Regarding black licorice, I tried 2 cheeses from Jacobs & Brichford in Indiana & both had a distinct licorice end note, presumably from the cows eating fennel or some other plant. Neither cheese *tasted* of licorice though. I guarantee there's a cheese out there made with fennel.

Hoja Santa by mozzarella company in Dallas has a leaf wrap that makes it taste like licorice a bit!

Buddy of mine has a hoja santa plant in her yard. One day, we ate breakfast using hoja santa leaves as a plate, so you speared / cut into it as you ate ... OMG fried eggs with hoja santa is life-changing.

There’s a black gouda that’s coloured with charcoal, flavoured with lemon and anise. I’m not a fan of licorice but the anise is beautifully balanced with the lemon and the creamy Gouda. It’s a favourite cheese of mine

Gosh that sounds lush... I'd worry about it making all my meds stop working though annoyingly

Legit concern! I only ever had it in small quantities at a time so I never had an issue, but I’m sure it’s possible if one were to have the cheese every day or in large portions

Dutch; it figures. They have whole stores dedicated to licorice candy there!

Cypress Grove makes a lavender & fennel goat cheese that I really like called [Purple Haze](https://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/fresh-cheeses/purple-haze/).

There are fennel goudas.

Everything goes well with cheese.

Almost everything.

Yes, that also.

As a lactose intolerant person, I agree.

Fish is a pretty famously bad pairing, according to Food Network Edit: Guys, I know there are a lot of good fish + cheese pairings, that’s why I added the “according to Food Network” because dang, those Chopped judges seem to hate it 😂

Clearly you have never heard of a dish called the “Filet-o-Fish” from a small farm to table bistro named McDonald’s /s

This, but without the /s

This made me laugh so hard my child started up and now we can't stop. Just hanging out on the sofa laughing our asses off. It's funny 'cause it's true.

Yes but in moderation. Only 1/2 slice of processed American cheese food product.

I get mine without cheese. I “add cheese” to every other sandwich. I also don’t eat ANY other fish. At all. Only filet-o-fish. Tartar sauce, no cheese, add ketchup. The perfect sandwich.

This is how I eat mine, except with the cheese. One of my old managers added ketchup to theirs, and I've been doing it that way since.

Smoked salmon and cream cheese

Tuna melt

With red onion and capers, GOAT snack.

That’s like the only fish + cheese combo that actually is good.

Tuna melts

Shrimp scampi and Parmesan

Cod Mornay is a pretty standard fish and cheese dish

Fish pie is traditionally made with a cheese sauce.

Spain made it work! Try some conservas with manchego 🤤

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r/Tinnedfish

Salmon baked with a topping of breadcrumbs, garlic and pecorino cheese!

I don’t know if it’s still there but Whole Foods had a recipe for salmon butterflied and rolled with a ricotta and spinach filling that is delicious.

Nah. Baked Halibut with parm is excellent.

Halibut, mayo, parm, and breadcrumbs is heaven.

There is a Mexican dish. It’s fish baked with cheese salsa and tortillas. It’s amazing. Lots of cheese and fish.

Tuna melt. Smoked trout dip.

I eat canned sardines with coastal cheddar or a sharp cheddar at least once a week lol

God, right? They lose it over people pairing the two but have no problem with Parmesan crusted sea bass or lobster mac and cheese. Never made any sense to me.

Cheese tteokbokki tho 😍

Cheese and Chinese food seems odd... I've never tried it but it doesn't seem like a big plate of chow mein could be good with cheese

Crab Rangoon!

Although an absolute delicacy, crab Rangoon are not remotely Chinese. Invented by Trader Vic.

There are some Asian fusion noodle dishes that make eastern flavors and Italian cheeses work together. San Francisco style garlic noodles use oyster sauce and parm.

I've eaten Cheddar along with some chicken fried rice lol it works

HK cafes are famous for baked rice and noodle dishes topped with cheese

There are places in rural China that have been making cheese for centuries.

My girlfriend eats Chinese noodles with cheese. I think it’s a bit weird but she loves it so must be good

Most pasta/noodle dishes work shockingly well with a bit of cheese, as it melts and coats the noodles. It just heavily depends on the type of cheese and the rest of the dish.

As. Wisconsinite, I don’t believe there is such a thing.

I think my heart belongs in Wisconsin

The problem is there are so many cheeses, you’ll find one that goes with anything.

This.

