# Is The Laughing Cow real cheese? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811 "2011-08-15T19:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/41 "2013-10-05T10:27:39Z")
_Honi soit la vache qui rit._ ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/42 "2013-10-05T13:42:14Z")
Laughing Cow is the only cheese reasonably available in Cameroon, where it is served with baguettes as an upscale breakfast. Peace Corps volunteers (who, as a rule, miss cheese dearly) have some seriously creative Laughing Cow based recipes. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/43 "2013-10-05T13:50:29Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I gotta say, I am really not interested in developing my palate (or whatever the terminology is) to the point that I have to _make my own cheese_ in order to truly be satisfied with my cheese flavor nuances. Seriously, I have a lot of crap to get done on a regular basis and cheese-making is just never going to be a priority for me. > > Also, if this wasn’t enough ammunition for you to judge me as some kind of culinary philistine, I will add that I feel the same way about coffee. If I ever develop a taste for el primo coffee and stop liking Folgers, my grocery budget will go up by some intolerable amount. So I shall continue to like Folgers just fine. > > On-topic: I am actually quite surprised to find out that Laughing Cow is real cheese. I had assumed it was some sort of Kraft Singles-like “cheese product.” I am intrigued now. Blessed are the cheese makers. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/44 "2013-10-05T13:59:17Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I like squeeze cheese (cheese in a can) on a cracker occasionally. Ooh, _fancy_! She actually puts it on something! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/45 "2013-10-07T21:09:09Z")
Do y’all realize this thread is two years old? An infant as far as zombies go, but still a zombie. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/46 "2013-10-07T21:13:36Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Do y’all realize this thread is two years old? An infant as far as zombies go, but still a zombie. I was reading along and chuckled a little at a joke someone made, and then realized it was my own post from two years ago. That’s always a weird feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/47 "2013-10-07T23:36:30Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I was reading along and chuckled a little at a joke someone made, and then realized it was my own post from two years ago. That’s always a weird feeling. Inadvertent zombie egotism. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/48 "2013-10-07T23:40:18Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I was reading along and chuckled a little at a joke someone made, and then realized it was my own post from two years ago. That’s always a weird feeling. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Inadvertent zombie egotism. It’s called knowing your audience. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/49 "2013-10-07T23:49:16Z")
Great minds think alike… two years apart. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/50 "2013-10-07T23:56:14Z")
Aged cheese, now. StG ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811/51 "2013-10-08T00:28:17Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I was curious about that since I hadn’t noticed them (I don’t eat “quesitos”, but Mom uses them for some recipes so I’ll buy them for her). Turns out that those are a set pack of dice, rather than the triangles; there’s another set that’s flavored as either mushrooms, blue cheese or onion. I’m seriously wondering whether they’re intended for the average Juanito Español or rather for the tourist/retiree market, “onion” and “blue cheese” don’t sound like something most kids would be begging for but they’re potato chip flavors in the UK. Uh, no. I’ve never seen blue cheese as a crisp flavour in the UK and I doubt I ever will. Onion on it’s own doesn’t happen either, unless it’s spring onion and I haven’t seen those for ages, more’s the pity. Cheese and onion is a very popular flavour and you will also find combinations like sour cream and onion. I don’t think I’ve seen flavoured Laughing Cow over here either, though it is fairly popular as a lunch box snack type thing. Nor do you see mushroom or onion as inclusions in any other kind of cheese either and as for blue cheese flavour cheese that’s just odd. What you will find on a British deli counter are various kinds of cheese with fruit, like apricot, mango or cranberry and “mexican” style with chilis and peppers. Soft, spreadable cheeses come with garlic and herbs, ham, pineapple and chili. Checking on Tescos website I discovered that you can buy a blue version of Babybel, as well as Gouda and Goat’s cheese. Sadly I was also reminded of the abomination that is Philadelphia chocolate cheese spread (it ought to taste like chocolate cheesecake but doesn’t). So, to summarise, don’t blame the expats for your weird Spanish cheese flavours \*\*Nava \*\*. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-laughing-cow-real-cheese/592811.md?page=2)