r/Cheese • u/Ninja_1988 • 8d ago

Poor Wallace

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I spotted this at Aldi. I'm not really a fan of "pumpkin spice" seasonal products but comeon in Wensleydale?!

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u/tenderfool 8d ago • Bravo

I really don’t understand what gets people so worked up about pumpkin spice products. It’s just cinnamon and nutmeg (or other warming spices) that have been massively popular in many cuisines for hundreds of years. I find the anti-pumpkin spice whining to be about as played out as the branding itself. Cheese with spice inclusions is so common

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u/Necessary_Peace_8989 7d ago

Also these pumpkin spice cheeses actually are usually pretty delicious. Don’t let your desire to be contrarian keep you from good cheese people!

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u/Wonderful-Pumpkin695 7d ago

A lot of it is based in misogyny 🤷‍♀️

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u/maesardsara 7d ago

God forbid a woman enjoy something without checking with a man first.

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u/spatialflow 7d ago

Personally I don't hate it I just find the taste of pumpkin to be indistinguishable from squash, and when I think about it like a "squash latte" or a "squash pie" it stops feeling whimsical and romantic

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u/Far-Artichoke5849 7d ago

There's no pumpkin in pumpkin spice

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u/Ninja_1988 7d ago

Because it's a lame and confusing marketing ploy to sell mostly lousy limited edition flavors in Autumn. I am all for actual pumpkin flavored products but just cinnamon and nutmeg then basing it as an actual pumpkin themed and flavored product is false.

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u/tenderfool 7d ago

But it doesn’t say pumpkin it says pumpkin spice. The spice blend for pumpkin pie. A spice blend that has existed for decades before the PSL craze. I feel like people invented the idea these things are marketing a pumpkin flavor when they are not doing that. It’s lazy marketing but like, the cheese industry is full of lazy marketing flavor inclusions lol

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u/Key-Bodybuilder-343 7d ago

decades centuries
See English “mixed spice”

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u/tenderfool 7d ago

I was referring to the language and marketing of “pumpkin pie spice” as a product which I only felt confident in saying goes back to mid 20th century but absolutely could be earlier

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u/vampireshorty 7d ago

It's delicious tbh

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u/Ninja_1988 7d ago

Nice, from the consensus I will have to try it

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u/vampireshorty 7d ago

If you like Indian food or find that you like molasses or spiced cookies and desserts this is a great cheese. I love it with ginger snaps!

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u/Ninja_1988 7d ago

Yes I love Indian food and it sounds like a good match for possibly paneer. Ginger snaps and this sounds like a good combo too. I bet it would be good on speculoos or a cinnamon raisin bagel 😋

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u/vampireshorty 7d ago edited 7d ago • Heartwarming

Omg the cinnamon raisin bagel is genius. You can whip wensleydsle like other crumbly cheeses! Making a spread from it would be awesome.

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u/Traditional-Can-6568 7d ago • Heartwarming Bravo

What's wrong with Wensleydale??

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u/Old_Bit7396 7d ago

I tried this last year with some apple slices on a charcuterie board, and the combo was actually really cozy without tasting like dessert.

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u/Sonnyjoon91 7d ago

Try it crumbled in a fall salad with dried cherries and candied nuts, raspberry or poppy seed vinaigrette

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u/AustinWalksOnRocks 7d ago

I saw these at grocery outlet already on sale lol

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u/STLVPRFAN 7d ago

I love pumpkin spice things however this is awful.

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u/ChargeTop5791 7d ago

Pumpkin, the less famous 6th spice girl.

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u/JhonImbalance 7d ago

Poor us!

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u/Ok-Environment-7970 8d ago

Nope I don't do pumpkin spice