I’m not board at all.
- In queso you didn’t know, I put this board together myself.
- Its nut a charcuterie without the salami.
- Meat me at the cheese.
- Are you hungry? Let’s make a board.
- Name a more perfect pairing. I’ll wait.
- Nights like this are the reason we’re friends.
- Olive to eat the cheese.
- One of life’s greatest pleasures.
- Perfectly paired with every day.
- Sliced and diced!
- Smoked ’em if you got ’em.
- The ultimate comfort food.
- This is nacho average cheese board.
- What a grape decision it was to have a wine night with you.
- Wine flies when you’re having fun.
Cheese Board Captions
Grapes and cheese.
- A real cheesy date night.
- Addicted to cheese.
- Aging like fine cheese.
- Always in style.
- Be as bubbly as your drink, and as cheesy as your board.
- Behold the power of milk!
- Cheese board spam.
- Cheese is what keeps the world on its toes.
- Deliciously cheesy.
- Find me where the cheesy things are.
- Forever provolone.
- Grilled cheese is satisfying, nothing odd to see here.
- Healthy cheese from the best dairy!
- If you’ve got the wine, I’ve got the time.
- I’ll take any excuse to wine down.
- I’m cheesin’ real hard in this pic.
- It ain’t easy being cheesy.
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- Just in queso you didn’t know, this is the best!
- Just putting my cheese board to good use.
- Keep calm and eat cheese.
- Let’s brie friends forever!
- Life is better with gouda friends.
- Life’s most pleasurable moments, somehow, involve cheese.
- Molten goodness.
- My kind of addiction.
- No cheese, no squeeze.
- Only gouda vibes here.
- Oozing with appeal!
- Right now, I’m as single as a slice of cheese.
- Say, ‘cheese.’
- So delicious, I’m drooling!
- So many kinds, so many surprises.
- The best things in life are cheese.
- The power of cheese is extraordinary.
- This cheese board is as nice as can brie.
- This cheese board is looking sharp.
- This cheese board is really grate.
- We go together like wine and cheese.
- What a gouda time we have together.
- Wine and cheese brie-long together.
- You are the cheese to my cracker.
- You feta believe I put this cheese board together myself.
- You’re the wine that I want.
Cheese Board Hashtags
A variety of cheeses on a board.
- #Behind the Velveeta Rope
- #Comte as you are
- #Frankly my dear, I don’t give edam.
- #Gettin’ quark-y.
- #Hakuna Ricotta
- #I have a Danish Blue Christmas without you.
- #I’m just cream crackered.
- #Just in cais.
- #Mozzarella lost her glass slipper
- #Mustard we do this again?
- #My Charcuterie habit is dry cured
- #My pet piave is bruschetta
- #Olive these charcuterie boards
- #Proud to be an American Cheese
- #So delicious I’m doolin.
- #Sperrin me.
- #Swiss cheese is always a neutral choice.
- #There’s nut enough meat and acheese
- #Time to rind down
- #We eat sausage and cheese as a wurst kase scenario.
- #We’ll get a-rind to it.
- #Wheel meat again!
- #Would you prefer a priest, a rabbi, or a pastorino?
- #Y’all gon’ make me lose my rind
- #You’re piment-ed.
Cheese Board Puns
Blue cheese on a board with garnish.
- Absence makes the heart grow fondue.
- Brie mine.
- Certified cheese-a-holic!
- Cheese be with you.
- Cheesus Christ!
- Cheesy puns crack-er me up!
- Curd your enthusiasm.
- Don’t be such a curd!
- Found the fontina of youth.
- Hakuna ricotta!
- Hello, is it brie you’re looking for?
- I cheese to be happy.
- I hope you have a gouda day.
- I’m so fondue you.
- If God didn’t want us to eat cheese, then why would he allow its existence?
- In queso emergency, eat cheese.
- Mozzarella is actually Cinderella’s cheesier half-sister.
- One of the gouda ones.
- Puns are not cheesy; they’re gouda.
- Really grilled to see you!
- Stop making resolutions and start eating cheese.
- Sweet dreams are made of cheese.
- The cheesier, the better!
- This might sound cheesy, but you’re the gratest!
- To brie or not to brie, that is the question!
- Whisper words of wisdom, letter brie.
- Will you brie my partner?
- You feta believe it!
- You’d Cheddar believe it!
Cheese Board Quotes
Some of my favorite quotes about cheese boards.
- “How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty six different kinds of cheese?” – Charles De Gaulle
- “Never commit yourself to a cheese without having first examined it.” – T. S. Eliot
“The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.” – Johnny Vegas
- “The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse always gets the cheese.” – James Gibson
- A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk`s leap toward immortality. – Clifton Fadiman
- A meal without cheese is like a beautiful woman who lacks an eye. – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
- A slice of pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze. – Stephen King
An aristrocracy is like cheese. The older it is the higher it becomes. – David Lloyd George
- Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself. – Jerome K. Jerome
- Each sort of cheese reveals a pasture of a different green, under a different sky. – Italo Calvino
- Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man. – George R. R. Martin
- My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can`t say cheese. – Jay London
- The misers cheese is wholesomest. – Benjamin Franklin
- What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? – Bertolt Brecht
- When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say? – George Carlin
Popular Charcuterie Board Ideas
From meat to pretzels to hotdogs… You can make them into a board.
If you are looking for what to put in your perfect charcuterie board then you’ve got an incredible range of choices for cheeses, meats and other additions that you can choose from. So here are the most popular additions to any charcuterie board to make yours the best there is.
In my opinion, cured meats are the main course for a charcuterie board. The most common protein you’ll find on my board is beef jerky or salami.
- ‘Nduja
- Ballotines
- Coppa/ Capicola
- Galantines
- Genoa Salami
- Ham
- Jamón Ibérico
- Mortadella
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- Pâté
- Pepperoni
- Prosciutto
- Rillettes
- Saucisson Sec
- Sausage
- Sopressata
- Spanish Chorizo
- Terrines
Cheeses are an important component as well. Here are a few of my favorite cheeses to include on the plate.
- Aged Gouda
- Asiago
- Burrata
- Butterkäse
- Cheddar
- Colby
- Comte
- Dunbarton Blue
- Feta
- Goat Cheese
- Gorgonzola
- Gruyere
- Havarti
- Manchego
- Marbled Blue Jack
- Mascarpone
- Muenster
- Parmesan
- Stracchino
Crackers and bread are needed to eat with the cheese and meats, and while you can skip these entirely, it is better to have a selection that guests can pick what they like and leave what they don’t.
Salad, nuts, raisins, pickles, and other vegetables are also a good addition to balance out the meatiness and dairy. Here are a few more suggestions to include on this board.
- Apricots
- Berries
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Dates
- Dried Mango
- Fresh Figs
- Grapes
- Melon
- Nuts
- Olives
- Pears
- Persimmon
- Pickles
- Pomegranate Seeds
- Sliced Apples
- Sliced Cucumber
- Spring Onions
Honey, jams, spreads, oils and vinegars work as ideal dips and additions to go with the meats and cheeses, to compliment or contrast, depending on your guest tastes. Another nice touch is to sprinkle fresh herbs on top for a visual decoration and aroma.
Parents: I want to let you in on a little secret too. My kids love eating charcuterie too. In fact, my four year old requests that I make one pretty much every weekend. I haven’t met a kid yet that doesn’t enjoy looking through a board and being able to pick out and sample from the items they like. I’ve found this to be an easy way to encourage kids to try carrots, sweet peppers, and different types of crackers or nuts. Give it a try at your house. I can’t wait to see what type of board you create and share on social media.