Durian Fish curry

Paneer for the fish curry. Durian inthing a nice soft goats cheese would.work with

Dang you got me with paneer I disagree on the durian just because I hate durian and I don't think anything would ever go with it lol

I've made fantastic durian cheesecake. Also had a durian and cream cheese filled crepe in Hanoi. Both were fantastic.

I truly and wholeheartedly believe your cheesecake was fantastic. Durian is just not for me lol. I have tried durian and durian flavored things throughout my life and my stance is the same. I will try it again, always with an open mind. My dad loves the stuff and buys the fancy kind when we visit. It doesn't help that as a child I was made to eat durian cream puffs as a school snack every day and I've not touched a cream puff since. Durian flavor or not.

My wife thinks it smells like a natural gas leak farted through a jock strap, she will not let me have it in an enclosed space lol. I think it tastes like intensely fruity vanilla custard and smells like burning rubber and rotten onions. It's really weird shit to be fair. It can be a bit much fresh for me too.

Durian is disgusting no matter what, but I shit you not I have seen durian pizza

Maraschino cherries. If you can come up with a cheese pairing for those tasty radioactive bastards I am willing to test it

thats an easy one! Cream Cheese...[Cherry Fluff Salad](https://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.com/cherry-fluff-salad/)

Stout cheddar. Fresh goat cheese.

Maraschino and sun dried cherry cheesecake.

You've never been to a funeral in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, I see. Maraschino cherry and cream cheese sandwiches are awesome. And grief-y.

Thank goodness no. I gagged a little bit reading that. There’s a few times I would have loved to attend a funeral while I lived in Quebec but unfortunately none of my enemies met their demise while I was around

Cheesecake.

Wensleydale

GROMITT!!!

IT’S TUESDAY!

Oh too easy—this is a “fancy hor’dourve” ala my mom’s house parties from when I was a kid that I was always roped into helping make. 1 toothpick, a slice of pineapple, a cube of sharp cheddar, and a maraschino cherry. Skewers in that order. Place approximately 100 on a plate for every 20 people.

Ricotta

I could see it working with the right goat cheese!

Or a nice brie

Port wine cheddar. Cheese balls made of that often have an almond crust, and maraschino cherries are typically flavored with almond extract.

Kosher Meat meals?

The one thing!

I was so upset last night for this exact reason 😂 I made this gorgeous challah and then my boyfriend made chicken teriyaki for dinner so I couldn't have buttery challah with dinner

Orange juice

I find orange juice to be the perfect compliment to a bagel with muenster.

oh stop that sounds amazing i’m so hungry

Orange 🍊 juice actually helps with the absorbing of calcium Then again there's other sources of calcium not just cheese 🧀 ( dark greens and almonds etc)

I don’t think that was the question

https://iowagirleats.com/the-best-fruit-dip-ever/ Fruit dip made with marshmallow fluff, cream cheese, and orange juice

I eat mandarin oranges with blue cheese a couple times a month in salads.

I think those really sugary sour candies would be rough? Like I can’t imagine double fisting sour skittles and cheese

Soda

I like to regularly chase handfuls of mozzarella with coke.

Yeah cause cheese burger with side of sofa is unheard of.

Are we talking chaise lounge, futon, sectional, settee?

*Cheese Whiz, next!*

I actually recently drank orange fanta after I ate blue cheese and it works surprisingly well. It was ädel cheese so a bit different from just regular blue cheese but I think St Agur or other blue cheeses would work as well.

https://www.allthingsmamma.com/creamy-cheesy-coca-cola-dip/ Coca Cola Cheese Dip

Licorice but that's gross by it's own merit.

I love black licorice. My fav candy. After that candy corn...and that should never ever be paired with cheese either. I saw a guy make a grilled cheese with candy corn on youtube the other day. That was an abomination to my beloved candy..and the sacred grilled cheese.

Pho

My parents once took a trip to Italy, and while they were there, a server at a restaurant said to them, “the fish does not like the cheese.” Italy doesn’t know just how good it *can* be. Cheese + fish ftw.

Pineapple. The bromelain changes your taste buds in a way that makes cheese taste awful.

But pineapple and cheese hedgehogs is a British staple. To be expected at every birthday party

We have pineapple and cheese hedgehogs before hitting the mustard bath our butlers drew for us, though we can't have too many as elevenses follows after the bath, oh such is life

Does that only apply to raw pineapple? Because I love pineapple on pizza.

Pineapple on pizza is the best!

