1) Cream cheese is unfermented cheese with a high water content. In standard Chinese, cheese is called 乾酪, so cream cheese should be called 奶油乾酪. Cream cheese is often eaten with crackers or used to make cheesecake. We tried Kiri brand cream cheese. You can buy this at Carrefour supermarkets all over Taiwan (but there are more westerners in Taipei, so you will probably find more cheeses in Taipei supermarkets). This Wikipedia article uses a Cantonese name for cream cheese (probably written by somebody from Hong Kong): 奶油芝士.
2) Brie 布利乾酪. is a soft, creamy fermented cheese with a mild flavor which many Chinese people enjoy. It is usually sold in large triangles. Camembert is a similar cheese with a stronger flavor, but we didn't try any. Napoleon III supposedly enjoyed eating camembert.
3) Goat cheese 羊奶乾酪 is salty and has a rather strong odor, so not many Chinese people like it, but your teacher is crazy about it! The Wikipedia article uses an incorrect Taiwan mispronunciation of the French name chèvre, which means "goat" (in French, CH is pronounced like English SH): 契福瑞起司
4) Roquefort is a famous blue cheese made from ewe's milk. The blue bits are penicillium mold (a similar mold is used to make penicillin). Roquefort has a very strong flavor, so one good way to eat it is to first put sweet butter (not salty!) on a piece of bread, then spread a little bit of crumbly Roquefort on top. This cheese is very tasty, but you can only eat a little bit at a time! 羅克福乾酪
In the comments, please tell me about your favorite types of cheese. Have you tried any other kinds? Do you enjoy cheese, or do you think it's disgusting?
All of the images below are either public domain (cream cheese) or Creative Commons images licensed from Wikimedia:
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| Cream cheese on a bagel |
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On April 8th,I tried cream cheese and Brie cheese. It is not because I don't like the others but I know very few about cheese. The blue cheese Roquefort looks terrible, because there are some green stuff in it.I dare not to try. I like creme and Brie cheese.
ReplyDeleteYes, the mold looks somewhat scary.
DeleteI rally pretty like cheese. on that day. it's my first time to try so many kind of cheese. it's very specially to me. thanks teacher.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be able to try many more kinds. Eating is fun!
DeleteI can’t accept for milk products, such as cheeses, yogurt, milkshake and so on. But the only exception is pizza. I am blessed to enjoy these delicious cheeses. ( Especially the Roquefort cheese, it looks like terrible.)
ReplyDeleteI think you mean "My body can't tolerate dairy products." "Accept" means in your mind or your heart: "Your behavior is unacceptable!" "Tolerate" can refer to your mind or your body. Eating cheese can be a DNA problem: most Europeans are able to digest dairy products, but many Chinese cannot tolerate milk proteins.
DeleteI have no idea with these cheeses. Because I was taking a day off on that day. I think I could taste all these cheeses that mention above. But I'm more concern about the "Calorie" they contain.
ReplyDeleteIf you only eat a little bit (just have a taste), you probably don't need to worry about calories.
DeleteOn that day,I tasted some Roquefort cheese and some Brie cheese with crackers,and I tasted goat cheese with bread,the flavor is too strong,I don't like this flavor. Actually,I don't like cheese very much.
ReplyDeleteI don't like cheese very much.But the Brie looks like delicious.Maby I will tastes it after.
ReplyDeleteThere are many kinds of cheese. I don't like all kinds, but I am willing to try them a few times. Sometimes I feel surprised: I start to like something I didn't like before. Never be afraid to try.
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