Favourite cheese?

[John53]

You need to get authentic Greek feta. There is a kind of ghastly tasteless version made in Denmark, which they are no longer allowed to call feta under EU regulations, and which I avoid like the plague. But you are in Oz, where EU appelation rules won't apply, so God knows where your "feta" comes from.

Now, the stuff I really do find tasteless is that Greek cheese that people barbecue, Halloumi. I refer to that as "diesel cheese" as, almost every time I've been given it, the firelighters used to light the barbecue give it a faint taste of diesel fuel, the smell of which I know well from my time working on an oil refinery. Not my favourite.

I've seen both Greek and Danish here but the wife (who loves feta) told me never to buy the Danish one again. Whether the Greek stuff we can buy here is authentic, I don't know. I'm going shopping this morning and I'll try and remember to find out the country of origin. Unfortunately I will never be able to get past the texture thing with feta.

I forgot about halloumi, I'm not a fan of it either, again it's the texture thing, it makes my teeth squeak when I bite it. Every now and then I get some to have one more go because my daughter is always telling me how good it is.

 

[exchemist]

I've seen both Greek and Danish here but the wife (who loves feta) told me never to buy the Danish one again. Whether the Greek stuff we can buy here is authentic, I don't know. I'm going shopping this morning and I'll try and remember to find out the country of origin. Unfortunately I will never be able to get past the texture thing with feta.

I forgot about halloumi, I'm not a fan of it either, again it's the texture thing, it makes my teeth squeak when I bite it. Every now and then I get some to have one more go because my daughter is always telling me how good it is.

YES! It does squeak on the teeth.

 

[John53]

I also forgot cheese in a can, it rates worse than feta. It's an abomination.

 

[ChristineM]

I also forgot cheese in a can, it rates worse than feta. It's an abomination.

That American favourite, spray on cherse

Euk

 

[exchemist]

I also forgot cheese in a can, it rates worse than feta. It's an abomination.

Haha yes, what my brother and his friends, when they were in the cadet corps at school, used to call "possessed cheese", a corruption of "processed cheese". They used to put cans of it in the fire when they went on camping trips and wait for it to blow up, sending incandescently hot strings of melted, burnt, liquified cheese in all directions, like napalm.

 

[JustGeorge]

That American favourite, spray on cherse

Euk

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That stuff is gross...

 

[ChristineM]

That stuff is gross...

I've never heard a good word about it, yet it's still on the market... I wonder why?

 

[JustGeorge]

I've never heard a good word about it, yet it's still on the market... I wonder why?

Because people like my husband eat it.

 

[ChristineM]

Because people like my husband eat it.

Really? Wow brave guy. I thought it was subsidised by the Russians

 

[JustGeorge]

Really? Wow brave guy

He's gross, too.

 

[Twilight Hue]

That stuff is gross...

If there is nothing else and have some crackers.....

 

[JustGeorge]

If there is nothing else and have some crackers.....

I'd eat the crackers by themselves.

 

[ChristineM]

Smoked ham, aged Compte and tomato chutney on a fresh baguette. Lunch sorted

 

[RestlessSoul]

Smoked ham, aged Compte and tomato chutney on a fresh baguette. Lunch sorted

Found some Compte in the fridge the other day, no idea how long it had been in there. Was a bit dubious; tasted okay though, hadn't gone too hard (crumbly if anything), was very tangy and satisfying with crackers and pickled onions.

 

[SalixIncendium]

That stuff is gross...

I like it. I won't buy it because it's too expensive.

 

[exchemist]

Found some Compte in the fridge the other day, no idea how long it had been in there. Was a bit dubious; tasted okay though, hadn't gone too hard (crumbly if anything), was very tangy and satisfying with crackers and pickled onions.

Comté won't be off unless you can see things growing on it - just gets drier and harder.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Comté won't be off unless you can see things growing on it - just gets drier and harder.

And anything growing on it can be scraped off

 

[Debater Slayer]

That American favourite, spray on cherse

Euk

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That's not cheese; that's graffiti in progress.

 

[Rival]

I also forgot cheese in a can, it rates worse than feta. It's an abomination.

I was happier not knowing about this abomination.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Haha yes, what my brother and his friends, when they were in the cadet corps at school, used to call "possessed cheese", a corruption of "processed cheese". They used to put cans of it in the fire when they went on camping trips and wait for it to blow up, sending incandescently hot strings of melted, burnt, liquified cheese in all directions, like napalm.

Sounds like fun.