Limburger Cheese -- YUMMY or Stinky?

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HERE'S WHAT I THINK

LIMBURGER Cheese is Yummy!

I absolutely LOVE the taste of Limburger Cheese. Yes, it is YUMMY and delicious with a slice of onion on a fresh piece of rye bread. I've been loving this pungent cheese since I was a wee one in Northeastern Ohio. It seems though that everytime I've opened a package of Limburger, the men in my life ALL seem to think I've 'cut the cheese!' And, not in the sense of removing the rind. 'What stinks so much!' is their usual response. You see, they think it's stinky cheese and refuse to eat it!

Well, I happen to think there are plenty of Squidooers and Monkeybrains out there who agree with me that this is YUMMY cheese and NOT STINKY cheese! Are you one of them?

Look at that Limburger cheese -- yummy!

What is Limburger cheese? 

Limburger is a cheese that originated in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between modern-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Limburger is especially known for its pungent odor. The bacterium used to ferment Limburger cheese and other rind-washed cheeses is Brevibacterium linens; this same bacterium is found on human skin and is partially responsible for human body odor. pp 51-63, "Cheese"

Herve cheese is a particular kind of Limburger produced in the Land of Herve.

Limburger and its characteristic odor are a frequent butt of jokes and gags. In 2006 a study showing that the malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) is attracted equally to the smell of Limburger and to the smell of human feet earned the Ig Nobel Prize in the area of biology. This cheese has now been placed in strategic locations in Africa to combat the epidemic of malaria due to mosquitoes. Ig Nobel Prize list of past winners

Despite its birth location, most of the Limburger made today comes from Germany, and has since about the nineteenth century. It was first produced by Rudolph Benkerts in 1867 in his cellar from pasteurized goat's milk. [http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/LimburgerCheese.htm] A few years later, there were about 25 factories that produced this cheese. The Chalet Cheese Cooperative, located in Monroe, Wisconsin, is the one company which makes this cheese in North America.http://www.wisdairy.com/BuyWICheese/companydetail.aspx?companyid=52#

YOUR TURN! 

Ah, I do believe that one man's STINKY is another man's YUMMY -- or vice versa. What do YOU think?

LIMBURGER Cheese is Yummy!

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Yes, you're right! It's yummy!

Zut_Moon says:

All cheese are good except American processed cheese slices ..... leave it to Americans to come up with Plastic Cheese !!!

lilkon says:

O.K. So I hold my nose and enjoy. Been a fan for these many years and can't stop now. bon appetite!!!!

Zut_Moon says:

I don't believe I ever tried it. As I tend to like most cheese, I would suspect that it is yummy despite the smell. It took me years before I would try yogurt so no-one should go by anything I might say.

Mimi says:

Ooooh yummy!

No way, Monkeybrain! It's stinky!

Tripp says:

No..it smells like crap! I couldn't ever bring myself to eat it!

tom simmsw says:

O good screwed up my name what else can i mess up

tom simmsw says:

doesn!t it depend on how many months it has cured from what i read it said after about three months of cureing is when it starts to get its ordor and become more creamy now since i have never tried it i am clicking on NO WAY,Monkey Brain because i never tried it. You can reach me at tomsimms@comcast.net if you wish. My mother mostly German has told me stories about her uncles when she was a young girl buying beer and Limburger Cheese. She said it was kinda like blue cheese but much stronger. Now why do you put onion with it and i am not interested in trying it unless someelse does it with me

CHRIS says:

I haven't heard anyone mention limburger cheese in a long time. I walked into a friends house several years ago and just about fainted. I asked him what the smell was-he told me it was his feet! I said,"whoa! you have to be kidding!" He told me it was really the cheese he was eating called limburger.

 
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