Hello! Now I’m not super new to “exotic” cheeses, but I’d like to expand more. I like aged dry cheeses, bleu and whatnot (except Camembert.) and softer cheeses like Brie. However I wish to know some of your alls favorites so I can expand my palate more!! Also suggestions for larger charcuterie boards? Like fruits and veggies, cracker and breads brands, jams? (I love fig jam and honey) but yeah! Any suggestions for all <3

Howdy Cheesemongers!

I've always been fascinated by cheese and dairy products. Cheese making, history, and everything in between. Heck I LOVE milk. However, for some reason I can't stand eating cheese. I tried many varieties, from soft to super aged...yet none seems to work. I can barely enjoy mozzarella on pizza. Any tips here?

Red fruit preserves and baguette.

The person behind the counter has to prep how much i want.

I nver bought cheese before from the counter. And also, How do I order the amount i want and knowing how much it will cost? Since i dont have a reference, I wont know how much (in cost and quantity) it will be.

I'm not fond of cheeses myself but today I was at the store and I confused a manchego with a cotija (thanks God I didn't buy it because I was about to) that my family used to eat sometimes when I was a kid. I remember cotija smells like human feet so yeah bad odor but the taste is kinda good if you know what to eat it with. I've seen people talking about their love for cheese and I always wondered why they like cheese so much, and today I found the answer: some cheeses taste really good and I had forgotten it so I decided to dive deeper into what cheeses I could like. If you know any cheeses that taste like cotija (salty and almost rancid but not rancid) or have a similar profile please let me know in the comments. Thank you!

It looks open because I had to try it and forgot to take a photo first. Wondering if I should get more!

French supermarkets are spoiling me 😋

A while back I bought a wedge of gorgonzola for a recipe. At the time, I didn't realize gorgonzola was just another variety of blue cheese so I wasn't surprised that it didn't have any blue in it, but did have small yellowish white crystals throughout. I just thought that was normal for gorgonzola. When I ate some (to be fair, I ate several large pieces on their own) it made my whole mouth, tongue, gums, and roof of mouth extremely irritated and itchy, to the point of being painful. My throat didn't close up or anything and my breathing was normal, the only reaction I had was the irritation in my mouth. I had never had a reaction to eating cheese before but I started googling and it seemed like I was having a histamine reaction. But according to what I found, that's more common in hard cheeses than soft cheeses.

Since then, I've just avoided gorgonzola, but I just found out that it's actually just a kind of Blue Cheese, and I've had it from another source (that is actually blue) and it's fine. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the cheese I had since it was a while ago and I threw it out, but I'm wondering what kind of cheese it might have been. Was it mislabeled or was it bad gorgonzola? I bought it at a local grocery store in the USA, and it was soft and crumbly with pale yellow crystals, about the same color as the cheese, throughout. It tasted like gorgonzola but didn't have any blue in it. I assume that the crystals were a type of mold and I did pick out and eat one of the crystals separately, and it seemed like that's where most of the irritation was coming from.

If this was mislabeled, I'd like to know what kind of cheese I should be avoiding.

Lowkey what would you recommend for someone with an American pallet who’s whole life has only really had cheddar or other hard cheeses but I’ve been seeing videos about stuff like Brie and was wondering on what I should start with

My wife and I had a cheese plate at a Georgian restaurant about a year ago and she still raves about one of the cheeses we had there but we haven’t been able to figure out what it is. Does anyone know what the red cheese with black specks is? We ordered this from a Georgian restaurant in Łódź, Poland and we’ve returned twice since ordering and can’t remember which restaurant it is from. (Pretty sure it’s on Pietrowska street).

If anyone knows any what kind of cheese this is we will be forever grateful 🙏

Hi! This question was asked on this sub.. 6 years ago with no clear answer lol. I LOVE the Starbucks Brie cheese does anyone know what brand it is or anything that tastes similar that I could buy in a grocery store?

Never tried pretty good

Does anybody know where I can buy Corsican cheese Brocciu here in the US? San Francisco area?

Right off the bat let me say that I am an overweight female with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I am not trying to gain weight... but this month I've been on a kick. A bel-gioioso Mozerella cheese kick. You know the one. In the sliced pack for 9 dollars at Kroger? Yeah, that one! :) I have eaten TWO LBS of it this month alone. I pretty much eat it every day. I love mozerella on sandwiches, pizza, subs, mozzarella sticks, and even by itself. I don't know what started this craving but I've been eating mozerella cheese non stop. Does this have any benefits? Is this even safe? Lol.

Great flavor$4 lb for sharp cheddar and it’s on the bike ride home from work.

I just got it a few min ago, and i opened it and it smells. does it still taste ok? Is it because its an aged cheese?

I'm french and from the Auvergne.

God I miss these, now stuck with the English crap where a "very strong" cheddar tastes mild at best:

Cantal Vieux - I'm talking the strong stuff, absolutely to be eaten with the rind

Saint Nectaire - Creamy heaven

Salers - Another classic cheese with taste

Bleu D'Auvergne - The right kind with honey is elite

Does brie and camembert taste the same or have similar taste and what would you recommend as a good pairing with brie( i do understand they have similar profiles in terms of being runny cheese) Recently I bought some french camembert and it was the worst smelling tasting thing I’ve ever had i tried putting honey and chilli flakes and it still was horrible . However I’ve also had fried brie and brie in restaurants and i would like to try making brie at home but just don’t want the same experience of buying cheese that tastes horrific or maybe i make it wrong. Really would appreciate those who have tried it to give their opinion :)

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I had this on a plane recently, but there doesn't seem to be a brand that I can look up or buy at the store.