Help ID this cheese

Cafe Society
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I received a gift from one of my business associates today. I can’t quite figure out which cheese it is though.

Here are the clues;

-Wheel of cheese came wrapped in a thin butcher paper

  • Appearance is very similar to brie, with the signature white chalky film all the way around.
  • Smell is very strong, stinky feet kind of cheese
  • Taste is very mild, almost like Havarti, maybe even more mild than Havarti
  • Production date is 10-20-2015, so it’s fairly aged.

My best guess is maybe a “young” Brie?

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Brie or Camembert, I guess - the latter is typically a bit more smelly, but more so when it’s ripe.

How big (diameter) was it? Brie is usually a big disc - Camembert is usually smaller.

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Taleggio.

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Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society.

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If it’s nearly 2 years old it’s most unlikely to be Camembert.

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I didn’t spot that. It’s pretty unlikely to be any soft cheese, really, at that age - and ‘white chalky film’ sounds like it might be whey/salt rather than the characteristic white Penicillium camemberti - Wikipedia rind of Brie/Camembert.

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There are probably a hundred cheeses that fit that description. Is it not possible to ask?

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Perhaps it’s not much of a cheese shop.

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I’m guessing if it smells like stinky feet…it may be Limburger Cheese!! That stuff stinks to high heaven!!

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Fumunda?

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I’m guessing it might be Limberger since as it ages, it gets a chalky appearance. It also stinks badly like stinky feet…lol!!

n its first month, the cheese is firmer and crumblier, similar to the texture of feta cheese. After about six weeks, the cheese becomes softer along the edges but is still firm on the inside and can be described as salty and chalky. After two months of its life, it is mostly creamy and much smoother. Once it reaches three months, the cheese produces its notorious smell because of the bacterium used to ferment Limburger cheese and many other smear-ripened cheeses.[3] This is Brevibacterium linens, the same one found on human skin that is partially responsible for body odor and particularly foot odor.[1]

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Raclette? Which is a semisoft cheese and a stinkyfeet smell. Often comes in wheels. Great for melting over roast potatoes.

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Can you take it to a cheese shop and ask? Whole foods cheese mongers are pretty good too.

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It’s been 9 months since he opened the cheese, I suspect it’s all gone by now.

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They’re fresh out of it.

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Shut that bloody bouzouki up!

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In which case, the place is certainly uncontaminated by cheese now. :stuck_out_tongue: