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With all due respect for julian37, I suggest caution. I might amend "quite pungent" to "good God what the hell" and "deep flavor" to "tastes like it smells."
by cheese_van 3y ago
With all due respect for julian37, I suggest caution. I might amend "quite pungent" to "good God what the hell" and "deep flavor" to "tastes like it smells."
Perhaps I am betraying my American lack of culinary flexibility. Perhaps julian37 is just joshing us.
I very much miss living in Frankfurt, a wonderful city. However, I suspect that the local practice of recommending Handkäse to visitors is an inside joke and a harmless and amusing example of German humor.
- lostlogin 3y agoRaclette is the one the gets me. From a quick google ‘Raclette’s most distinguishing feature is its aroma, which might charitably be described as pungent. (Actually, it smells like something left to rot for a few months in a gym locker filled with dirty sweat clothes.)’
- __del__ 3y agoone's first experience of raclette will have one double checking one's own armpits