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   Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:37:11 JST Thorwegian ❄️

   only one person answered my question about what would be considered "generic" cheese in your country. German. they said Edam.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:37:10 JST clacke

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     @thor Hushållsost
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:37:12 JST clacke

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     • Bwasscher

     @Bwasscher @thor Aged Edam is not generic Edam. =)

     Actually I've never seen aged Edam, is it sold outside the Netherlands and Belgium?

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     Bwasscher (bwasscher@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:37:15 JST Bwasscher

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     @thor does blandness not have more to do with a lack of aging of the cheese. Medium or old edam is certainly more flavorfull.

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     Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:37:16 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     it says something about the blandness of Scandinavian tastes that while i consider Edam not FAR from generic, it's still more aromatic than what passes for generic here.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:42:32 JST clacke

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     Very soft and bland Gouda would be a close enough description of Hushållsost, but still not quite fair to the Gouda.

     Beyond the super generic there's Grevé and Prästost. Grevé is a Swedish Emmentaler basically. Prästost I really don't know of an international comparison.

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     Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:42:34 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     • clacke

     @clacke Swedish gräddost and Dutch gouda have some things in common

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     Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:42:35 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     • clacke

     @clacke Gouda tastes a bit more buttery than our hvitost/gulost so it's not quite the same, but mild flavour profile and semi hard

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     Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 09:42:36 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     • clacke

     @clacke is there something better known internationally that you could compare it to? i like to compare our hvitost or gulost to something like Gouda.