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Which Cheese is the most famous....?

Post the country where you are from, so we can see which cheese is most famous in your country.

Remember...the poll is not your opinion of which taste best..but which is MOST FAMOUS.

Any discussion about cheese is welcome, as I love it. I basically get fucked up on cheese.

Also, post your favorite cheese.

The poll is a joke! Where is Britain and the cheese they call Cheddar! I shall boycott this thread!

Which Cheese is the most famous....?

Post the country where you are from, so we can see which cheese is most famous in your country.

Any discussion about cheese is welcome, as I love it. I basically get fucked up on cheese.

Also, post your favorite cheese.
Most of our cheese come form Aussie & NZ, I think. I like mozzarella. Yesterday I made these:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1497/mozzasticksxl9.png
Mmmm. Very delicious. (My first time to cook these stuff. :P)

The question makes me indecisive. On the one hand if you ask me who are the big names in cheese, my first thought would be Swiss. On the other, I much prefer French cheese and find Swiss rather bland. Is the question purely about the widespread awareness of cheese, or of widespread liking for?

Go Camembert!!!

Same about spanish cheese...

VELVEETA!!

oh nevermind its not cheese, its processed cheese food.

usa

The question makes me indecisive. On the one hand if you ask me who are the big names in cheese, my first thought would be Swiss. On the other, I much prefer French cheese and find Swiss rather bland. Is the question purely about the widespread awareness of cheese, or of widespread liking for?

Go Camembert!!!
Widespread awareness and fame.
Most of our cheese come form Aussie & NZ, I think. I like mozzarella. Yesterday I made these:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1497/mozzasticksxl9.png
Mmmm. Very delicious. (My first time to cook these stuff. :P)
I love them. Good call there!:)
The poll is a joke! Where is Britain and the cheese they call Cheddar! I shall boycott this thread!
Hahah...I'm sorry. It was an arguement between me and a few friends...so I had to make the poll. No disresepct to England and Cheddar, because God knows I'm a man who loves his cheddar.

I voted Italian but the truth is if any of you tries Manchego cheese, you´ll be hooked forever. It´s the best!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchego_cheese

I voted Italian but the truth is if any of you tries Manchego cheese, you´ll be hooked forever. It´s the best!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchego_cheese
It actually looks very good...I'll be in Spain this year and I'll be looking foward to trying it.

Heheh, always, when I hear or see algo sobre la mancha, pienso en la leyenda de.....

Don Quixote! :P

Out of the list, French has the most "reknown."

In general, British though.


(and Manchego is lovely)

It actually looks very good...I'll be in Spain this year and I'll be looking foward to trying it.

Heheh, always, when I hear or see algo sobre la mancha, pienso en la historia de.....

Don Quixote! :P

:D
DON QUIJOTE, QUE NO SON GIGANTES, QUE SON MOLINOS!!!

Well, after you try Manchego I´m sure you´ll love it.;)
Everything from Spain is awesome.:p

:D
DON QUIJOTE, QUE NO SON GIGANTES, QUE SON MOLINOS!!!

Well, after you try Manchego I´m sure you´ll love it.;)
Everything from Spain is awesome.:p
Hehehe...Creo que si tambien. Voy a visitar Barcelona y despues vamos a ir a Madrid. Ahh...Espana se vea fantastica. Quiero ir ahora! Pienso que puedes ver que me encanta viajar :p

It's a tight one between Swiss and France I think.
Here in Germany, most people eat Gouda, Chester, Brie, Emmentaler, etc. There's so many kinds of cheese, most people probably have no clue where their favorite cheese comes from.

Hehehe...Creo que si tambien. Voy a visitar Barcelona y despues vamos a ir a Madrid. Ahh...Espana se vea fantastica. Quiero ir ahora! Pienso que puedes ver que me encanta viajar :p

Se vé. Hablas español entonces? Porque si lo haces, lo haces bien. Venga que sí, España es preciosa y no lo digo porque soy española. Lo digo porque así lo creo. Iréis a Catalunya y a Madrid, eh? Qué bien. La familia de mi madre es catalá. Barcelona es bella, os va a encantar a ti y a tus compañeros de viaje, si es que va alguien con vos. Eso sí, tengáis cuidado con los catalanes, os recomiendo que aprendáis alguna que otra palabra en catalán para que no os traten mal.;) La vida nocturna de Madrid es toda una aventura. Disfrutadla.;)

I actually run a cheese shop. That's my day job, in between governing my own nation ;-)

Italian cheese pretty much rules your face

Vive la France!

American Cheese.

Ah.. right, not infamous.

The poll is a joke! Where is Britain and the cheese they call Cheddar! I shall boycott this thread!

Cheddar is from Britain?

