For Cheese lover - Swiss Appenzeller today at Lidl TOTK

[cyprusmax47]

Big surprise for me today shopping in Lidl: there is Swiss Appenzeller Cheese on the shelf, my absolute favourite of all cheeses....yummi
I don't mind if you buy the rest as I have now 6 x 200 gr in stock
Max

[Devil]

Having lived in CH for 35 years, I too was tempted by the Lidl Appenzeller but was disappointed when I tasted it. Unfortunately, it was not aged enough to develop that nutty/spicy/herby taste, so characteristic of the mature stuff, which I really loved. It says a lot if I tell you that half the packet is still in the fridge.

[PW in Polemi]

It was in stock at the newer, bottom of Mesoghi Avenue, Lidl's on Thursday when I popped in for 2 or 3 items - and walked out with a trolley full, including some of this yummy cheese that I'd not tried before.

If you don't want the rest of yours, Devil, pass it on to me! As I'm not an aficionado of Appenzeller, I love this version. A vast improvement on mild cheddar or even almost runny Brie, any day.

[cyprusmax47]

Having lived in CH for 35 years, I too was tempted by the Lidl Appenzeller but was disappointed when I tasted it. Unfortunately, it was not aged enough to develop that nutty/spicy/herby taste, so characteristic of the mature stuff, which I really loved. It says a lot if I tell you that half the packet is still in the fridge.

Having lived near Gstaad for a couple of years, the area they produce this type of cheese ( and better ones) I know how nice it can be. But we are in Cyprus and to get this cheese is still a treat for me even if it is not as good as I remember it. I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland. Why always so negative

Max

[Devil]

I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland.

I often get them, believe it or not, from Migros, which does have some excellent cheeses. Any time someone visits us, they bring us some cheese. My grandkids have just visited us and brought some Etivaz, Valaisan raclette cheese (not Bagnes - too expensive!) Gruyère doux (for fondue) and Vacherin fribourgeois. Granddaughter, who actually lives in France (Savoie), brought us two Reblochon, which is really my no. 1 soft cheese. Daughter was here in December and brought some Vacherin Mont d'Or as well as some Etivaz.

While on about Lidl, they have recently had packeted fondue. The ingredients are all there, even though the cheese is a wee bit meagre in quantity and is probably a poor quality reject pseudo-Gruyère. Nevertheless, the rest of the ingredients, including the wine and kirsch, were there and it is still quite tasty with a good dose of pepper and paprika, if not the real McCoy. Caquelons at the ready?

[cyprusmax47]

I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland.

I often get them, believe it or not, from Migros, which does have some excellent cheeses. Any time someone visits us, they bring us some cheese. My grandkids have just visited us and brought some Etivaz, Valaisan raclette cheese (not Bagnes - too expensive!) Gruyère doux (for fondue) and Vacherin fribourgeois. Granddaughter, who actually lives in France (Savoie), brought us two Reblochon, which is really my no. 1 soft cheese. Daughter was here in December and brought some Vacherin Mont d'Or as well as some Etivaz.

While on about Lidl, they have recently had packeted fondue. The ingredients are all there, even though the cheese is a wee bit meagre in quantity and is probably a poor quality reject pseudo-Gruyère. Nevertheless, the rest of the ingredients, including the wine and kirsch, were there and it is still quite tasty with a good dose of pepper and paprika, if not the real McCoy. Caquelons at the ready?

You're lucky you!! All nice cheeses which I remember enjoying them when I lived there. Vacherin.. mmhh
But I can remember when I visited last the Engadin in 2008 that the quality of all their cheeses was not anymore the same than 40 years ago, unfortunately. What was also so delicious then was "Berner Anke" butter and double cream.....

Max

[aphrodite]

Big surprise for me today shopping in Lidl: there is Swiss Appenzeller Cheese on the shelf, my absolute favourite of all cheeses....yummi
I don't mind if you buy the rest as I have now 6 x 200 gr in stock
Max

Mmmmm, I'm a big cheese lover but haven't tried this one before, will look out for it when next in Lidl - or is it limited?

It was in stock at the newer, bottom of Mesoghi Avenue, Lidl's on Thursday when I popped in for 2 or 3 items - and walked out with a trolley full, including some of this yummy cheese that I'd not tried before.

I'm the same, go in for 2 or 3 items, come out with a trolley full - how can we stop this? Or do we want to

[LouiseCastricum]

I buy the Mont d' Or, Reblochon and lovely Munster from Peggy's Garden Cafe in Peyia. To make sure it's there I order in advance.

[Dominic]

My Christmas Treat is always a nice big chunk of Cornish Yarg.

