What's the best cheese and why is it parmigiano reggiano?

ive started using swiss in just about every meal that requires cheese. i fucking hated it as a kid, but i really dont buy any other cheese these days.

maybe dubliner on occasion, mostly because my father brings it up and it reminds me to get it

>>7037810
swiss is pretty damn good.

I'm big fan of pepper jack. Sure, it's not refined but it gives a sandwich some kick.

>>7037815
someone recommended it to me once for an omelette, and i liked it better than regular cheddar or gouda or grated parm.

havent tried making a grilled cheese yet though, might be too strong.

Gruyere is my current favourite.

Hard cheese > soft cheese

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You'll cowards don't even dye your cheese.

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>>7037982
I am also quite fond of Gruyère. I find it goes best with mild meats such as ham.

This is my current favourite cheese.

>>7037765
What is pecorino, Alex?

>>7037765

depends what you use the cheese for

parmesan is great on pasta, but not my favorite as the main cheese on pizza, let alone a burger or a sandwich.

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>>7038396
>depends what you use the cheese for

sometimes I like cheese on my pizza

English mature cheddar.
Had that shit most my life, moved to another part of Europe and miss that shit so much.
It's my favorite because it is the only cheese i feel can be eaten in both ways, on a platter on it's own, or mixed in with other foods.

>>7038402

yeah but do you use the same cheese on pizza, pasta, burgers, tortillas and sandwiches?

>>7038374
Cheddar is hello from the beta carotene in the cow's milk you moron

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>>7038429
If the orange color comes from the milk, then why is cheddar the only orange cheese? What do you think other cheeses are made of, dumbass?

>>7038429
you're a fucking idiot

>>7037826
Smoked provolone

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>>7037810
>>7037815
>>7037826
>Swiss Cheese
No such thing. There are cheeses made by the Swiss, and Alpine cheeses such as Emmentel which "Swiss cheese" is loosely based on but no "Swiss Cheese".

Man, this thread is making me embarrassed to be an American right now.

"Swiss Cheese" as you are referring to is just a typically low quality imitation of an Alpine Cheese (Made in either Switzerland, France, or Italy) that has been produced outside of those places (Finlandia, Jarlsberg, or generic US Swiss cheese).

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>>7037765
>parmigiano reggiano

'no'

>>7038543
calm down turbo autist

I bet you get pissy when people call Tennessee whiskey bourbon because AKSHUALLY!!! it's made in a different way

>>7038543
Nothing wrong with Jarlsberg tho senpai.

Also the Dutch make top north Emmental. Sure you Yanks do too.

>>7038416
try aldi or lidl

>>7038543
>"Swiss Cheese" as you are referring to is just a typically low quality imitation of an Alpine Cheese (Made in either Switzerland, France, or Italy) that has been produced outside of those places (Finlandia, Jarlsberg, or generic US Swiss cheese).

This is dangerously close to sounding like the stallman linux pasta from /g/

>>7037765
>parmigiano reggiano
That sounds like the name of an italian gay porn actor

I like me some mozzarella.
Camambert is also really good but a bit too expensive.

>>7038416
Is the mature cheddar the orange one or the white light coloured one with a parmesan texture?

In different stores I see them named both ways.

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>>7037765
Appenzeller is my favourite atm, just a shame it's so hard to get the proper stuff in the UK

on a different note, what is the "swiss" cheese that >>7037810
>>7037815 refer to?

>>7038788
Both. The white ones are better. They aren't always dry either. Here in England, some really strong tasting cheddars are served relatively moist in the shops.

>>7038791
American emmental cheese

>>7038543
I came to this thread to see this logical comment and the inevitable butthurt that ensues

Why so much asspain, /ck/? Next you'll start ranting that sargento garbage from Wisconsin has a direct line of apostolic succession to JEEBUS and anyone who doesn't have a taste for garbage "cheese" hates America* and has literally never even set foot here

>*flyover land, since other regions are not America and at least we're not the south

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Red Leicester yo. This shit is awesome in omelettes.

