My entire family used to love this stuff on mini slices of rye bread. I looked for it in supermarkets recently and couldn’t find it. Googling revealed many other people desperately looking for it and it turns out that Kraft stopped manufacturing it several years ago. It’s the stuff that came in the little glass jars with the white lid. Here’s an image that may help you to remember it.
I did find a website selling limberger spread and claiming “Formally [sic] made by Mohawk Valley.” Whether it’s really the same thing or not remains to be seen. They charge $5.95 for 8 ounces. Maybe it’s just because I don’t buy a lot of cheese spread and this particular spread was bought by adults when I was a child, but that seems pricey to me.
On top of that they say
https://www.bavariasausage.com/shop/shipping.php
So this stuff could get pretty costly for cheese spread. Granted you can reduce the price per ounce by buying more but how much can you eat before it goes bad?
So, have any of you tried this, and is it the same thing as you remember?
Anyone in the Philly area want to go in on a larger order of the stuff?
That’s the spread that I found and the one that at least one site claims to be the same thing as the old Kraft Mohawk Valley spread. I guess I’ll find the best price I can and risk a few bucks to see if it’s comparable to what I remember.
My whole family used to love the stuff. We would buy a loaf of mini rye bread and spread this cheese on slices of it. Ambrosia!
I recently bought a small brick of limburger at the market and it was nowhere near as good as the old Mohawk spread and tasted nothing like it. Maybe what I bought was just inferior limburger.
I understand that I can buy limburger cheese. I could go to the market right now and buy some. But I’m looking for something identical or similar to this particular limburger cheese spread. I’ve purchased limburger and it’s not the same. I’m probably going to get some of this to see if it’s the same: https://www.bavariasausage.com/shop/products.php?product_id=5728&storecategory_id=38
Just recognize that the only Limburger cheese made in the US comes from Monroe, Wisconsin.
Where does it say it’s made on the package? Perhaps the source cheese is from Monroe, and the process of turning it into limburger spread is done elsewhere.
Augie, did you get to that cheese shop when they were selling off the 40 year old cheddar for $10/oz? It sold out before we could snag any, but we did score nearly a pound of 28 year old cheddar!
It’s sold all over the net, but I’d really like to find it in locally. The shipping costs more than the cheese unless you order more than one tub. The expiration date on the ones I have is in December, and it’s not something that you want to slather on the rye in huge amounts, it’s strong, so you’d have to either pay $9 or $10 for shipping one tub or you’d have to eat a lot more than is probably healthy, unless you have a big family or are throwing a party.
Can’t someone in the Redding Terminal Market in Philly get it for you? I was only at that market once, but was very impressed by it. Or would they be offended by an “Amish” product that didn’t come from PA?
My Dad is the only one who really likes it, so most of it would be wasted. I like it well enough, but don’t eat the bread anymore, and it really needs the dense rye to go with it.
I don’t know about getting it at the Terminal Market, but by the time I either pay for the train into the city or drive and pay for parking I’ll have paid enough to cover the shipping anyway. Maybe I might check it out if I’m going in for another reason.
Maybe it’s something you can get your father for the holidays. Maybe it can be shared with guests.
