Serious Pig – Crunchy Snacking Cheese
I am generally a cheese traditionalist – I enjoy my cheese either as part of a cheese board with crackers and other accompaniments, or with a meal such as pasta. However, GrateMyCheese has led me outside of my comfort zone to review a ‘snacking cheese’.
The snack comes in a little bag like a packet of crisps and takes the shape of little discs of cooked cheese. The texture is excellent and reminded me of the burnt bits around the edge of a well-done pizza. The snacks are also not oily to the touch and easy to eat without getting your hands messy.
However, I didn’t get on so well with the flavour. There is a hint of the cooked cheese taste I was expecting, but rather than the cheddar taste I know and love, this Quattrocento cheese has a strong tangy flavour. This overpowers the other flavours and is initially very disappointing, but gets subsequently worse throughout the pack, as the flavour builds up to a bilious conclusion.
I first tried the original flavour, and then tried the rosemary pack, which tasted worse! The rosemary flavour clashes strongly with the overpowering tang and was not enjoyable in the least.
I expect that these snacks will be enjoyable to some, but they’re definitely not for me and I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone.
Lover of strong flavours and interesting experiences.
It looked promising with the comparison to the crispy pizza cheese but you lost me at bilious! Pretty pricey as well. I’d sooner cut a chunk off a block and nibble on that. Thank you for taking the taste hit on our behalf!