Swiss Cheese with it's holes is undeniably th most famous cheese in the world

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1237078/2/istockphoto_1237078_swiss_cheese.jpg

Im American- I voted Italian.


As an aside TAI...as you know, I always read your threads ASAP because a good discussion on an interesting topic usually follows. So i quickly read this one when I saw it, open it up...and its about fucking cheese. What the hell? :p



*shakes head disapprovingly*

1. Feta (so, Greece and Bulgaria mostly)
2. Cheddar (So the UK, even if the best is from Wisconsin)
3. Swiss (even if they don't call the stuff with the holes 'swiss cheese' there)
4. French (Brie is tasty)

Cheddar is from Britain?
Yeah it's from Cheddar, Britain.
As an aside TAI...as you know, I always read your threads ASAP because a good discussion on an interesting topic usually follows. So i quickly read this one when I saw it, open it up...and its about fucking cheese. What the hell? :p



*shakes head disapprovingly*
I know and I swear I thought about what you said when I was making this thread. *What a non-typical TAI thread* :p But, don't you worry...a friend of mine recently alerted my attention to something quite interesting...so I'm planning a thread later tonight. The problem is the articles that I was reading over are in German...so I'm trying to figure out what I can do about that for you guys.
3. Swiss (even if they don't call the stuff with the holes 'swiss cheese' there)
The stuff with the holes is called Swiss cheese. More specifically, it's Emmenthaler cheese, a Swiss cheese which is sort of the "representative" cheese. Naturally there are other "swiss cheeses" but this one is the international representative.

Se vé. Hablas español entonces? Porque si lo haces, lo haces bien. Venga que sí, España es preciosa y no lo digo porque soy española. Lo digo porque así lo creo. Iréis a Catalunya y a Madrid, eh? Qué bien. La familia de mi madre es catalá. Barcelona es bella, os va a encantar a ti y a tus compañeros de viaje, si es que va alguien con vos. Eso sí, tengáis cuidado con los catalanes, os recomiendo que aprendáis alguna que otra palabra en catalán para que no os traten mal.;) La vida nocturna de Madrid es toda una aventura. Disfrutadla.;)
Si puedo hablar espanol. Gracias. Y gracias por la invatiacion. Pero dime algo, es verdad que la gente de Catalonia odia si alguien habla Espanol con ellos? Y gracias por la informacion sobre Madrid, pero tengo una pregunta.....como es la edad de bebida? (no se si eso es correcto, lol) Y, yo oi que, en Espana, fumando marijuana no es ilegal. Es verdad? Perdoname, hehehe...yo se que soy un turisto....pero por eso quiero saberlo, hehe.

Yeah it's from Cheddar, Britain.

Huh. You learn something new every day. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.

I'm an American, and Swiss cheese rocks all socks.

I love lots of sorts of cheeses, so it's rather hard to choose a favorite. Generally speaking, the stronger and sharper, the better, so blue/bleu, feta, Parmesan, extra sharp Cheddar, and the like.

As for fame, definately France. Switzerland has not garnered a name for being "cheese eating neutrality monkeys".

I'm an American, and Swiss cheese rocks all socks.

Agreed!!

I actually run a cheese shop. That's my day job, in between governing my own nation ;-)

Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmond Street just now, skimming through Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly came over all peckish.

As a vegetarian (though not vegan) I try to eat rennet free cheeses. Generally they're crap.

I live in Oz and discovered a rennet free ripper that is as good as any regular cheese. It touts itself as elbo style. I've had to look that up (not even Wikipedia has an entry on it) and discovered that elbo is a Swiss style.

The other type of cheese I eat by the bucketload is parmesan (imitation I must admit).

So I guess the Swiss and Italians win for me.

Si puedo hablar espanol. Gracias. Y gracias por la invatiacion. Pero dime algo, es verdad que la gente de Catalonia odia si alguien habla Espanol con ellos? Y gracias por la informacion sobre Madrid, pero tengo una pregunta.....como es la edad de bebida? (no se si eso es correcto, lol) Y, yo oi que, en Espana, fumando marijuana no es ilegal. Es verdad? Perdoname, hehehe...yo se que soy un turisto....pero por eso quiero saberlo, hehe.

De nada. Vale, no es que la gente de Catalunya odie que se les hablen en español, es que el catalá es sumamente regionalista y prefiere se les hableís en catalán antes que en español. Mi recomendación estriba en que para que no os traten muy parcos, porque el catalá es algo rudo, siempre es bueno saber una que otra frase en el 'dialecto local'.

