Cheese Lies. (this ones for you Dan!)

     Cheese lies to you.  I have on a few occasions discovered worms long forgotten in my fishing tackle that smell more appealing than some cheeses.  I have never felt the need to taste these discoveries.  I am curious who the person was that forgot the milk somewhere making Limburger cheese, who then thought to themselves "It smells ten times worse than my dirtiest socks, I wonder what it tastes like?".  This awful smell can disguise a very delicious product.  Because of this, cheese is definitely not for the faint hearted uninitiate.  Cheese is also something the Japanese have gotten very wrong, which is surprising considering the majority of Japanese foods seem to be based on a dare ("Who wants to eat this extremely poisonous fish with me? Anyone? Lets eat it RAW!").  The cheeses that I find in Mami mart are about as savory as paper, they are very over processed and quite dead.  Cheese needs to be alive!  I have tried the American cheese (in the plastic sleeves just like home), blue cheese, and romano here and they all are bland to the point of "why bother". Its like eating plastic.

DONT BUY THIS CHEESE!!

     I have found some cheeses worthy of the name in Kashiwa, they are all imported and very expensive.  A chunk of Cheddar smaller than a pack of cigarettes goes for about $15.  I have hope that when more Japanese experience the joy of true cheese, they will take the time to learn how to do it right.  For now I have to work around the fact that good cheese is now a rare luxury in my life. . .