Another cheesy bargain

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Blaze · #11 Post by **Blaze** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:23 am

I'm not a strong smelly cheese fan and dislike blue cheeses (yes, I've tried many ....). I avoid creamy cheeses but love most "hard" cheeses - there's such a choice in France and even if a lot of them seem similar, there are subtle differences.
I was surprised to find that Munster, which is extremely pungent, doesn't taste anything like its smell - it's much milder but one to eat with a glass of red wine.

MAD87 · #12 Post by **MAD87** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:30 am

I don't like Munster or Leerdammer, but I'm a big blue cheese fan. Apart from Gorgonzola, I love Roquefort and I even like Stilton - white, not blue.

Blaze · #13 Post by **Blaze** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:09 am

A cheese I once made a huge mistake with was Tilsiter when I cooked with it. The smell and the taste were quite horrible - it was like eating dog sh*t

Yet it's pretty inoffensive when uncooked ...

Hotrodder · #14 Post by **Hotrodder** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:30 am

I wish you hadn't planted that thought in my head.

Blaze · #15 Post by **Blaze** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:07 am

Hotrodder wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:30 am I wish you hadn't planted that thought in my head.

rabbit · #16 Post by **rabbit** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:33 am

Our fromager sells a creamy vey soft Gorgonzola that comes in a large, wooden drum. He spoons it out into a plastic pot. He calls it Gorgonzola à la cuillère It is delicious and I buy it every week.

L Austin France · Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:48 pm

rabbit wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:33 am Our fromager sells a creamy vey soft Gorgonzola that comes in a large, wooden drum. He spoons it out into a plastic pot. He calls it Gorgonzola à la cuillère It is delicious and I buy it every week.

That sounds exactly like the cheese shown in my OP photo.

Sparkle · #18 Post by **Sparkle** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:15 pm

just moving away for a moment from cheese - sat next to someone in the restaurant on Saturday who was eating andouille - the smell was disgusting and it wasn't only me that thought so as a member of a french party of 4 sitting the other side got up and opened the door

L Austin France · #19 Post by **L Austin France** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:04 pm

Sparkle wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:15 pm just moving away for a moment from cheese - sat next to someone in the restaurant on Saturday who was eating andouille - the smell was disgusting and it wasn't only me that thought so as a member of a french party of 4 sitting the other side got up and opened the door

Absolutely ! Andouillette's even worse.
A disgusting smelly concoction made from animal eyeholes, earholes & arsholes , or so I'm told

Sparkle · #20 Post by **Sparkle** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:40 pm

@L Austin France well it certainly smells like all the farmyard rolled into one and served with frites

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