My first time ever having blue cheese. I used to avoid it so hard back when I had not yet found my love for the cheeses. I'm not even in this subreddit, I'm no cheese fanatic. But I'm so in love now that I had to post this. So rich, so deep and exquisite, why do I know no one who loves this cheese as profoundly as I do now?
by PorygonG
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Welcome to r/cheese! There’s a hunk of this marbled madness in my grocery order right this second. I am eagerly await it’s delivery 🙂 The bite in some bleu cheeses can be pretty strong for some folks. You have to be open to it, but my wife and love it.
Blue cheese, good crusty bread and a good beer, perhaps some pickles, salad..😋
A chunk of Blue with a slice of Bosc pear. Believe it or not, one of the greatest combinations known to humankind.
I recognise that cheese board, and have enjoyed it massively.
A nice way to start your blue cheese journey.
These mini cheese boards out of M&S are good. I have had a couple different ones.
I really wasn’t sure whether or not I liked blue cheese my first few times trying it. I think my initial impressions were more or less that it was fairly unpleasant, but also kind of interesting (the same way I feel about the smell of new tires, or the smell of diesel). For me, it was an acquired taste.
Never had it as I’m allergic
If you liked that Bleu, try Fourme d’Ambert. It’s so sharp but creamy textured. When perfectly ripe, they are kind of liquidy in the penicillium streaks/holes. Great with some old brandy, short biscuits, and stone fruit jam.
Eck!
The best part is that they’re all so different. A few other faves when you have time: Roaring 40s, Bayley Hazen, Cambazola Black. I recently had Treasure Cave, which I hadn’t had before, and it was a very interesting blue, has some Parmesan and almost ranch notes. Delightful.
Blue cheese has mould in it
Also an excellent source of Vitamin K2.
Wasa cracker, Bleu cheese, sliced tomato, and a little onion.
This is the best cheese board!!
One of my favorite burgers is a bacon blue cheese bacon onion marmalade burger
The best blue cheese is Cashel Blue.. fight me
You picked a fine cheese to fall in love with.
I love blue cheese so much. Glad you finally discovered its greatness.
You should try Roquefort, a green-blue marbled cheese made from raw sheep’s milk that is produced in southern France and matured in limestone caves. The cheese was first mentioned in documents in 1070. A type of blue cheese made from sheep’s milk was already known to the Romans, as Plinius the Elder mentions in his Naturalis historia. Creamy, intense and slightly spicy
Wait until you try a little blue cheese with dark chocolate
Try it with honey. Or black cherries. It sounds strange but it works.
I’ve tried and tried and will keep trying but I genuinely have not yet been able to swallow it 🫣
Roquefort is my favorite cheese but I find I need to serve it with a baguette or no salt crackers — these salted gluten free crackers I get are just too much for me
I introduced my daughter when she was about 18 months old, thinking she would leave me alone and let me eat it in peace.
It’s been one of her favorites since, and she’s still only 4.
Give Blue Jay a try. Pretty potent blue with juniper berries in it. My absolute fav snacking cheese.
Can’t beat blue cheese and apples on a salad
Bleu D’Auvergne is something else. It’s way less potent than others, grassy, and creamier. An excellent ‘starter’ blue cheese.
Blue cheese is *life*.