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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => It's my Birthday! => Topic started by: OldBloke on December 25, 2006, 12:16:17 PM

Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: OldBloke on December 25, 2006, 12:16:17 PM
An awful smell was detected every time I opened the fridge in the garage where I keep my beers and wine amongst the overspill from the main fridge in the kitchen.

Naturally, I told the lady of the house that something had gone rotten in there and that she should investigate.:)

And this morning the problem was solved when my daughter presented me with my Christmas gift - a collection of various items including some Epoisses cheese. The description below does not do it justice ...

QuoteEpoisses
Made in a tiny town in the Burgundy region of France, Epoisses is one of the great cheeses of the world. It is a name-controlled cheese that has a very pungent aroma and rich, creamy interior. Each cheese is covered in an edible reddish-brown coating, and underneath that a creamy, white interior with a delightfully daunting aroma that comes straight from the farm. This handcrafted cheese is first washed in brine, then cured in humid cellars for four weeks. After this brief aging period, the rind is rinsed with Marc de Bourgogne, a liqueur that is a by-product of the local wine industry. Please beware: Epoisse is so stinky that it is banned on public transportation in France, a country usually tolerant of such aromas. This aroma will prevail in the box on arrival, so don't be alarmed.

I'll let you know what it actually tastes like. :D
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Bob on December 25, 2006, 12:34:27 PM
QuoteEpoisse is so stinky that it is banned on public transportation in France, a country usually tolerant of such aromas.
Haha, that's just great :roflmao:

They say that it's the thought that counts, so if the cheese itself was crap, you can at least hope there was some nice thoughts behind it :rolleyes:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Blunt on December 25, 2006, 02:29:54 PM
May I refer the Learned Gentleman to this post (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9730&highlight=Epoisses)

I can assure you it is superb cheese:D
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: OldBloke on December 25, 2006, 03:44:35 PM
Quote from: Blunt;169601May I refer the Learned Gentleman to this post (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9730&highlight=Epoisses)

I can assure you it is superb cheese:D

Your original post describes it perfectly :D
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Luminance on December 25, 2006, 09:39:19 PM
If it stinks so bad, then it should taste like it smells right?
anyways i wouldn't wanna touch it let alone eat it :S
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Blunt on December 26, 2006, 12:42:15 AM
let us know what you think:g:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Bastet on December 26, 2006, 11:48:23 AM
Zomg, merry xmas, the nabours will love you, and its good you dont have to go to work these few days :narnar:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: DuVeL on December 26, 2006, 11:59:12 AM
You smelly old git :flirty:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: GhostMjr on December 27, 2006, 06:37:32 PM
Is it worse than parmesan? I hate the smell of that :P.
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: tugs on December 28, 2006, 03:30:00 AM
Much, much worse than parmesan. By a factor of about 10.
 
Epoisses is wonderful cheese, but the smell is so dense you could bruise your head on it if you walk too quickly towards it.
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: OldBloke on December 28, 2006, 11:21:07 AM
Ate some last night. Wonderful stuff. :thumb:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: tugs on December 28, 2006, 02:29:41 PM
At it last night, eh? So in a few hours then , you should look something like this:
 
(http://www.goodbaby.co.uk/lush/blasted.jpg)
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Luminance on December 28, 2006, 08:02:46 PM
and his wife was wearing:
(http://static.flickr.com/22/113683121_f29a32816b_t.jpg)

right? :P
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: tugs on December 28, 2006, 10:58:06 PM
*lol*    
 
:lmfao:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Blunt on March 22, 2007, 11:28:07 PM
PWNED:flirty: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4044703.stm)
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: Eternaluk on March 23, 2007, 12:23:04 AM
Quote from: OldBloke;169585Each cheese is covered in an edible reddish-brown coating, and underneath that a creamy, white interior with a delightfully daunting aroma that comes straight from the farm.:D

Kinda makes me think that the cheese smells like a farm. 0.o

I'll stear well clear of that stuff, it'd probaly kill me. :blink:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: King on March 26, 2007, 11:30:46 AM
I just hope that oldie is still alive at this moment  :help2:
 
Why did you try it, who do you wanna kill :flasher: ,
 
Your wife?, daughter?, someone at work?
 
Lucky for us there is no such thing as smell internet.:yahoo:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: DuVeL on March 26, 2007, 11:53:28 AM
His daughter wanted to get him :devil:
 
OB = The smelly one :flirty:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: spiritus on March 30, 2007, 10:38:26 AM
I'll put chees tasting up on my extreem sport list..
those posh ppl are extreemist.. omg.. now i gottta do bungee jumping and to taste that chees.. :crazy:
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: DuVeL on March 30, 2007, 10:53:24 AM
Quote from: spiritus;183125I'll put chees tasting up on my extreem sport list..
those posh ppl are extreemist.. omg.. now i gottta do bungee jumping and to taste that chees.. :crazy:

Join a -=[dMw]=-LAN and I'll probably bring some nice and soft Edammer cheese.
When my Italian gf was around New Year at my place she brought along a very tastefull Italian cheese, a mozarella. Tasted very good.
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: spiritus on March 30, 2007, 12:12:57 PM
gonna be on another LAN from 04.04 - 09.04.
me and some other SoG (wow) folks have one here in norway/Ã¥lesund.
even neffles are comming here. we just occupied a student house :D
but temting to join one of those DMW LANs at a later point. need to get a steady jobb and some time off. last year i think i had 2weeks off.. and i went to denmark..
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: BigFatCat on May 02, 2007, 05:53:05 PM
I raided the discounted shelf (aka Chav Bin) in Sainsbury's today and liberated a small wheel of Epoisses.

When I pull the tab, how long have I got to get clear? A cheese TK...
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: OldBloke on May 02, 2007, 07:33:34 PM
Quote from: BigFatCat;187574I raided the discounted shelf (aka Chav Bin) in Sainsbury's today and liberated a small wheel of Epoisses.

When I pull the tab, how long have I got to get clear? A cheese TK...

I noticed that Tesco sells it now too - albeit in industrial strength shrink-wrap :D
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: suicidal_monkey on May 08, 2007, 08:40:06 AM
I don't think the sainsburys Epoisses I bought the other day is quite the same as described above and by Blunt here (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9730&highlight=epoisses). It has a gentle pong but it's not nearly noticeable enough to make me wonder where the rotting thing is in the fridge. Perhaps it needs to be left to ripen for a few weeks?

btw the plastic wrapper it's sold in is in fact full of holes :D
Title: A puzzle solved
Post by: OldBloke on May 08, 2007, 06:31:37 PM
Quote from: suicidal_monkey;188301I don't think the sainsburys Epoisses I bought the other day is quite the same as described above and by Blunt here (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9730&highlight=epoisses). It has a gentle pong but it's not nearly noticeable enough to make me wonder where the rotting thing is in the fridge. Perhaps it needs to be left to ripen for a few weeks?

btw the plastic wrapper it's sold in is in fact full of holes :D

Definately bogus. The real mccoy would empty the store if it was allowed to breathe au naturale.