Munster vs Stinking Bishop
Munster
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Alsace and the Vosges
- Status
- PDO
Munster is a washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from Alsace and the Vosges, and a protected name. The rind is orange. The smell is strong. The paste is softer and milder than the smell suggests.
Stinking Bishop
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Stinking Bishop is a semi-soft washed-rind cheese from the United Kingdom, made with pasteurized cow's milk. The paste is pale and creamy, and the rind runs from orange to gray-pink. Makers wash that rind with perry, a fermented pear drink, which feeds the bacteria that create the famous smell. The name is shared with the pear used for that perry. The aroma is strong, but the flavor inside is milder than the smell suggests.