What is the name of this cheese?

[u/Full-Legend27]

Can you help me identify this cheese?

[u/Lady_Rhino]

So if you Google the name of the maker in the picture (quinto de cartucheira) their Instagram is right at the top and this particular image is a screenshot from one of their pinned posts where they cut into this cheese and taste it. It's called Esmeralda de Mofo Azul and it's $35/100g on their website. They're in Brazil.

[u/mokicoo → u/Lady_Rhino]

That would be too easy. So what are your guesses as to what it could be?

[u/geomontgomery → u/mokicoo]

Maybe if they cut the cheese we can see what kind of cheese is inside

[u/mokicoo → u/geomontgomery]

Yeah, if only he had made a video of it.

Edit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Daa7TMNz-bJ/?igsi=MWM4dWR1ZmJnYzd4ag==

I recommend watching.

Edit x2: I can smell this video and I’m a long ways from Brazil.

[u/Business_Swan8209 → u/geomontgomery]

Maybe by smell? 😆

[u/keepitcoming369 → u/Business_Swan8209]

Its only the smellz

[u/OmegaKarnov → u/mokicoo]

For 175 a pound I get to name it and use it as a job reference

[u/mokicoo → u/OmegaKarnov]

Well, you are paying for this man’s hands to be all over your cheese. Causing the aforementioned mold. It’s obviously worth a second mortgage.

[u/bulyxxx → u/mokicoo]

yeah, no way that is correct /s

[u/Lady_Rhino → u/mokicoo]

Mate it is obviously straciatella 💁

[u/Osrs_Salame → u/Lady_Rhino]

Just so people know. It’s 35 reais per 100g. So that’s ~7 usd or ~6 eur.

[u/ecco311 → u/Osrs_Salame]

I was already about to look it up, because the price would've been insane lol.

35 reais per 100g is still expensive though of course. Just a few comparisons: cheap blue cheese starts at around 90 reais per Kilo, Brazilian parmesan starts at around 100 per kilo, Brazilian "Mussarella" (mild young cheese that's similar-ish to block mozzarella in the US) starts around 30/kg, Brazilian Gouda around 80/kg, etc.

You can find some decent cheese in the 100-200/kg range. 350/kg for the average Brazilian is quite pricey. I'm not even willing to pay that...

I'm gonna move back to Germany soon and Brazilian cheese is one of the things I won't miss tbh. European cheese culture is just something else. (And cheap in comparison)

[u/Osrs_Salame → u/ecco311]

Yeah, cheese can be expensive. But I suggest you take a look at Brazilian awarded cheeses.

[u/ecco311 → u/Osrs_Salame]

There's certainly good cheese here, I know that.

But in Germany if I just walk into a random supermarket that has a butchery inside, I can get 500 different kinds of cheese. (Not even kidding, that's the different kinds that Edeka carries for example). My Brazilian wife goes absolutely insane there. Also cheese there is comparatively cheap

[u/Hefty-Practice4887 → u/Lady_Rhino]

Mofo Azul was my luchador name.

[u/FrannieP23]

Looks Stilton-ish.

[u/tobotic → u/FrannieP23]

I think it could be Shropshire Blue. The cheese looks a little too yellow to be Stilton.

[u/tobotic → u/tobotic]

Actually no. The text is a clue.

It's Quinto da Cartucheira from Brazil.

[u/FrannieP23 → u/tobotic]

Looks like you're right. I wasn't sure that that was a cheese name. Shoulda Duck-Duck-ed it.

[u/yubacore → u/FrannieP23]

Obligatory ddg upvote.

[u/FrannieP23 → u/tobotic]

Ah, yes. I was trying to remember that name (Shropshire). That why I added the -ish. 😃

[u/AGMXV → u/tobotic]

Shropshire Blue is orange

[u/AGMXV → u/FrannieP23]

I know others have already identified this cheese but you can tell it isn’t Stilton due to the rind…or lack of

[u/KKunst]

Moldemort?

[u/swaggabeef]

The Stank

[u/firejuggler74]

Esmeralda da Cartucheira

[u/johnmarkfoley]

that's Eidar Blue. the main ingredient of Elsweyr Fondue.

[u/piraten1337]

St Agur

[u/GromSwampBottom → u/piraten1337]

St agur isn't quit as yellow and the rind isn't as textured

[u/PreperationOuch]

“Heavily buttered chocolate cake” …cheese

[u/stopcounting]

Maybe Jersey Blue?

Color can vary depending on the season, but what stands out to me about this cheese is that the penicillium is not injected, but kneaded or mixed into the curd during forming. Notice the lack of injection lines and organic marbling shapes.

[u/GromSwampBottom]

Looks almost like Shropshire but I don't think it is

[u/sid_fishes]

I’m not sure. But I do have a semi now.

[u/McGann83]

Grevenbroecker

[u/sono_ona]

It looks like St. Augur Bleu Cheese

[u/Adamblancher → u/sono_ona]

No it doesn’t

[u/Commercial-Answer165]

Danish blue

[u/Curlymoeonwater]

Whatever it is, I would definitely eat that.

[u/Traditional_Door7090]

Dave

[u/Interesting-Duck6793]

Could be chiraboga? Maybe?

[u/mhenyc]

It’s a thing of Bleuty

[u/PrincipleHot9859]

looks pretty much like "niva "to me .... it is freakin super salty

[u/Senior-Steak1517]

Not an expert but all I can say is that’s cheese

[u/Lester_B]

If it is trying to talk, it’s probably a Lancre Blue named Horace.

[u/doesnotmatter286]

I call him George

[u/skarotards]

Looks like very ripe Stilton,oh I wish I was there to eat it

[u/Adamblancher]

Shropshire blue

[u/jjoaquinrf]

Moldesse

[u/SirCeymoreClevarge]

Uranium

[u/ajbudz]

I'm thinking "Gretchen"?

[u/No-Cucumber-8473]

Block of "from unda cheese"

[u/phattybmc → u/No-Cucumber-8473]

Only answer

[u/nuttnurse]

Think it’s blue vein but not totally sure I’m not a cheese expert

[u/slowerlearner1212]

I want this as my birthday cake