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Devil wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:26 am 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.
I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland. Why always so negative 
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.cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:48 am I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland.
You're lucky you!! All nice cheeses which I remember enjoying them when I lived there. Vacherin.. mmhhDevil wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:37 amI 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.cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:48 am I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland.
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?
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?cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:51 am 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
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 toPW in Polemi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:38 am 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.
aphrodite wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:38 pmMmmmm, 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?cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 9:51 am 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
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 toPW in Polemi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:38 am 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.
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 copycyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:48 am I wonder where YOU buy Swiss cheeses which taste like they do in Switzerland.
), we even found Tete de Moine once in a while. Yum!I have family in Holland and when they visit they always bring Old master, the aged hard oneHappy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:39 pm 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.
Who said the Swiss have no sense of humour?cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:48 am 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
. When I was knee high to a Grasshopper I loved all things sugar. Strange how our taste buds change throughout the years
Indeed, not even close. It is okay, but absolutely not the same as Old Amsterdam etc.Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:18 am
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?
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.LouiseCastricum wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:42 am Indeed, not even close. It is okay, but absolutely not the same as Old Amsterdam etc.
