July 07, 2003
Danish Esrom
One of the things I try and do these days is to buy different stuff when at the grocery store, to expand my horizons a little bit and get some experience with foods that I don't traditionally buy. That was the reason for my recent deli-experience with Head Cheese (summary: weird, not bad, interesting texture -- what is that... some kind of gelatin?)
This week's experiment was Danish Esrom, which was advertised as "pungent, soft, good for sandwiches". It's a sort of yellowy brown colour.
All I can say is "eeeew". It tastes something like an old shoe, or a sneeze or something. Definitely a "stinky" cheese. In a black forest chicken sandwich it's essentially awful nature is somewhat diminished, but still clearly present. I don't think I'll buy this cheese again.