Anyone like Limburger cheese

[ACORN]

I like to snack on Limburger cheese but SWMBO forbids it from our fridge due to its aroma. Thing is I can't find it in my local grocery or WM anymore. I guess not much demand for it. Mainly old guys(like me) Anybody like it? Have trouble finding it?

 

[s&wchad]

Good stuff! I acquired the taste for it from my father. Kroger carries it around here and I buy it on occasion.

My folks had a cottage on Lake St Clair when I was growing up. After church on Sunday, dad would stop at the bakery and buy a loaf of fresh bread. Next stop was the cheese house for a large brick of limburger.

Back at the cottage, he would carefully slice the rind off the brick, cut it into 1" cubes and put them in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid. Mom made him do that outside! Once in the jar, he was allowed to bring it in the house and store it in the fridge.

Nothing like fresh caught perch and bakery bread with limburger cheese for a late breakfast. Those were the days!

 

[Rpg]

I love it, but it's not available in every grocery store.

 

[Coot47]

Good stuff, but getting harder to find. Limburger with a sliced yellow onion between a couple of slices of fresh, homemade bread and a Guinness stout will make my day.

 

[OFT II]

Great bait for catfish.

 

[Marshwheeling]

It's not too hard to find around here. I like it with onion, but usually just settle for some saltines.

Years ago, we didn't see much Limburger, but there was a kind of imitation called Liederkranz that came in little balsa wood boxes, may have been a Kraft product. I haven't seen that one in years, and my memory of the details is a little shaky.

In general, stinky cheese is a good thing. A lot of cheeses will pass through a pungent, stinky phase as they age. Let 'em go too far, though, and they taste like ammonia.

 

[Watchdog]

Anyone like Limburger cheese

Does that guy still have his radio show? Used to listen to him once in a while. Didn't know he made cheese.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Nothing like that soft smelly cheese on a cracker. Just be sure others around you have some so you can all share the blame for the "aroma."

A very similar cheese known as Liederkranz was once available, and I liked it in preference to limburger, but I understand that the factory burned down years ago. A modern replacement has since become available by the same name, but it's not quite the same.

It's an acquired taste, and I acquired it from my dad. My mother eschewed it because unless you were careful in wrapping it or sealing it in an airtight container, it would stink up the fridge.

John

 

[Chubbo]

Memories

Hi, All:
This Limburger thread reminded me of my maternal grandmother's story, about how 'Switzers' made Limburger cheese. My maternal grandpa, and grandma, both emigrated to to the USA from Switzerland, in the 1895 era. The process was as follows. Equal portions of Swiss cheese were placed in cheese cloth bags, to age. These bags were suspended, over the seat holes of a two hole 'outhouse'. The bags hung there until the first bag rotted, broke, and fell through the hole that it was suspended over, and thus became, Limburger - cheese.
Old story. True?

Chubbo

 

[LostintheOzone]

I've never met a cheese I didn't like.

Probably kill me sooner or later.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My F-I-L taught me to eat it. He had quite a ritual for serving it. Only one person handles/servers the cheese.

That stemmed from a cabin the family rented and ended up with limburger on several fingers, then on several door knobs, water and tub faucets. Took most of Sunday to clean the place up!

So Limburger is a Holiday treat. Usually served on saltine crackers, but on small dry toast is good too! Great with onion and sardines or smoked herring! (Kippers) My brother liked it with smoked oysters, but I thought the oysters were too mild and just a waste.

Never tried it with a good dark beer, but I brewed a few cases last year, so I will give it a try!

Ivan

 

[Rustyt1953]

I love it. I learned to eat it my dad's favorite way: sliced block limburger on dark rye with mustard and yellow onion.

There are several places, around here, that I can get it.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I've never met a cheese I didn't like.

Probably kill me sooner or later.

Now that the kids are all grown the wife and I eat a 6 to 8 pound log of of Swiss, 2 pounds of Sharp Cheddar and 2 pounds of Pepper Jack a month. When the 4 kids were home we ate that plus a log of provolone, a log of Longhorn or C0-Jack and 2 or 3 five pound bags of shredded taco blend. (Cheese in 2 or 3 meals a day!)

The only cheese I haven't become fond of is the moldy blue stuff the French rot in a cave! (But my wife loves it!)

Ivan

 

[Rustyt1953]

Another aromatic favorite from the Realm is stilton blue.

Sometimes I like to crumble it on a steak before it comes off the grill.

 

[ACORN]

Now that the kids are all grown the wife and I eat a 6 to 8 pound log of of Swiss, 2 pounds of Sharp Cheddar and 2 pounds of Pepper Jack a month. When the 4 kids were home we ate that plus a log of provolone, a log of Longhorn or C0-Jack and 2 or 3 five pound bags of shredded taco blend. (Cheese in 2 or 3 meals a day!)

The only cheese I haven't become fond of is the moldy blue stuff the French rot in a cave! (But my wife loves it!)

Ivan

Bet you save money on toilet paper.

 

[gman51]

One friend of mine liked eating that. He would just laugh at people turning their nose away from it saying how can you eat that stinking cheese.

 

[4barrel]

I remember a girl that smelled like that in grade school. The teacher made her sit at the back.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I remember a girl that smelled like that in grade school. The teacher made her sit at the back.

I had a teacher that smelled like that, but it had nothing to do with cheese! But cats always ran up to her!

Ivan

 

[italiansport]

I love the stronger cheeses and just stuffed a large jar of big green olives with Stilton Blue for use in Dirty Martini's. What wasn't used for stuffing was spread on crackers for my wife and me. Life is good!
Jim

 

[ASA335]

I love many a food that others shy away from, but for some olfactory reason I can't get Limburger Cheese past my nose, whereas my grandfather loved it and I like most everything he liked - go figure. I'm glad it's still around for others to enjoy.