Favourite cheese

[Raz]

Any cheese fans here?
My personal favs are camembert for any sort of crackers/biscuits etc. and strong, mature cheddar for anything else, like in sandwiches and for cooking.

Your turn.

[Cute Wolf]

I'll just like cheese, no matter from where they come from.... at least my pizza delivery, burger, hotdogs, even my homemade instant noodle, is always with extra cheese topping... but the best cheese is still the mozarella... they're just like spicy bubblegum that capable to be swalloeed..

[rasoforos]

Dificult question...

...I LOVE cheese!


Its gotta be a list:

Feta
Haloumi
Kefalotyri
Emendal
Shropshire Blue
Very Mature cheddar
Dolcelatte

Many more too, and the stinkier the better!

Not a big fan of brie and camembert myself...

I had a very traumatic experience 2 months ago. I was visiting Malaysia and went to a Carreffour in Melaca (I work in the super market business and wanted to check how different it is from a local Carreffour). I looked for the Cheese isle...there wasnt one, there was only 1 meter worth of shelf dedicated to cheese and it only had those melted cheese nonsense you put on top of burgers! This is blasphemy! They do not eat cheese there!! Heretics...

[Cute Wolf]

Just forgive their blasphemy, as they didn't understand what they do...

Normal Malayans, as well as Indonesians, and another South East Asians didn't like cheese too much... even some of them hate their taste. I was an exception.

[Fragony]

Reijpenaar old and danish blue.

[Subedei]

Mountain cheese from my local dealer! Hell, it tastes good....spicy, melting on the tongue & awesome straight with good bread.

Gotta add Goat´s cheese, the one that melts away easy..hmmm.
Pecorino/ Parmesan for all sorts of Pasta

[LittleGrizzly]

Not a big fan off the strong stuff... anything with too much of a smell and i can't eat it

We have a local called '5 counties' which is 5 different cheeses slapped into one multicoloured block... thats pretty nice but mostly i eat mild cheddars...

[seireikhaan]

Pepper jack.

[HoreTore]

Like every other proper Norwegian, I eat Norwegia, a mild, yellow cheese. And the lighter brown cheese, who's name escapes me at the moment(fløtemysost?). And as a matter of fact, I'm just about to eat bread with "gräddost"(no idea what the english word might be, sorry...).

And since I'm no barbarian, my cheese gets cut properly, with this.

[PBI]

the stinkier the better!

Personal favourites:

Stilton
Gorgonzola
Very mature cheddar
Goat's cheese

Remember, if it doesn't reek of death, it isn't ready to eat yet.

[Ramses II CP]

Parmigiano-Reggiano. Good on... well... everything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmesan

A good strong Swiss can do for me as well.

Can't eat stinky cheese, heck, I can't even get my face close to the stuff.

[TosaInu]

For daily use with bread and pasta: young Dutch cheese.

[Hosakawa Tito]

A few of my favorites not already mentioned:
English Stilton
7 year old Wisconsin Cheddar
Amish Cheese Curds *fresh from a local Amish maker*
Limburger *on fresh baked black bread topped with wild leeks-pure heaven*
Pecorino & Caprino Romano *can't eat pasta without it*
Smoked Gouda
Sharp Provolone

[Thermal]

Stilton makes me cringe, mild cheddar is about as complex as my cheese eating goes, though all cheese is just fermented mould so yeah, nice

[Pannonian]

Personal favourites:

Stilton
Gorgonzola
Very mature cheddar
Goat's cheese

Remember, if it doesn't reek of death, it isn't ready to eat yet.

Roquefort. Smells like you've just done a number two and wiped up, but some of it got past the paper and onto your hands. For the full glory, don't smell the cheese in its native form, but crumble a little in your fingers, then smell your fingers.

[Hooahguy]

umm..... american cheese?
i love cheese, but i am far from an expert....

[Thermal]

im eating cheese and pickle sandwiches right now, just so y'know

[Yoyoma1910]

Wow, I always thought about making a cheese poll thread...


Um, I defiantly think the Basque make some of the finest cheeses in the world.

[Reverend Joe]

Various kinds of cheddar for me. I actually find that mild cheddar works much better on sandwiches; its flavor is better for mixing with the other flavors of a sandwich, and it melts much more evenly rather than having the oil separate. Sharp, mature cheddar is almost a dish on its own; mix it with some French bread, some olives and some butter or oil for the bread and you have the best drunk food ever.