>>7038797
yeah because no good food ever came from the south
I bet you're from California

>>7038562
fuck off you retarded american cunt. there's no such thing as "swiss"

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Why the FUCK is good cheese (ie. not cheddar, mozzarella, or their derivatives) so goddamn expensive?

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>>7038807
>cheddar
>Not good

Let me guess, you live in some third world shithole with the scraps labelled as "Cheddar".

>>7038807
You need a shitload of milk to make a tiny bit of cheese and most 'good' cheese needs to age for months.

It's just expensive to produce.

>>7038807
very specific recipes/manufacturing process

hard to replicate cheaply by other generic companies so the makers can charge what they want

>>7038543
This any cheese I've had marked as Swiss has been chalky and tasteless

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>goat cheese not GOAT

Gorgonzola

>>7038793
Yes both are cheddars but I meant which one is the mature and which one is the fresh?
I too like the whiter one better.

>>7038653
Interesting how your mind works that way.

>>7038803
There's some good cheese from the south. Virginia and Georgia both have some respectable cheeses.

I'm from the Northeast, which the Wisconsin Internet Defense Force can't decide if it's part of Europe and thus evil, or part of Wisconsin. Sometimes we're even considered the South, or California.

>>7038807
supply and demand

>>7037765
That's not Bleu cheese...

>>7038841
the "white light coloured one with a parmesan texture" is the matured cheese.

>>7038956
>bleu

>>7038974
Inb4 the buttblasted Canadian saying we should mix french and English words at random

>>7038974
Yes, BLEU.

>>7038807
mozzarella IS expensive

>>7038600
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as "Swiss Cheese", is in fact, GNU/Cheese, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Cheese. Swiss Cheese is not a cheese unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning cheese system made useful by the Switzerland, France and Italian system components comprising a full cheese based OS as defined by American Cheese Society.

>>7038562
>>7038600
Its like calling parmigiano "italian cheese" even tho they make a shitload of other cheeses

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>>7039268
Replace software with cheese.

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I'm a sucker for the blues. And Roquefort is king.

>>7037765
parmigiano reggiano is fucking brilliant because it compliments or makes so many Italian dishes great. I couldn't eat it on its own however.

>>7038813
Cheddar is great imo because it has so much variety. It's actually really nice if you get a good strong crumbly cheddar but that is surprisingly hard to find outside the UK. A friend in Italy gave me some goats cheese and actually asked me to bring him some cheddar back the next time I flew out.

Gruyere is the best hard yellow, hands down.

for general use id say cheddar.

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best cheese, not arguable.

>>7040275
>gruyere
>hard yellow
Wat

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>>7040381
>not this

>>7037765
>What's the best cheese

Conditional to application. I too love parmesan, but on popcorn or pasta, not in a sandwich. I love cheddar, but not on pasta. Well, unless its cheddar sauce to be stirred into specific, bite sized shapes of pasta. I'll top certain pizzas with blue cheese varieties (like if onion is involved), but I won't crumble blue cheese over popcorn.. mostly for practical reasons. Still, cheese application is conditional, much like hot sauces.

>>7040381
>ALL NATURAL CHEESE

What does that mean?

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Who here /manchego/?

You can get a shit ton at costco for a lot less than other stores.

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If you haven't had this, then you haven't had cheese.

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>>7042220
>tfw eating cheese and a maggot leaps into your eye

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>>7042220
>>7042238
I think I'm okay with not having had cheese, then...

>>7042207
Manchego is god tier. I tried some recently that is made in the United States (yes, I'm aware it isn't technically Manchego. It is called Sole Gran Queso). Pretty good stuff. I still prefer real manchego but having the option to buy a domestically produced substitute for a lot cheaper is nice

>>7042207
Delicious with balsamic reduction.

>>7042264
Toast some crusty bread and brush it with balsamic reduction and eat with manchego and Serrano ham.

I could eat this shit everyday

>>7040381
>kroger

i just puked in my mouth

>>7042207
my nigga<3

>>7042207
I fuckin' love manchego. Queso Iberico is also pretty damn great. Few things compare to a manchego and mortadella sandwich on a good crusty roll that you leave in a car in the sun so it gets all melty.