[cyprusmax47]

Big surprise for me today shopping in Lidl: there is Swiss Appenzeller Cheese on the shelf, my absolute favourite of all cheeses....yummi
I don't mind if you buy the rest as I have now 6 x 200 gr in stock
Max

Mmmmm, I'm a big cheese lover but haven't tried this one before, will look out for it when next in Lidl - or is it limited?

It was in stock at the newer, bottom of Mesoghi Avenue, Lidl's on Thursday when I popped in for 2 or 3 items - and walked out with a trolley full, including some of this yummy cheese that I'd not tried before.

I'm the same, go in for 2 or 3 items, come out with a trolley full - how can we stop this? Or do we want to

I am afraid Aphrodite, but I think this cheese is only available until stock lasts.... so hurry up, it is only a few km's from you...

Max

[Lofos-5]

I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland.

Some Swiss cheese is readily available (at a price...) even in Paphos - Garden of Eden and Alpha Mega stock Gruyere, Gina used to have proper Swiss Emmental (4 times more in price then the French copy ), we even found Tete de Moine once in a while. Yum!

For Fondue, which we had for the last 10 years in Cyprus at Christmas eve, we normally buy 400g Gruyere and 400g Emmental - a mixture called moite-moite. The Grueyere sets us back about Eur 14 whereas the same amount of Emmental is only about 3 Euros (French one). With garlic, nutmeg, Kirsch and half a bottle Xinestri it always ends up sensational.

Never seen Appenzell, or any other proper mountain cheeses in Cyprus so far, so do enjoy it!

Swiss cheesemaker send their premium cheese abroad and are heavily subsidised - to the tune of even Brunei, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar - placees where we lived over the last 15 years - having the most common varieties available.

Swiss milk of course is the secret to its cheese - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0ojkxnIDY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21vgWgVQ1as

LOL

A.

[Yioula]

Dominic......Cornish Yarg used to be made not too far away from our friends in Cornwall........

[WHL]

Haven't yet had the opportunity to test/sample the aforementioned Swiss cheeses. Dutch cheeses are a big favourite in our, and daughter's, households and we always stock up on our annual treks to Holland. Old Master Gouda is a particular favourite.

I have family in Holland and when they visit they always bring Old master, the aged hard one
....love it

[Lofos-5]

WHL, try the vintage cheddar, grey packet, in Lidl too I suggest. Very nice extra mature and hard cheddar.

A.

[Dominic]

Shhhhhh!

[cyprusmax47]

WHL, try the vintage cheddar, grey packet, in Lidl too I suggest. Very nice extra mature and hard cheddar.

A.

Have still some of that as well in my fridge...

Max

@ Dominic
Why: Shhhhhhh!

[Devil]

Swiss milk of course is the secret to its cheese - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0ojkxnIDY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21vgWgVQ1as
LOL

Who said the Swiss have no sense of humour?

[Maggie B]

Call me a heathen, but I'm not hugely fond of pasta. Neither am I really fond of pizza. But. . . . . . Gorgonzola, the real stuff. Yum yum.

Just changing the country . . . . . . .to mix it up a bit.

Seriously though. I love ALL cheeses. When I was knee high to a Grasshopper I loved all things sugar. Strange how our taste buds change throughout the years

[LouiseCastricum]

also available in AlphaMega

We have bought from there, but wife and daughter are adamant that the stuff is not as good as that which comes from Holland. I believe Louise shares this view too?

Indeed, not even close. It is okay, but absolutely not the same as Old Amsterdam etc.

[Devil]

Indeed, not even close. It is okay, but absolutely not the same as Old Amsterdam etc.

It's the same with the AlphaMega (also Prinos) Swiss cheeses. Guess it's rubbish for export. I'll try and explain why. Their Gruyère comes in a rindless rectangular block about 30 x 30 x 40 cm or bigger. Real Gruyère Doux (Mild) is made in a wheel about 60 or 70 cm diameter and only about 15 cm thick. It is placed in a cellar on wooden slats where it is turned every day and the rind is washed in brine for 60-90 days. (The stronger cheeses are matured up to a year.) The salt and the natural bacteria are what gives it its flavour. The unmatured cheese in the supermarkets are only a shadow of the real McCoy.

It may well be the same with your Old Amsterdam

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Edit: the cheese sold in the supermarkets is labelled 'Emmi'. Emmi is an enormous multinational concern https://group.emmi.com/en/ reputed as a mass producer in Switzerland. They do not even have a factory in the Canton of Fribourg where the town of Gruyères is sited. However, it is possible they could transport the milk from the Fribourg-Holstein breed to another factory in a different Canton. The next time I'm in a supermarket, I'll check whether they put the AOC label on the cheese.