Other than that, I enjoy provolone as a mild substitute for cheddar on poultry sandwiches, and I've recently found Muenster to be a good topping as well. However, I have yet to find another cheese I like on its own aside from a good, sharp cheddar.

[Tristuskhan]

Am I the first french who contributes in this thread?

Cheese is 50% of what I eat, so I'm close to an expert (and a darn' pretentious one, of course)

My daily meal is Comté: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_(cheese) , it's easy, I live inside the production area.

I have some tenderness for Valencay's goat cheese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valen%C3%A7ay_(cheese) and Ossau-Iraty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossau-Iraty (but only when I go in Euzkadi proper, straight from the producer).

I tasted (but just once alas) top-quality Cheddar, it was a delight.

But for me the very best is l'Etivaz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Etivaz , a very uncommon swiss cheese. Just like eating mountain flowers.

[Good Ship Chuckle]

Depends on what it's going with.

For sandwiches: Provalone
With Crackers: Pepperjack Cheddar
Best all around/multipurpose: Swiss (Just like their pocketknives, the swiss' cheese is good for just about any use.)

[Tristuskhan]

Errrh, what do you mean, "swiss cheese", there are at least one hundred very different cheeses in Switzerland.... and many are as different from others as beef is different from mutton.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Cheddar cheese from Vermont is basically the best stuff out there. For a larger brand Cabot is pretty darn good, and well it's hard to go wrong. The sharper the better, and never get the low-fat cheddar because it has a rubbery texture, is not truly sharp and is generally awful.

Next up is probably fresh mozzarella. Delicious stuff especially melted.

Oh and cheddar loses sharpness when melted so melting it is almost a waste.

[Reverend Joe]

Am I the first french who contributes in this thread?

And thus entered the Nasty Cheese Titans.

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In all seriousness, I have heard good cheese tastes like rotten meat; I will leave such cheese to the apparent experts.

More cheddar for me anyway.

[seireikhaan]

umm..... american cheese?
i love cheese, but i am far from an expert....

NO. NO.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

edit: To clarify, American Cheese is an abomination upon the world of cheese. If the UN has any justification for shackling the US with oppressive restrictions, it is because we introduced that scourge upon the world.

[Meneldil]

Any cheese that is not french, is not cheese.

Sorry guys :-(

They're all tasteless, except for a few exceptions here and there. Some day I hope a new Napoleon will conquer Europe so we can bring you the ultimate piece of French culture and undoubtedly superior civilization: french cheeses.

Edit : Okay, Swiss, Dutch and German cheeses qualify as actual cheese, but that's only because they've been influenced by France.

[woad&fangs]

1) The creator of American cheese is currently residing in the deepest darkest circle of hell, as will all his heretical followers.

2) Wisconsin cheddar is way better than Vermont cheddar.

3) I like the simple cheeses such as Cheddar, Brick, or Munster.

[Yoyoma1910]

Errrh, what do you mean, "swiss cheese", there are at least one hundred very different cheeses in Switzerland.... and many are as different from others as beef is different from mutton.

Likely Emmentaler. Well, the Americanized version of it, known as "Swiss Cheese."


I doubt he means Fribourgeois or even Gruyere, or anything else.

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3) I like the simple cheeses such as Cheddar, Brick, or Munster.

The term Munster means it's supposedly a monestary style cheese. The kind made in France or evn Germany are much stronger and have a different texture.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

1) The creator of American cheese is currently residing in the deepest darkest circle of hell, as will all his heretical followers.

2) Wisconsin cheddar is way better than Vermont cheddar.

3) I like the simple cheeses such as Cheddar, Brick, or Munster.

Really you're going to go to Wisconsin for quality cheese?

How can the land which spawned the greatest maple syrup known to man not have the best cheddar cheese in the world?

Sure this is a logical fallacy, and I accept that, but the argument is still true despite its lack of logic and the two products go together very well. Coincidence?


So long as we agree that cheddar (and the sharp varieties in particular) is the king of cheeses I suppose we can exist in what one might call peace. Even though you speak blasphemy.

[Yoyoma1910]

So long as we agree that cheddar (and the sharp varieties in particular) is the king of cheeses I suppose we can exist in what one might call peace. Even though you speak blasphemy.

Technically, Brie is the, "King of cheeses."