• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I didn’t even know there is undyed cheddar. Cheddar is a bit looked down on in my region, as we have very good local cheeses as well as imports from our EU neighbours. I’ve heard americans call Stilton and Gorgonzola “blue cheese”. It’s very confusing; they are different in many ways.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      You gotta remember that a lot of these cheeses have those silly PDO restrictions and a lot of our cheese is made domestically (and made quite well! don’t let the ultraprocessed “American Cheese” be your gauge)

      So gargonzola is gargonzola, but the exact process done here can’t use the name.

      “Blue cheese” is a general term for moldy cheeses - but that’s true elsewhere in the world! I believe it comes from France, Bleu de Gaux? Geaux? Something like that lol

      Source: purely anecdotal if I’m being honest - but I’ve been surrounded by cheese my whole life (Midwestern)

    • SaltySalamander@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      Cheddar is a bit looked down on in my region

      Cheddar cheese is best cheese. The people in your region are weird.