Cheese

[DrDoc]

Can I just tell you how excited I am today! I stopped by a Scandinavian store in SLC and picked up some genuine Swedish Farmer Cheese (or, Hushållsost for the initiated). Yum! I haven't had that for so long now.

It's expensive though :( In Sweden you can get a 2lb (1kg) block for about $5. It is almost $16 here! Luckily they had 20% off everything, so I felt justified getting a piece ;)

[bcolflesh]

What is SLC? I see that "hushållsost" means "household":

creativecheese.com/?showcat=Swiss

I'm going to have to try it - when I stayed w/my schoolmate in Switzerland, we used to get Gruyere from an actual dairy/merchant - I've never gotten a Gruyere that tasted that good in the USA, and I think I've exhausted every brand sold here...

[Ivana]

Oh, I know just what you mean (I am myself a big fan of Swedish cheese, especially the 'herrgärdsost' - is that how you spell it?)! These unique finds of something from home are excellent when you live abroad. When I lived in England, it was Danish ryebread I was craving. Now I find that I miss proper English cheddar.

[TheDoctor]

I miss proper English cheddar

Now that's something you don't see written down very often :-)

[pendanticist]

(Sounds like the makings of a cartel, or at the very least a small aggregate network of cheese devotes...who'd gladly ship to one another.)

[bcolflesh]

Sounds like the makings of a cartel

I've smuggled cheese between my toes before, so I volunteer to be the mule.

[digitalghost]

What's the margin on cheese?

[shrirch]

>> What's the margin on cheese?

A lot of you're moving it.

[graywolf]

so what are the restrictions on shipping food into the US?

[edit_g]

so what are the restrictions on shipping food into the US?

Don't know about the US but I brought Norwegian Synnove cheese (mmmmm, the goodness) over to Australia only to have the two blocks (vacum packed and unopened) chucked in a bin labled "Illegal"... Apparently I was lucky not to get a hefty fine, only putting on a thick Norwegian accent saved me.

[namniboose]

My sister is coming to visit from the UK and her boyfriend says they can't bring me any Stilton cheese, in fact no food at all.

Not sure if I believe it though, as some other English people brought me some Marmite a few weeks ago (to Maui).