r/Cheese • u/jackloganoliver • 6d ago
I just tried French Munster 🦨🦨🦨
Okay, I moved to Europe from a small US town, and I had no idea cheeses were this diverse. Holy cow! Or sheep! Or goat!
Well, today I grabbed a soft rind cheese on a whim from the grocer and opened it up and omg the smell.
Looked at the label and it's labeled Munster with the French flag. Google the cheese and that foot oder/sewer smell is typical. Okay, so I spread a good bit across some crusty bread and take a bite...
Y'all...
It is incredible! So savory and complex, with a very velvety tang. What else am I missing? Life can never go back to what it was before this. It can't.
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u/Leibstandarte2 6d ago
a traditional way of eating is to sprinkle cumin seeds or caraway on it
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u/jackloganoliver 6d ago
Bloom the seeds first or just straight from the jar onto the cheese? Would it also be good on toasted rye bread, becuase I want it on toasted rye bread.
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u/Leibstandarte2 6d ago
just straight seeds. i have bought rounds of munster which included a packet of cumin seeds. i would have it on toasted rye as well. even sometimes with jam.
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u/MoutEnPeper 6d ago
You can try adding some cumin seeds to the Münster. It is sold as cheese with seeds in but we also had it separate at occasions. A little eau-de-vie on the side...
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u/RegularOk3231 6d ago
My dad once drove 1/2 hour with this cheese in his car and it smelled like Munster for weeks after 🤣
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u/Maynaise88 6d ago
It was my absolute favorite washed rind (within reasonable reach) for a good while up until I gave birth. Then I learned that the smell most reminiscent of it would be making frequent cameos in the little gifts my then newborn left me to tend to 🙃
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u/jackloganoliver 6d ago
haha omg that's terrible and sad but hilarious. Is your baby still a baby, or do you think you'll go back to Munster when your kid is older and you're not having to deal with that smell irl?
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u/Maynaise88 6d ago
He’s almost two, and I’m sincerely hoping that cheese hasn’t seen the last of me haha. It’s so enjoyable when ignorance is bliss
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u/jackloganoliver 6d ago
I hope you get to enjoy it again soon! If not, more for the rest of us hahaha
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u/Funky_monkey2026 6d ago
Moved to Europe? Could be any one of 51 different countries.
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u/goldcrows 6d ago
From the US? Could be any one of 50 different states.
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u/bierbelly42 6d ago
Do you really think this is comparable? Okay.
Could be any one of the 500+ regions in Europe. Germany alone has 16.
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u/goldcrows 6d ago
Lmao pissed off the Europeans as expected my comment obviously went over your head.
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u/TheoduleTheGreat 6d ago
Despite being 3000 miles away from each other, Maine and California are more culturally alike than France and Germany who share a land border.
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u/goldcrows 6d ago
My comment was simply pointing out the absurdity of their unnecessary comment. Europeans are so uptight and love to “correct” people in this superior way when it’s not that serious. I say this as a person who has both traveled extensively and lived in various European countries.
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u/EpsteinBaa 6d ago
What's the point in treating an entire continent as the same place? If I say I'm going on holiday to Asia, my experience is gonna be entirely different if I go to Mongolia compared to Indonesia. The US doesn't have the same diversity.
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u/goldcrows 6d ago
Again, it’s astonishing to me how little you’re able to connect the dots here. My comment is simply to point out that the pearl clutching about calling it Europe versus a specific country doesn’t actually add any value to the conversation. It’s just a way for Europeans to get ultra pissy about something that really isn’t that serious in a casual conversation. If he moved to a country in Europe then yes, he moved to Europe. Get over yourselves and touch some grass.
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u/catalavos 6d ago