What is Your Favorite Cheese?

[Steve Kroll]

As far as snacking goes, I have a few favorites:

• Cotswold - this comes from the UK and is basically cheddar (I think) with the addition of onions and chives. Reminds me a bit of sour cream and onion chips.
• Humboldt Fog - Goat cheese made by a company called Cypress Grove in California. Unlike other goat cheeses, it has a rind and a thin layer of ash. Seems to be slightly aged. Goes great on a cracker.
• Morbier - is a cow's milk cheese from France. Like Humboldt Fog, this also has a layer of vegatable ash down the middle. Not sure what it is about cheese having a layer of ash, but it is super tasty.
• Colby Cheese - from Wisconsin and is similar in taste to mild cheddar. Makes awesome grilled cheese sandwiches. My only complaint is that grilled cheese sandwiches are rectangles and this cheese is cylindrical, so there is always some finagling to get it to fit properly on the bread.

I'm sure I will think of others (I haven't even gotten into the stinky ones) but this is a good start for my list.

What are your favorites?

 

[caseydog]

It really depends on the use. For snacking, I like certain cold smoked cheeses, like emmentaler, gruyere and even some basic cheap Swiss. I do my own cold smoking, which psychologically makes it taste better. I don't like sharper cheeses smoked, such as cheddar. Some medium cheddar on some low salt crackers is a common snack for me. I like cheddar on a bland cracker, because its purpose is texture, not taste.

For a burger, it's got to be a good quality American cheese, although Swiss is a good change of pace with sautéed shrooms.

CD

 

[pictonguy]

Yeah, cheeses are something I cherish a lot in my life and are pretty important for someone that cooks for a living, here's a few of my favorites

• Parmigiano Reggiano
• Comte
• Burrata
• Saint andre
• Grand padano
• Graviera naxou
• Serra da estrela
• Cropwell bishop

Probably not that well know, nevertheless pretty tasty stuff.

 

[caseydog]

BTW, I like some tangy cheeses like feta a queso fresco crumbled on food. Queso fresco on simple street tacos is a big

I can't eat the really funky, "smells like sweaty feet" cheeses, because the smell prevents me from putting them in my mouth.

CD

 

[pepperhead212]

All depends on what I'm making! I use Reggiano and Asiago for grating cheeses. Gorgonzola is my favorite blue cheese, if using that type. Gruyére, when cooking something with it, where others might separate. Feta, when crumbling it on some of those summertime salads. And mild cheddar or queso fresco, for tacos, and the like.

 

[dragnlaw]

I've only had one cheese I disliked so much I chucked it out. A smoked Gouda. Made me gag. I quite like Gouda but this put me off it for almost a year. Back to eating it again but I won't buy any "flavoured" cheese again, thank you kindly.
Other than that don't think I ever had a cheese I didn't like.

 

[caseydog]

I've only had one cheese I disliked so much I chucked it out. A smoked Gouda. Made me gag. I quite like Gouda but this put me off it for almost a year. Back to eating it again but I won't buy any "flavoured" cheese again, thank you kindly.
Other than that don't think I ever had a cheese I didn't like.

I like smoked gouda, if I smoke it. If it is over-smoked, it is not so good.

CD

 

[Steve Kroll]

I can't eat the really funky, "smells like sweaty feet" cheeses, because the smell prevents me from putting them in my mouth.

CD

My grandma was a big lover of Limburger cheese. I remember once my little brother and I were walking to her house and we both smelled it before we even got in the front door. My brother wouldn't walk in the house. He looked at me and said "Steve, I'm gonna puke." And then he went behind the bushes and did just that.

To this day, I still can't eat that one. But I do like some of the other stinky cheeses such as Camembert.

 

[caseydog]

My grandma was a big lover of Limburger cheese. I remember once my little brother and I were walking to her house and we both smelled it before we even got in the front door. My brother wouldn't walk in the house. He looked at me and said "Steve, I'm gonna puke." And then he went behind the bushes and did just that.

To this day, I still can't eat that one. But I do like some of the other stinky cheeses such as Camembert.

