The World’s Stinkiest Cheese

[small_h]

I would like to try it.

This May Be the World’s Smelliest Cheese

[Harters (John Hartley - a culinary patriot eating & cooking in Northwest England)]

Time for a trip to ASDA, perhaps. Or perhaps not.

[TheLibrarian28]

My husband once smuggled an unpasteurized camembert back from Montreal.
I almost fell over from the smell when he opened his suitcase! Sure tasted good though.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Was it a carry-on?

[fooddabbler]

See a related discussion on the Boston board:

Specialty delivery and pick-up [Greater Boston area]

On that note: And sticking to stinking, if anybody ever gets the stinky cheeses from Cato Corner in CT – Hooligan and suchlike – they’ll arrive, although very well wrapped and ice packed, with a warning on the outside “Cheese enclosed. Odor is normal”. On kimchee: @digga do you ferment your own, or are there brands you recommend? Anything locally made? (In the NY part of my existence, I’ve access to a wide array including a nice trio from the restaurant Danji minutes from my apartment.)

[small_h]

Hooligan is one of my favorite cheeses. But I am not allowed to eat it in the house if my partner is home. He really, really, really does not like the smell.

[fooddabbler]

You could always say it is you who is stinking up the place, not the cheese, thus allowing you to both enjoy your Hooligan and simultaneously test the depth of your partner’s love.

Or you could do as I did (I, too, have an inexplicably Hooligan-averse partner) – obtain a daughter who from age 6 loves Hooligan. The two-against-one vote in the family has allowed my daughter and me to enjoy Hooligan for 20 years. Things are shaky now, though. Hooligan has gone from being a year-round treat to a seasonal one, and my daughter has moved to her own apartment. The closest I’ve come to it this fall is having a wheel shipped to my daughter at her new pad.

[naf]

@TheLibrarian28

My husband once smuggled an unpasteurized camembert back from Montreal.
I almost fell over from the smell when he opened his suitcase!

Without doubt, but Camembert can’t beat Vieux Lille. I can eat the smelly Maroilles (same family as VL), but dislike Vieux Lille, not only the smell but it is way too salty.

[small_h]

@fooddabbler

obtain a daughter who from age 6 loves Hooligan

This sounds like a solid strategy, but unfortunately that ship has sailed.

[mts]

There was a Stilton that was once left byvaccident in the roomate’s pick up truck. It was a holiday package sent by a relative, tossed behind the driver’s seat and forgotten. Hooboy…you know the story about how you can’t get the smell of a dead fish out of a car? We still have the truck. It still stinks.

[Harters (John Hartley - a culinary patriot eating & cooking in Northwest England)]

@naf

I can eat the smelly Maroilles

I love Maroilles. It’s a cheese we always bring back from visits to the area. I’ve never been to the village but have visited nearby Cambrai and Valenciennes ( and the rural areas around both, in connection with my interest in the Great War).

[Sfpcp (Stuart Foster)]

Is there a metric for odor? How do you measure “ stinkiest”.Maybe one man’s Limburger is another man’s roses, (maybe not.)

[mts]

And how would the durian measure to some of the cheeses on the stinky meter?