Garlic and herb or black pepper? Personally, I don’t mind either but my partner will only buy garlic and herb so I have to smuggle black pepper into my work lunches
Haven’t seen anyone mention this one, so let’s go.
The most fascinating cheese would be Casu Martzu (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu). It is illegal to produce and consume pretty much everywhere, including in Sardinia where it is produced and was invented. It is the world most dangerous cheese, and people have died eating it.
The Wikipedia articles goes into how it is produced, but essentially you leave a good old pecorino outside with some rind removed to allow flies to put their eggs in the cheese. The larvae then consume the cheese and ferment it further. You need to eat it while the larvae are still alive, although the larvae can survive your digestive system and grow in our intestine. Traditionally you should eat the maggots, but you don’t have to.
I would never eat it, mind you, but it is definitely fascinating that such a thing exists.
Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed,[4][12] diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping.
Humboldt Fog cheese has everything I want in a cheese, in one cheese. It is amazing. My kids got me an entire wheel of it for Christmas, I portioned, double wrapped and froze it but it’s gone now. My favorite fancy cheese by far.
I am fascinated by Limburger though. How can something that smells like literal shit taste that good?
It smells like an athletes foot infection. I had a room mate who was obsessed with it, mostly because it made her feel fancy. I got her some glass containers to keep it in the fridge, but she would just put it on a plate uncovered in there and make everything in the fridge taste like athletes foot. We had to throw away the britta pitcher.
I’m looking for a different kind of brand, I could say. Let’s say you cut the cheese. And it doesn’t smell so bad… Good, even. Now that’s fascinating to me.
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