OT, nope, wasn't Limburger..I've had that...this one was over the top stinky..
However, this site claims this is the stinkiest...and is banned on French Transport
myrecipes.com.
If you've read anything about stinky cheese, you may know that a particular French cheese from Burgundy, Epoisse de Bourgogne, usually gets top marks for being the smelliest cheese in the world. Aged for six weeks in brine and brandy, it's so pungent that it's banned on French public transport.
Why do people like stinky cheeses?? Backwards Smelling...
In a recap of Food—Delicious Science, a PBS documentary, Bon Appetit highlighted why people go nuts for stinky cheese. The host, James Wong explained, that when you eat pungent cheeses, "The aroma compounds are released in your mouth and they waft up the back of your nose. They're detected by the same smell detectors, but weirdly your brain perceives them as very different than if you lean forward and sniff them up the front of your nose." Hence, "backwards smelling." Basically, both your sense of smell and sense of taste combine forces, and also combine the knock-you-over odor with what you know to be a creamy, delicious flavor. |
