When I was a kid I had a hankering to eat unusual cheeses. There was a cheese stall in the local market that sold all kinds of exotica, though I expect I wouldn’t find them very exotic today, probably Danish blue and brie. But my mother wouldn’t buy me any of it. She ‘knew’ I wouldn’t like them. She thought it was just a whim. Cost may have had something to do with it too.
The only unusual cheese I was allowed was allowed to have Swiss Knight cheese spread: a variety pack, various wedges of different flavours, some definitely better than others. It wasn’t great but it was something.
Since then I’ve indulged my cheese whims as much as I can. My mother was wrong – it wasn’t just a whim. It was a lifelong obsession.
And then last week I was in the local Asda and came upon a Polish equivalent of those Swiss Knight variety packs, Ser Kremowy Sortett. Thus:
The flavours are natural, with ham, and with paprika. I’m pretty sure there was no paprika in the Swiss Knight selection.
The Polish cheese spread wasn’t great, but you know, even when cheese isn’t great, it’s still cheese.
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