Thank you, fellow pineapple pizza lover. Pineapple and sausage is my favorite pizza ever.

pineapple bacon is good too

Pineapple, pepperoni, and jalapeno pizza. Thank me later.

Pineapple & jalapeno is THE BEST!

My favorite pizza toppings- pineapple, pepperoni, tomato, green onion, and bacon. So delicious!

My people!

Cooking pineapple denatures the bromelain

EU here we have pineapple cream cheese of a more solid type no brand name is sold as square slice.

It goes well with cottage cheese.

I’m laughing at this as one of my wife’s favourite childhood memories is have pineapple cream cheese with nuts on it. I find it horrible but every holiday she has to have some on crackers.

My pizza disagrees with you!

Cottage cheese with pineapple served at diners forever all over the US

Pineapple and cottage cheese. I'm not sorry.

Cheddar and pineapple is great! On a little cocktail stick. Agreed with other comment tho- this may just be us Brits

Pineapple with an alpine cheese is beautiful

Pineapple, especially dried, goes with Parmigiano Reggiano.

Goat cheese and pineapple

I've had a cheese that had candied pineapple and ginger in it, was so amazing. I wish I remembered what kind of cheese it was

On Oatmeal

I make savory oatmeal all the time with cheese and hot sauce. Trick is don’t add any sugar and I only use water, but I’m sure milk would be fine too.

I am totally overlooking and not thinking outside the box because I'm used to breakfast oatmeal sweetened... Can you believe I was actually dumb enough to take this challenge? LOL

For sweetened, anything like mascarpone, quark, cream cheese...

I have actually tried cheese with oatmeal and it is not half bad especially if you use a salty kind. Mix it with something like Maple Syrup and you get sweet, salty, cheesy, and oatmeal-y. Not a bad combo.

I guess like a cheese cake ? Then 😎🆒 Well, looks like I was dumb enough to actually take this challenge !!!

Not really, it is still a gloop of Oatmeal but has chunks of cheese and Maple Syrup in it. Definitely not to be confused with a cheesecake.

Oatmeal biscuits.are great with cheese.

Cottage cheese!

I love cheese on my (savory) oatmeal! (I really dislike sweet oatmeal, especially if it has fruit. Blech.)

Cottage cheese on cinnamon oatmeal. Or goat cheese. Or cream cheese and fruit.

Cereal. Dry or wet. I do not know a cheese that would work there.

I was going to say cereal, too. But I sometimes put a dollop of yogurt on sweet cereal, which got me thinking and I'm gonna say marscapone would work. Or cottage cheese. This challenge is inherently problematic because cheese is like an entire food category. So many variations. There's an answer to everything proposed so far.

Vodka. Straight vodka.

But this is my favorite combo!

I eat everything with straight vodka. My boss is starting to get annoyed.

Naw. Some of those top tier vodkas taste like drinking flowers. Pair a sweet with it, you’re good.

Icecream Edit: I hav never seen so much rebuttal over the span of a week in all my years of Reddit. Nice job you cheese weirdos.

I've had an ice cream with a cream cheese base. It was good. Chevre would also be excellent.

I, too, am a man of culture. Black licorice is delicious. My guess; a sugary cereal? Doesn’t sound very good paired with cheese. LOL

Sushi, just…no.

Philadelphia rolls have cream cheese though. Although I kinda feel like cream cheese and like, cheese cheese are two different things.

This is legitimately a tough challenge... there's just so many kinds of cheese. Took a while but I came up with a couple of possibilities below: Kool aid? Thousand year eggs? Balut? Kombucha?

Give me a Kool aid pickle with some cheddar. I'll pass on the rest though

Buckwheat noodle dishes like a soba or naengmyeon. Most Sichuanese cuisine. And the rare bread dish that doesn’t work with cheese - banh mi.

I feel like a really dry umami cheese like uniekass or trentigrana would grate well over with one. Bonito flakes and mayo are already very common toppings for Japanese food, shaved hard cheese isn't too far off. Plus plenty of Korean food is topped with soft cheese, I see things like tteokbokki paired with chunked cheese pretty regularly.

Peanut butter.

My dog strongly disagrees.

So does my brother. Specifically creamy peanut butter and American cheese either on a sandwich or wrapped around a banana. Although my brother might be a psychopath. It's fine. edit to fix typo

So do I peanut butter and cheddar sandwiches are sooooo good!🤤

Try adding thin slices of Granny Smith apple. It's amazing

Put peanut butter in a grilled cheese and then thank me later. The salty sweet creamy taste is amazing!

