April 27, 2004

Norwegian Cheese Monkey cannot live on banana alone. Have you tried brown cheese, gammelost, n
posted by Skrik 20 years ago
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  • yup. My family calls brown cheese "gjetost" which I understand from this site should properly be called "mysost". I'm not a big fan, but I'll eat it. Jarlsberg is quite yummy, however. mmmmmm, cheese....
  • Ambrosia: Geitost means goat-cheese, and is one kind of brown cheese. Myseost or mysost means whey-cheese (made from cow- or goat milk), which is also brown, but is made by a different method, and has a different taste. (I don't like either.)
  • Oh yeah:
  • (if this didn't previously appear on MeFi, how can we be sure it is any good? heh.)
  • Hmm, that reminds me, I need to get some authentically brown cheese for 'Syttende Mai' (Seventeenth of May). But any one of these cheeses is definitely an acquired taste.
  • A crazy Norwegian rally car driver I once knew swore by this recipe: One package Gjetost Pint of milk Freshly killed rabbit Add all ingredients to pot and simmer until done. Please note that I have not actually tried the recipe listed above.
  • ... when done, pour into petrol tank and rally-ho.
  • I have tried the brown cheese (I'd say that it was not for me but other people are certainly welcome to it) and the Jarlsberg (didn't wow me) and maybe one of the others. Norweigan cheeses didn't excite me. The chocolate, however, I found to be surprisingly good. My favourite ever candy bar was a Stratos Notter (basically an Aero bar with hazelnut pieces).
  • My sister came up with a combination which really surprised me: gjetost cheese (sweet and sort of smoky) and Pedro Ximinez sherry (really sweet, with caramel and chocolate tones.) It was really lovely, in spite of the fact that I claim not to like all that sweet stuff.
  • Actually, it's "Ximenez."
  • Hurrah, larger forums have succumbed to the wily charms of Norwegian cheeses! I've been lauding the cheese deities for quite some time at my blog, and it's grand to see some new faces in the dairy aisle.
  • jarlsberg is disappointingly mundane. not that it isn't good, but...
  • Cheddar is mundane, too. It means "cheese you can eat every day".
  • skrik - "Please note: This post did not previously feature on MetaFilter." you, sir, crack me right the hell up. for which i extend my thanks. and thank you ever so much more for the cheese. i have recently acquired (rediscovered?) quite a fancy for good cheese, especially stinky, pungent cheese, which seems hard to find in this part of the US (too close to wisconsin to get good imports or something).
  • Damn PF, who knew Stilton was that naughty?