Mmm... cheese?

[spudtater]

Have just been eating Vacherin Mont D'or, brought back from Swizzerland.

It is the durian of the cheese world. Smelly as anything, but actually quite tasty!

Random fact: Vacherin is banned in America. For no good reason.   8^)

Comments

[neuralbuddha.livejournal.com]

OMG! Someone else who knows about durian! Me and my brother had our lives saved by them while we we in Indonesia (kinda...). It's a complex and bizarre story.

[galaxy-girl00.livejournal.com]

So you will smell like mouldy cheese tonight? Well suppose I can cope (either that or faint!)

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Lives saved by durian... errr... I won't even ask.

emergency crampons?

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Mwahahahahahaha!!!
Actually, it isn't mold that it smells of... well, not visible mold, anyway. Dunno what it actually is. stormsearch described it as "smelling of brussels sprouts" and I have to say that I agree...

[galaxy-girl00.livejournal.com]

Well I had a look at the link after I posted that comment so I recon it would smell like farts.

Will just have to give you a continuous stream of mints =0P

yummy

[bitterlace.livejournal.com]

I had one of them last week. well not a whole one, shared. Was yummy. Got it from my work. From france though. Did u cook urs?

Re: yummy

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Nah, had it cold. Still good, though. Must try next one hot. Mmmm, fondue.
The france/switzerland distinction is rather arbitrary; it comes from the same mountain, which just happens to be on the border...

Re: yummy

[bitterlace.livejournal.com]

yep. u cook them with rosemary, garlic and white wine. Tis a challenge to eat it then without making a mess. I recomend taters or bread and salad. Unfortunately it's just coing to the end of season for them so if u wanna try it again u'll have to run out now and buy one! hehe