Have any of you ever actually eaten Limburger cheese?

[Tanuki]

When I was a kid I saw numerous references to its apparently overwhelming stinkiness in slapstick comedy (3 Stooges, Little Rascals) and cartoons. I have never seen it for sale in a store until today, when I noticed a couple of packages in the cheese section. I remarked on it in passing to the manager as I went through the checkout line, and he said that they don't usually carry it but someone had asked him to order it specially, and then didn't come pick it up, so he just put it out with the other merchandise. So now I'm wondering if it's really as stinky as commonly believed, and even if it is, whether it might be tasty once you get past the aroma (like durian). So....do any of you have any first-hand experience? This might be my only opportunity to try some.

[leftieNanner]

1. Oh yes!

It's delicious. If you like stinky cheese.

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[2naSalit]

2. Just try it.

My dad used to keep some in the fridge, it's smelly but so is Camembert. You may not think it's so stinky and once you taste it, the smell may not matter or even smell enticing.

[soothsayer]

3. Yes I have and it's totally worth a try

It doesn’t taste bad at all but the smell can be somewhat strong. There are other cheeses that are stronger. Maybe if you let it ripen it would be too. I usually just finish it all.

I recommend it with raw onion slices on a dark bread like pumpernickel. The onion really compliments it.

I haven’t yet found durian, but having read about it, this cheese is nowhere in the same league. Nothing to be afeared of.

Go for it!

[elleng]

4. No, can't stand any blue cheese.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. I know there have been other threads on DU about this ...

I believe the traditional use is in a sandwich with Pumpernickel and a slice of Bermuda onion. Regrettably, I have never tried it, despite once having a hunk of Limburger given to me free. For some reason, we couldn't find Pumpernickel anywhere around here at the time. Eventually it quit stinking, so I realized it had gone bad and discarded it.

Oh, here's one ... not one I was thinking of ... https://www.democraticunderground.com/115731028

[Tanuki]

9. Thank you! It was interesting to see cbayer's post about using some in mac'n'cheese

and how that mellowed it out. I think I will go back and get the cheese, and if I don't really like it on bread with onion as some have suggested, I could go the mac'n'cheese c route with the rest of it. The packages in the store were small, so there won't be much at stake.

[Best_man23]

6. Yes, its worth a try

Pairing with good bread and a dark beer works well.

[Tanuki]

17. I will get some dark bread to go with it (if I get it), but I almost never

drink beer, and if I do, it is a lager. Would a wine go well with it, even if it's not the "traditional" pairing?

🧀🥂

[Best_man23]

19. Perhaps a very bold red

Rioja, Malbec, or Zinfandel come to mind. I don't think there is a white that would pair well with Limburger.

[liberalla]

7. Yes it's stinky, but not that bad... and I really like it. My dad would have it, and I would get

some too. I like to keep it a while... It gets creamier and stronger in flavor.

I suggest you try it!

[d_r]

8. Dude.

If I ever saw that I would buy the heck out of it.

[fierywoman]

10. Yes

At a very elegant dinner in southern Germany. Very tasty.

[Lunabell]

11. Yes,

and it is delicious. Had it on crusty French bread. Mmmm

[cachukis]

12. Once you get there, you'll be licking your fingers.

[MoonchildCA]

13. As a child of the 60s, here is my memory of Limburger cheese.

My mom had a dish she would cook that had it as an ingredient. I don’t remember what it was, I actually think I liked the meal, though it wouldn’t matter, we had to eat everything on our plate, whether we liked it or not.

I just remember her prepping dinner and using “stinky feet cheese.” That’s what I, as a 5 or 6 year old dubbed it, and that was what we always referred to it as, “stinky feet cheese.”

Don’t think I’ve had or smelled it in 50 years. Wow! Am I that old?

[dawg day]

14. I have smelled it

Too scared to go further.

[electric_blue68]

15. No... I do remember it being in cartoons. The durian otoh...

Omg Lol
Not that many people know about The (in)famous
Durian!

Back in the mid-late '70s National Geographic Magazine featured it as a cover story. I was it reading with amazed amusement, thinking - 'that's definitely not for me!' Eghads!

But here's the kicker (a bit of a story) - a few years later I met up with a couple of which I did Graphic Design, and paste-ups for the husband's business. One day I was heading to their apt but sprained my ankle along the way.
The husband met me downstairs, and helped me hobble
up the stairs to their 3rd floor apt. After we met, they graciously allowed me to stay with iced and elevated leg for a bunch of hours.
His wife and I got to chatting, and found we had a lot of similar interests! When she told me she'd spent part
of her earlier life in Indonesia (family was Foreign Service) I suddenly thought 'oh! ', and asked her if she'd
ever heard of The Durian ?.

She got this dreamy look in her eyes, 'ah, the durian...'. Some years later she and family moved to SE Asia bc her dad became an Ambassador. Anyway she got to eat it again (not yet allowed in The States back then). The chef hated having to prepare it.

We lost touch with each other back in '99 when she was supposed to return to the US.
She sent me a little note a month ago, she'd gotten a letter from me back in '06 (sent to her parents). She happened it find it recently, and looked up my current address.
Now we have talked by phone. I am so happy!

Back to Blue Cheese. I looked it up - know 3 of the several types. I acquired a taste for it at least one of them as a blue cheese dressing. I'm guessing it's Danish Blue, but I don't know. I've heard of Camenbert, and Roquefort, and my mom loved gorganzola.

I do know a couple of regular food stores with specialty food sections including big cheese USA and imported selections. Maybe I'll pick up 3 different blues, and see what they're like! 👍😁

[GoneOffShore]

16. My favorite blue cheeses are, in no particular order:

Real AOC (Appellation Controle) Roquefort (Sheep's milk), Bleu de Causses which is a cows's milk cheese, and Colston-Bassett Stilton(cow's milk) from Leiscestershire.
The range of blue cheeses is enormous.
Here's a link that could help you - https://ofrench.com/culture/french-blue-cheese/

I'm having a little chunk of aged Comte with my lunch. Not a blue cheese, but a semi-hard Gruyere type. Nutty and really good. One of those cheeses, like blue cheese, where you can eat the rind.

Corrected the milk varieties.

And I like Bleu d'Auvernge.

[Tanuki]

18. I thought Roquefort was made from sheep's milk.

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[GoneOffShore]

21. You are correct. It was lunchtime. And I got confused.

[Hekate]

20. I like stinky cheeses, but have not encountered Limburger (yet)

I’d recommend buying the smallest slice you can if you are uncertain whether you will like it.

[LakeArenal]

22. My dad loved it. So reading comments Dads seem to like it.

It was always in the fridge. Smells like feet. Too gaggy for me.