# hey do you like cheese?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 1, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592 "2009-04-01T17:42:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/1 "2009-04-01T17:42:44Z")
I just ordered some 11 year old cheddar, anyone else have a serious love of the stuff?
my favorite snobby cheese: port salut
my fav non-snobby: fresh cheddar cheese curds
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/2 "2009-04-01T17:52:22Z")
11 year old is good. Sharp cheddar should both crunch and bite back.
My faves: Very old cheddar, very old Swiss (where the holes are filled with liquid, not air), a real roquefort, and a nice gjetost.
Fresh cheddar curds with dill are nice too.
I can get most of the above from one of the two cheese factories near my house. Gjetost requires a special trip, though.
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### Author:  [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/3 "2009-04-01T17:53:51Z")
I just had some string cheese. It was yum.
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### Author:  [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/4 "2009-04-01T18:06:56Z")
I’m bummed because I can no longer find raw-milk camembert from France. It has been technically illegal for awhile, but you could still get it here and there. I haven’t been able to find it for several months now, though.
The pasteurized variety is as bland as cottage cheese. Stupid food and drug laws!
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### Author:  [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/5 "2009-04-01T18:09:01Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> 11 year old is good. Sharp cheddar should both crunch and bite back.
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> My faves: Very old cheddar, very old Swiss (where the holes are filled with liquid, not air), a real roquefort, and a nice gjetost.
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> Fresh cheddar curds with dill are nice too.
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> I can get most of the above from one of the two cheese factories near my house. Gjetost requires a special trip, though.
I got hooked on Cheese curds when I worked with a guy from Wisconsin who would bring them back with him.
Now I have them overnighted from Frankenmuth
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/6 "2009-04-01T18:09:18Z")
Yes, but I’ve never had anything not from a supermarket, though I’m really interested in both aged cheddar and swiss.
My favorite is probably gouda.
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### Author:  [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/7 "2009-04-01T18:14:55Z")
I’ve always been a cheese freak; even preferred it over sweets. Bon-bons, cookies or cakes? No thanks. Give me a nice wedge of a Vermont white cheddar, or a nice Manchego, and I’ll carve it up while watching TV, thankyewverymuch.
Unfortunately, I’ve been off cheese for about a year now because of the cholesterol. I have it only rarely, and then in only very small amounts.
BTW - counting down until someone posts the link to the maggot-cheese: 5…4…3…
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/8 "2009-04-01T18:26:26Z")
> [@Aesiron](#):
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> Yes, but I’ve never had anything not from a supermarket, though I’m really interested in both aged cheddar and swiss.
Cheese is available in supermarkets? 😕
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/9 "2009-04-01T18:28:21Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> Cheese is available in supermarkets? 😕
Yep. Comes in convenient little pre-wrapped slices, too! I love cheese!
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### Author:  [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/10 "2009-04-01T18:30:34Z")
I bought some supermaket havarti to make liverwurst sandwiches. it wasn’t that bad.
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### Author:  [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/11 "2009-04-01T18:36:39Z")
Love cheese but don’t know where to go and what to buy to get the fancy stuff. Plus it probably isn’t something I should waste money on (not that that’s ever stopped me). Guess I need to find myself a good cheese monger.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/12 "2009-04-01T18:47:51Z")
Super, super, super, sharp cheddar is the best. It crumbles a bit when cut.
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/13 "2009-04-01T18:51:43Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> I can get most of the above from one of the two cheese factories near my house. . .
I am filled with envy. I also have a special fondness for the port salut. When the kids were little, they called it stinky cheese and would not touch it. Mmmm. More for me.
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### Author:  [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/14 "2009-04-01T19:00:29Z")
I came home from Italy with four pounds of Parmigiano-Reggiano in my suitcase. Yum!
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/15 "2009-04-01T19:03:48Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> Cheese is available in supermarkets? 😕
Yes, even ignoring the deli, not all the cheese in the cheese section is cheese food or cheese product.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/16 "2009-04-01T19:04:25Z")
**5-HT** , how much did you pay for 11 year old cheddar?
I often end up paying about $24/lb for it near me. 10 year old goes for $22/lb.
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/17 "2009-04-01T19:06:05Z")
Mmmmm, cheese…
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/18 "2009-04-01T19:14:59Z")
Wallace: Won’t you come in? We were just about to have some cheese.
Wendolene: Oh no, not cheese. Sorry. Brings me out in a rash. Can’t stand the stuff.
Wallace: [gulp] Not even Wensleydale? What’s wrong with Wensleydale? Talking of which, all the more for us.
“Oh well, more for us!” has become a catchphrase for our family. Along with “Beeer nuuuuts”.
I do adore cheese, of the more common varieties. Cabot cheddar floats my boat.
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/19 "2009-04-01T20:18:22Z")
Love cheese. Sharp cheddar is wonderful. A nice Swiss is good, too. Colby is very good for melting on top of casseroles and such because it’s so easy to shred, melts divinely, and has a nice mild flavor that doesn’t compete with whatever you top with it.
What I _don’t_ like is _unmelted_ mozzarella. Maybe it’s because I grew up eating pizza, but unmelted mozzarella (like in string cheese) just seems. . .wrong, to me. I do love to melt it on top of all kinds of things, though!
Our House Motto is: “You never have too much cheese; if you’re cooking, and you add too much cheese, add a little more and no one will notice”. (Yeah, I made it up to amuse the kids, but I cook with cheese so often that it works!)
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### Author:  [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-do-you-like-cheese/491592/20 "2009-04-01T21:32:18Z")
I periodically peruse the selection at the Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, lusting after the more expensive cheeses before settling for something more in my price range. (Although I do occasionally treat myself to one of the pricier blue cheeses.) Last time I was at Whole Foods I had a chat with the clerks at the cheese section, lamenting my lactose intolerance which limits how much I can indulge my habit, and they pointed out that the more aged cheddars, as well as the goat and sheep cheeses, do not contain as much lactose.
Which is nice because occasionally I manage to make it to one of the local farmer’s markets, where I can pick up some raw goats milk cheeses.
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