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#What Does Cheese Really Taste Like? Infographic Once you go beyond the types of cheese that can be ordered on a Subway not quite-footlong sandwich the world of fancy cheeses can be a baffling one full of strange names and hints of obscure flavors. Using a paper from the Journal of Sensory Studies graphic designer Sean Seidell put together an infographic exploring the wonderful world of cheese. In the paper from 2010 researchers looked into how using simpler language can help communicate complicated sensory descriptions. They found that using high identity traits made it easier to identify similarities and differences between cheese samples. In graphic form the study's findings provide a cheat sheet for those of us who can spend hours browsing at the cheese counter on a quest for that perfect nutty cheese we tried that one time. Wondering what the difference is between a longhorn cheddar and a New york variant? Wondering how feta relates to provolone? To the cheese wheel! The splotches extending out from each cheese correspond to one or more flavors on the wheel. Gruyere for example seems to have a bit of a pineapple flavor going on while feta has hints of sauerkraut. I wonder what beer flavor that could pair with? You can see more of Seidell's work on his blog. visua. ly I'm not sure how I'd use this beyond I don't like Bleu Cheese so I don't think I'll try Stilton or Roquefort. I don't think I could say I'm looking for a sharp goatey cheese...Oh here it is! Because I've been around goats and I don't want cheese that tastes like what goats smell like but more importantly I can't imagine the taste combo or even identify those characteristics in the cheese that I know. Maybe I'm the minority? And where does Velveeta fall in this chart? Velveeta falls under processed garbage and american cheese and Kraft anything fall under the same category. Velveeta would not fall anywhere on this chart; it is not cheese. I doubt that it's even edible. Sounds cheesy. What is velveeta exactly? And what does colby jack fall under? Two slices of rye e

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