Blue Cheese Straws

I was virtually raised eating the cheddar cheese straws that my grandmother, mother, and aunt would bake for cocktail receptions, teas, and other social events, but it was only many years later that my friend, colleague, and neighbor Craig Claiborne introduced me to these tangy blue cheese straws he had learned to make in his native Mississippi. Aged extra-sharp cheddar cheese can certainly be substituted in