En cuanto a la edad legal de consumo de alcohol en España, a los 18 años (siempre que tengáis indentificación) no hay problema. A la hora de beber, si lo hacéis en Catalunya, decid "Salut e força al canut!".
Note: In english, that means "Health and strenght to the loins.":D

Sobre las historias de que fumar marijuana en las calles no es ilegal, eso es una equivocación. No es que no sea castigable por ley, es que si os detienen y os encuentran marijuana, siempre y cuando la cantidad sea para consumo personal y poca, no os arrestan. De todas formas, andaos con cuidado.;)

Cheddar is from Britain?

Swiss Cheese with it's holes is undeniably th most famous cheese in the world

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1237078/2/istockphoto_1237078_swiss_cheese.jpg

Yes Chedder is British. Most famous Brit cheese though, gotta be Stilton innit!

I love lots of sorts of cheeses, so it's rather hard to choose a favorite. Generally speaking, the stronger and sharper, the better, so blue/bleu, feta, Parmesan, extra sharp Cheddar, and the like.

As for fame, definately France. Switzerland has not garnered a name for being "cheese eating neutrality monkeys".

Yeah its really down to Britian or France when it comes to cheeses, and although I'm not know for my patriotism, I do belive that we Brits have the best cheese.

No way Parmesan and Mozzarella are probably the most widely used and delicious cheeses aside from Cheddar. Swiss cheese has some name recognition bit it's not very good.

well i'm from ireland, and we've quite the cheese over here ourselves!

but most famous is probably french cheese i would say, cos i'm not counting mozzarella cos other than that what italian cheese is there(i don't mean that literaly so no lists please)

Oh what kind of delicious cheeses might I look for from Ireland that I can try out? I love cheese.


Someone on NSG was one talking about a cheese that you can throw on the bbq. Anyone know what it's called?

Any discussion about cheese is welcome, as I love it. I basically get fucked up on cheese.

Much as I love cheese, I feel this is taking it a bit far...

The poll is a joke! Where is Britain and the cheese they call Cheddar! I shall boycott this thread!

And Stilton! Don't forget Stilton.

Go into Whole Foods Market here and the choices are Italian, Irish and German. The presence of French cheese is negligable. They even make fresh Mozarella here - mmmm.

United States; swiss cheese.

Remember...the poll is not your opinion of which taste best..but which is MOST FAMOUS. It would be a trick question anyway, seeing as cheese doesn't taste good.

What about Cheddar?

It would be a trick question anyway, seeing as cheese doesn't taste good.
lolwut

As for cheese which you eat not on bread or on pizza or in other food or something French cheese is definitely most well known here (next to Belgian cheese). There is French cheese and cheese, I don't think we talk about British/Swiss or Dutch cheese. (actually we do talk about Dutch cheese, but only to laugh) So it could be that French cheese isn't used much here, but it certainly has a reputation.
I guess Italian cheese is also used a lot, but more on pizza's or other food. I totally love feta, but Greece isn't on the list. Swiss cheese isn't that well known, we only use it to melt it on other foods. The same goes for British cheese.

Oh what kind of delicious cheeses might I look for from Ireland that I can try out? I love cheese.


Someone on NSG was one talking about a cheese that you can throw on the bbq. Anyone know what it's called?

Alumi?

Someone on NSG was one talking about a cheese that you can throw on the bbq. Anyone know what it's called?

I know you can do it with camembert, wrapped in aluminium, after the flames fades, of course :D
It's delicious.

I'm French and I vote French cheese, but I am litteraly born into it...

I love cheese has a list, not that I agree with it.

I'd say Edam has a run for international cheese, mainly because of those little round cheese bites that are sold in a string bag - whatever they're called.

Edam, no one has mentioned Dutch overall but Gouda as well.

I do like a bit of cheddar myself but most often buy brie.

http://www.ilovecheese.co.uk/FamousTypesOfCheeseCategory.html

I'm French and I vote French cheese, but I am litteraly born into it...
That's a little gross for the doctors.....

Yes Chedder is British. Most famous Brit cheese though, gotta be Stilton innit!

Oh thank the microcircuits in my laptop!

I was seriously getting worried that there had been no mention of possibly the greatest cheese in the world...

thumbs up! :)

Oh what kind of delicious cheeses might I look for from Ireland that I can try out? I love cheese.


Someone on NSG was one talking about a cheese that you can throw on the bbq. Anyone know what it's called?

Alumi?

Yes it is Haloumi - you can use it to make kebabs - just cut it in cubes and thread onto skewers with some red onion, tomato, red pepper - maybe marinade it first with some garlic and olive oil then just straight on the bbq.

I'd say French cheese is most famous.


(I live in Australia).

Alumi?

Yes it is Haloumi - you can use it to make kebabs - just cut it in cubes and thread onto skewers with some red onion, tomato, red pepper - maybe marinade it first with some garlic and olive oil then just straight on the bbq.


thanks folks! I wonder if I can find that locally