does anyone else have this impression of gruyere?
from GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2025 00:36
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Got some gruyere at the store. Never had it. I love cheese. Opened it up and got punched by a strong funk. Was excited for strong flavor. Tried it and it was nothing like the smell. It’s mild. Good, but not at all what I expected based on the smell. It’s somewhere between parmesan and mozzarella. I like it but the difference between opening package and tasting was weird.

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IWW4@lemmy.zip on 07 Nov 2025 00:58 next collapse

Oh yes

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 2025 23:59 collapse

Thanks!

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 07 Nov 2025 00:59 next collapse

It should have tasted sharper than that. You might have ended up with a mild one.

Either that, or your taste in cheese is VERY sharp!

Edit: this is just from my own limited experience, but I find that the cave-aged stuff is much sharper and more flavorful.

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 2025 23:58 collapse

I think my taste is probably pretty jaded. I love funky or spicy or intense anything.

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2025 01:55 next collapse

Melt it

kambusha@sh.itjust.works on 07 Nov 2025 11:00 collapse

Maybe dip some bread in it

thermal_shock@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 2025 06:32 collapse

Add a potato and baby you got a stew goin.

salacious_coaster@infosec.pub on 07 Nov 2025 01:57 next collapse

Another vote for “melt it.” Also, try it with black coffee.

YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz on 07 Nov 2025 04:15 next collapse

French onion soup.

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 07 Nov 2025 05:02 next collapse

Isn’t it fancy Swiss cheese?

spearz@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2025 08:24 next collapse

Not sure sure about about fancy, but yes, it’s Swiss cheese. It originated in a part of Switzerland, which also has a museum dedicated to the work of H.R. Giger, the guy who designed the Alien in the film of the same name. Some of his art is… weird. There’s an 8ft tall Alien on the third floor.

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 07 Nov 2025 13:57 collapse

Wasn’t his art inspired by a psychedelic trip of some kind?

Can’t find him saying it outright but this is interesting:

SECONDS: What is the relationship of your art to psychedelia?

GIGER: I think there’s a relationship. Not so in the colors but I have some older works that look very psychedelic.

SECONDS: What have drugs done for the art world?

GIGER: You know, drugs are forbidden in Switzerland. Even psychedelic drugs that open you up are forbidden. LSD was invented by Albert Hoffman, who is Swiss. He had his first psychedelic experience on a bicycle, after accidentally getting some LSD on his fingers. He didn’t know what he had discovered. He was looking for something that would help women in labor. He changed the world. Many artists symbolize the psychedelic experience with a bicycle. This man is now 88 years old. I met him about six months ago. He’s very healthy and intelligent. Each day, he hangs upside down with his wife for half an hour, like a bat, in gravity boots.

SECONDS: You know Timothy Leary too, right?

GIGER: Yes, but not too well. When he was in Switzerland, he was looking for a place to hide because they wanted to put him in jail. My father was a pharmacist and knew Leary was in trouble. He was not very excited about Leary being in Switzerland, so I didn’t tell him I was trying to get help for him. He wouldn’t have been pleased.
Pamasich@kbin.earth on 07 Nov 2025 12:27 collapse

Depends. If you get Gruyere in the US, there's zero relation to Switzerland there. The US declared gruyere a generic name and so its Swiss or French name protections are void there and thus no guarantee about origin is made.

In the EU there's the difference between (Swiss) Gruyere and French Gruyere which are quite different according to Wikipedia.

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 07 Nov 2025 13:56 collapse

Thanks for this great answer! I was thinking about swiss-style (like with the holes) and didn’t even consider that some cheese might be imported from actual Switzerland!

lemmyman@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2025 05:04 next collapse

That is how my gruyere has been in Midwest US

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 2025 23:58 collapse

Thanks!

Ziggurat@jlai.lu on 07 Nov 2025 07:09 next collapse

Gruyère has a pretty light taste, more something you put for the texture. If you want taste go for some goat, bleu, or Munster (beware that one will make your fridge smell)

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2025 07:32 collapse

Or… Époisses de Bourgogne…

(This is the cheese falsely stated to be banned on French public transit.)

It’s both super stinky and has a… striking… flavor.

Rumo161@feddit.org on 07 Nov 2025 07:22 next collapse

I once got some from the store because i love the taste and my roomies threw it out after two days because they thought it has gone bad and the smell was covering everything in the fridge. It was in a closed box and everything but they couldnt handle it. The taste wasnt like the smell but still not mild at all.

Acamon@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2025 08:47 next collapse

My experience in the UK was the gruyère was a bit bland as a cheese. But since moving to France that’s changed completely. Gruyère can be of widly different qualities and aged for different times for very different end flavours. The opposite is true of cheddar, which in Britain is a big spectrum of flavours and textures, but often in France is a pretty bland ‘burger cheese slice’ affair.

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Peppycito@sh.itjust.works on 07 Nov 2025 10:31 next collapse

Anywhere else and it’s just sparkling cheese.

Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 07 Nov 2025 13:08 collapse

Yes. But because the name isn’t protected like champagne, no one will every market it as sparkling cheese.

kambusha@sh.itjust.works on 08 Nov 2025 22:40 collapse

Swiss Gruyere is protected.

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 2025 23:57 collapse

It has DOP on it, so I assume it’s legit.

CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2025 12:19 collapse

As a Swiss, I’m just gonna silently judge everyone here. 🧐

figjam@midwest.social on 08 Nov 2025 13:03 collapse

As is tradition.