Savory Surprise from Stein am Rhein

Good things come in small packages. What could it be?


Cheese, of course! I can't remember the last time I shared with readers a new-to-me cheese for my Queso Suizo project -- for shame! At long last here is a creamy cow's milk cheese called "Chäs Stei."


Here's the shop where I made my purchase:
Chäs Graf
Oberstadt 1
8260 Stein am Rhein


I love the labels they use there...


and the packaging!


Taste Test: Well, I brought this home to share with Isaiah, but he wasn't having it. "It's got that weird rind," he said. Fine then that means more for me.


This cheese has a very creamy texture (and not just because it partly melted on the train ride back home -- it was still just as creamy the next day after spending 24 hours in the fridge) and a flavor very similar to Brie, but slightly more pungent. I have to say, this hasn't been my favorite cheese. Not because it isn't delicious, but because I'm hung up on the flavor of hard alpine cheeses. Also, I prefer something that I can really sink my teeth into and isn't so messy. Nonetheless, I am glad I tried it, especially since I seem to stick to trying variations of the same kind of cheese. Bor-ing. I shall try to continue to extend my cheese horizons...

6 comments

  1. Looks good to me, but I, Like you prefer the hard cheeses to the creamy ones! Good for you for trying new things...I go through phases where I do, but then I don't again for a while...

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  2. We only have 2 months left here, so I feel like I have to make up for "lost time" and try a bunch of new things before we leave! geez...

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  3. I feel so bad, I don't like strong chees and I can even eat a lot of the soft ones, by body sais NO! after something stronger than manchego... wrong country for my stomach...

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  4. What a pity! Definitely in the wrong country... but Manchego - YUM! It's one of my favorites. (I don't write about it here, though, because it's not Swiss!)

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  5. I'm with you on the strong, soft cheeses. Not really my thing either. Too much cheddar in my childhood...

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  6. Hi Chantal! Too much cheddar? You can NEVER have too much cheddar!

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