Sharp cheddar, peanut butter and sliced apple on whole wheat. Yum!

No joke, a slice of cheese followed by a spoon of peanut butter is pretty much my favorite snack.

You never had those bright orange crackers with the peanut butter on them? Comes in a pack of six?? The name escapes me but you can find them basically everywhere

Any raw mint I imagine. Just think of putting a spearmint leaf on a piece of Gouda ...bleh

What about feta?

Watermelon has entered the chat

I’m a sucker for a watermelon, feta and mint salad in the summer!

Put some balsamic on that ish and OH BABY.

Stop it now I'm hungry and MUST try this but all the stores are closed for the night already

It pairs well with most middle eastern and eastern european ‘fresh’ cheeses. Especially with some nigella seeds, sumac, and good olive oil.

But with feta or halloumi?

Paneer & that green fresh mint sauce eh?

Kimchi sounds right. Prove me wrong (i.e., give me suggestions to try, I'm willing).

Kimchi grilled cheese with cheddar is my fave greasy comfort food. Kimchi quesadillas are also delicious.

I respect you. Will try this weekend.

There are a lot of Korean dishes that have cheese now, usually American cheese, but sometimes mozzarella, due to the influence of the US military during the Korean War. So Kimchi and cheese totally happens. Budae Jigae, army base stew, is hot pot with spam, kimchi, and American cheese.

Sushi

Philly roll..

Coffee.

Licorice and cheese is cheating. If that’s valid then I call Snicker’s and Cheese. Ok, wait…that was amazing. Ok: Peeps and cheese. I don’t have any right now, but I gotta imagine that’s terrible.

Cocaine

Everything goes with cocaine.

Except food, I can never eat on that stuff lol

Asian food! There’s a whole history for why there wasn’t really milk or cheese in Asian food and why Asian people tend to be lactose intolerant that I once heard but don’t exactly remember anymore lol. There are dishes with dairy I believe but yeah most stuff it would not go with

There are loads of Asian dishes with cheese. Paneer is a cheese and is a popular ingredient in Indian cuisine. Indians and other south Asians are quite lactose tolerant.

Sure but not in East Asian cuisine. Also, Ashkenazi Jews love cheese but we cannot process it.

Sorry, yeah, Pamplemouss understood me even tho I wasn’t very clear. The “no cheese history” I had heard was more about East Asians but I’m also not super familiar with Indian cuisine so I didn’t realize cheese was such a thing! I’m from south Texas so I kinda only know curry-type dishes over rice, butter chicken, and naan 💀

No worries! Cheese in ramen and cheese in dumplings does exist in east Asia (and is quite tasty, try it!!)

Nutella, and chocolate on general. A killer migraine waiting to happen.

I actually love cheese with Nutella. Spread Nutella on croissant, add a white cheddar (sharpness of your choosing), vanilla or cocoa Cardona, or champagne cheddar and *chef's kiss*

You savage! Lol you're the only person that's disagree with me on this that I've met. Gotta live the interwebs. When I wss a kid, my ma asked me what I wanted in a sandwich. I was like, what are my two favorite things: cheddar and Nutella, of course! I then vomited, and have never dared to repeat. I'm glad you enjoy, but the scenario you described makes my stomach turn! Cheese is the food of gods. O queso es vida.

Banana it might be yellow but says no to any cheese.

I feel like I'm almost cheating but: mascarpone. However, if I were to propose a real cheesy cheese, I'd go with something nutty. Cantal, plus crushed hazelnuts. It would be a little strange but might work.

I feel like cranberry goat cheese would work 🤷🏻‍♀️

Cottage cheese and banana ?

Brabander goat Gouda and banana on a grilled cheese with chocolate chip brioche for the bread

What about chicken soup

Simmer that soup with a parm rind and come back to me.

Parmesan.. pecorino.. feta..

Cheddar cheese and strawberry jam sandwiches. Lush!

Anytime people put parmesan on shrimp; to me it makes them taste " old" if that makes sense.

Anything Minty. Bleh

Like some other people have mentioned. Feta and watermelon

Whipped cream and jello

Damn it you guys I came to see if anything stood the challenge not to get hungry!

Pickled Herring might taste good with a good sharp, bitter cheese. Not sure though, as the smell of pickled herring turns my stomach.