The Most Important (and Divisive) GMG Poll Ever

[ritter]

Glad to learn there's other cheese-haters out there. I dislike cheese profoundly, and would say that roquefort is the most unpleasant taste I've ever experienced...I will have molten cheese (on pizza, a grilled cheese sándwich), but won't touch the stuff otherwise...

Well, 21% of cheese-haters so far...were not alone! 

[SonicMan46]

Venezuelan beaver cheese!

LOL! - boy, Brian, that one could go in many directions - Dave

[Todd]

Brie is okay.  Cheddar ranges from good to superb.  But I'm a blue cheese kinda guy.  Rogue Creamery Brutal Blue is probably my favorite.  Last time I was able to procure it, I had to make the four hour drive to get it.  (The creamery is actually an evil place: they forced me into buying an entire wheel of Oregon Blue.)

[amw]

I've always hated cheese. Not just a 'strong dislike', but a genuinely hate.

This explains a lot!

PS: amw. Do you think the infidels could actually be pod-people? I generally discount UFO stories, but ...

I'm considering the possibility of an Invasion of the Body Snatchers scenario myself.

Pleased to see so many people are making the right choices, here in Kiwiland I'm surrounded by cheddar lovers and something called haloumi which is not really a cheese, more of an abomination in dairy form. Dark times.

[Brian]

something called haloumi which is not really a cheese, more of an abomination in dairy form. Dark times.

WHAT. We're not friends anymore.

Seriously, though, don't just slice halloumi and eat it straight. What you do is put a skillet on the burner, turn it to medium-high, and grill the halloumi until it's dangerously close to burnt. Throw it between two toasted pieces of bread with some tomatoes and oil/balsamic and your favorite type of leaf, and bam, you got a totally new definition of grilled cheese. Mmmm. Last week I did this for a few nights and at like 11 AM I would start fantasizing about getting home eight hours later so I could eat my halloumi grilled cheese.

It's important to note that people from my part of the world (where halloumi originated) pretty much only grill/scorch this cheese, not eat it raw.

P.S. We do agree on cheddar. It's okay, but whatever.

[Mirror Image]

I voted brie. I'm a fan of soft cheeses, although I do like plenty of the cheddar varieties.

[Todd]

We do agree on cheddar. It's okay, but whatever.

Whoa!  Try some Irish cheddar.  (I know, that seems a bit odd, but trust me.)  Or some Tillamook extra sharp from Oregon.  Just sayin'.

[Rinaldo]

Soft cheese yuck. Hard cheese yum. Gruyère ftw.

[Brian]

Whoa!  Try some Irish cheddar.  (I know, that seems a bit odd, but trust me.)  Or some Tillamook extra sharp from Oregon.  Just sayin'.

Oh, I have, and I like them well enough (see previous page: bringing cheddar to Christmas), but in the face of brie or blue or aged parmesan or Gouda or my personal favorite, good feta...

[The new erato]

Had some wonderful aged Gouda for breakfast today, bought from a Dutch vendor that occasionally sets up shop in Bergen.

[Bogey]

Had some wonderful aged Gouda for breakfast today, bought from a Dutch vendor that occasionally sets up shop in Bergen.

Excellent!

[Karl Henning]

Not much of a cheeser shop, is it?

http://www.youtube.com/v/PPN3KTtrnZM

[amw]

WHAT. We're not friends anymore.

Seriously, though, don't just slice halloumi and eat it straight. What you do is put a skillet on the burner, turn it to medium-high, and grill the halloumi until it's dangerously close to burnt. Throw it between two toasted pieces of bread with some tomatoes and oil/balsamic and your favorite type of leaf, and bam, you got a totally new definition of grilled cheese. Mmmm. Last week I did this for a few nights and at like 11 AM I would start fantasizing about getting home eight hours later so I could eat my halloumi grilled cheese.

It's important to note that people from my part of the world (where halloumi originated) pretty much only grill/scorch this cheese, not eat it raw.

Oh, I can totally sympathize. I understand times were sometimes tough over there, with war or famine reducing the population of cows, goats and sheep so significantly that people had to resort to making cheese out of rubber. Having tried vulcanised halloumi (thanks for the correct spelling) I can affirm that it does taste slightly better than car tyres. So there's that.

Good feta is something else I'm mourning. Around here they have soft, creamy, nearly flavourless stuff, sort of like ricotta gone bad. It's a disgrace. I need to find out where the Croatian immigrant population gets their cheese, I can't imagine they'd stand for this.

[Ken B]

Oh, I can totally sympathize. I understand times were sometimes tough over there, with war or famine reducing the population of cows, goats and sheep so significantly that people had to resort to making cheese out of rubber. Having tried vulcanised halloumi (thanks for the correct spelling) I can affirm that it does taste slightly better than car tyres. So there's that.

Good feta is something else I'm mourning. Around here they have soft, creamy, nearly flavourless stuff, sort of like ricotta gone bad. It's a disgrace. I need to find out where the Croatian immigrant population gets their cheese, I can't imagine they'd stand for this.

Odd you can't get good feta. The true way is goat's milk but you can make good feta out of sheep's milk. No sheep where you live?

[amw]

Odd you can't get good feta. The true way is goat's milk but you can make good feta out of sheep's milk. No sheep where you live?

You hadn't heard? New Zealanders got tired of all the sheep shagging jokes back in the 1990s and exported the lot of them (sheep, not jokes) to Australia. All our wool comes from kiwifruit skins now. And possums.

(New Zealand was founded by the British Empire on the principle that food may occasionally be edible, but never enjoyable. Thus, the Mediterranean lifestyle of food tasting good seems not to have caught on at all.)

[Brian]

New Zealand was founded by the British Empire on the principle that food may occasionally be edible, but never enjoyable.

Alas, so was Australia. The English finally learned how to cook, but that was only in the 1990s, far too late to help you guys.

Also, this breaks my heart because I really want to visit New Zealand and love it but the way to my heart is through my stomach. At least you have good Asian food?

[prémont]

Brie and Emmentaler (or the Dutch variant Maasdammer).

But for daily use these cheeses are too greasy, so I eat mostly cached solid Danish firm cheese (Danbo 30+).

[Ken B]

You hadn't heard? New Zealanders got tired of all the sheep shagging jokes back in the 1990s and exported the lot of them (sheep, not jokes) to Australia. All our wool comes from kiwifruit skins now. And possums.

(New Zealand was founded by the British Empire on the principle that food may occasionally be edible, but never enjoyable. Thus, the Mediterranean lifestyle of food tasting good seems not to have caught on at all.)

I wonder when that happened? If you look at medieval travel accounts etc the English were known for the quality of their food. And then at some point boil-until-mushy took over. I'm inclined to blame Cromwell. I have no evidence or argument to support this, but I read newspapers and I know you don't need either in debates anymore.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I voted cheddar, though it's hardly my favorite.  I much prefer the Alpine cheeses to anything listed.  I envy the no-cheese eaters; you'll be healthier for this (other things being equal). I was a Vegan for several months and cheese was the only dairy I missed (besides the splash of milk in my tea) - curiously, didn't even think of eggs at all so little did I regret them.  Boy, did some sharp cheddar taste wonderful after two month's abstinence! To  compare the experience with a cat & catnip would not be an exaggeration. 

[Ten thumbs]

My favourite cheese is Dovedale.
Wensleydale is my lifeblood.
For blue I choose Shropshire.
I've never found a Brie with a pleasant texture, so that's out.
I'm going for cheddar because I like to eat cheese with something, e.g. an apple, or a mince pie. Yum, yum!