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I just got a wheel of epoisses cheese from the grocery store out of curiosity. It smells fucking putrid, like cow shit mixed with smegma, and doing research online it's supposed to smell like that because it's washed in french brandy to encourage bacteria formation and it's supposed to be consumed at room temperture so it's creamy with a nice rind. How do i eat it? Do i just, dip bread or tortilla chips in it? It better fucking taste better than it smells, I'm no stranger to crazy weird foods but the smell is legitimately off-putting to me.
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>>21980531
Delicious cheese, but a little salty for my own tastes. Enjoy on a toasted baguette. Honey, jam, or fruit is nice with it, but it's also great on its own.
If the taste is too pungent feel free to not eat the rind, but you should give the rind a shot. It is edible.
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>>21980610
Tupperware or other lidded container, plastic wrap, wax paper are all good.
The french call stinky cheese the feet of god or le pieds de dieu. Those stinky ass cheeses are usually quite mild in taste compared to the aroma. It's fun to scare cheeselets with them.
Some goat cheeses can have fairly strong barnyard tastes/smells, but I think it's awesome.
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>>21980808
>muh no reason
He was curious about it. It's called enjoying new culinary experiences and OP chose one of the great french classic cheeses to try. Maybe next time he will branch out and try La Tur, a nice reblochon, or even the excellent saint maure de touraine! Who really knows at this point?
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>>21980581
Awww yeah! Cheese in the house!
>>21980826
Do you have a least favorite cheese?
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>>21980752
>Why is cheese always so baffling to /ck/ users?
A lot of them are Asians, Indians (pakis/banglas are a subtype thereof, despite their protests to the contrary) or Asian/Indian-descended, so aged cheese is a strange food (even in those countries where cheese exists, they don't age it, because they lack the conditions).
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>>21980702
why are french leaders like this