To me, smell and taste are so closely related, that I just can't eat something that smells disgusting. Some would say that I'm missing something that tastes great, but I just can't do it.

CD

 

[taxlady]

I like some stinky cheeses, especially Danish ones. When my late husband and I were in Copenhagen, we went out for breakfast his first morning there. He ordered a breakfast cheese and bread platter. Suddenly his face went funny. I asked if he was okay and he said yes, but that he had just eaten a vicious attack cheese. I started to laugh, since I am familiar with that style of Danish cheese. But, he admitted that he did like it, once he got over the shock.

I like lots of kinds of cheese. I once had Stilton and that is probably my all time favourite.

 

[dragnlaw]

My mom survived on so-called stinky cheeses. I thought they smelled strong, but not stinky - unless it was on your fingers, THEN it was disgustingly stinky. But I quite like them. Stilton is fantastic, as it's expensive and there are other expensive cheese I split my splurge money on I don't have it as often as say a Gruyere which is so much more versatile.

 

[Steve Kroll]

My mom survived on so-called stinky cheeses. I thought they smelled strong, but not stinky - unless it was on your fingers, THEN it was disgustingly stinky. But I quite like them. Stilton is fantastic, as it's expensive and there are other expensive cheese I split my splurge money on I don't have it as often as say a Gruyere which is so much more versatile.

I don't mind most of them now. But my tastes have changed over the years. I'm still a little sensitive to a few of the stronger ones.

 

[Andy M.]

Gruyere
Muenster
String
Monterey Jack

I like a lot of others. These are some favorites. Not a big fan of super sharp cheeses.

 

[blissful]

I don't eat cheese anymore, but my favorites were and are super sharp cheddar and gruyere cheese. Cheese was just one of those things I loved loved loved that got in the way of me maintaining a healthy weight. Now I just occasionally have a fight with dark chocolate, pretzels, and nuts.

 

[Kathleen]

I cannot really deal with cheeses that are sincerely stinky. I don't mind strong smells, but not stinky ones. I like most cheeses though. With snacking, I like anything that goes well with a cracker.

 

[CharlieD]

You, folks are so lucky. It might be better elsewhere, but here in Minnesota kosher cheese variety is so limited it's not even funny . Having said that, Havarti is my favorite for a cheese sandwich.

 

[bethzaring]

My favorite cheese is Jarlsberg Swiss; for snacking, grilled ham and cheese, potato dishes. It is ridiculously cheap at Costo, $6.49/lb. I can't find it locally for under $15./lb

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

I like many different cheeses, but I did find one once at Trader Joes that I found most enjoyable. It was a wedge, and it consisted of stilton cheese sandwiched with double glouster cheddar.

 

[Linda0818]

I've only had one cheese I disliked so much I chucked it out. A smoked Gouda. Made me gag. I quite like Gouda but this put me off it for almost a year. Back to eating it again but I won't buy any "flavoured" cheese again, thank you kindly.
Other than that don't think I ever had a cheese I didn't like.

I've had a few cheeses I wasn't too fond of. But, for me, the worst was goat cheese. It tasted like I was eating the inside of a barn. I expected to start pulling hay out of my teeth at any moment.

I have simple tastes. My all time favorite cheese is Swiss. Baby Swiss is okay, but I like the fuller-flavor types that have a bit of a bite to them.

Another cheese I tried that was love at first bite was Jarlsberg. Couldn't stop eating it.

 

[taxlady]

Goat cheese and goat milk can be lovely. But, if there are billy goats around the nannies, it can be rank. I had been drinking goat milk while I was on vacation in Puerto Soller on Mallorca. It was served everywhere. I didn't see any cow's milk. Even the butter was from goats. It was all different from cows milk, but nice. Then, I bought a bottle of goat milk while visiting a friend in a suburb of Chicago. Oh good grief, that stuff was horrid. It smelled like a billy goat and tasted the way it smelled. One sip for me, one for my boyfriend and one for the friend we were staying with. Then it got poured down the drain. I shudder just thinking about it and that was in the 1970s.