I'd like to talk to you about cheeses.

[brightberry]

I love hard cheese especially if it's flavored with something spicy.

[JazzMatazz]

Living in Wisconsin Cheese is a must! I really have gotten into some more of the specialty flavors like Mango Habanero, Or odd combos with fruit in them are surprisingly good. Pepperjack is a stable of mine though nothing satisfies me more than a classic sharp cheddar.

[StarZetRaven]

I haven't tasted a lot of cheeses, but I really love fried/grilled Halloumi. Too bad it's expensive around here.

I can't have it anymore since I went low-carb, but I always liked the norwegian brown cheese. The christmas edition is a little sweeter (more caramellized) and has extra spices in it (cardamom, I think) in it. I tasted a small piece of it once and it's like a dessert all on its own, would be great with berries. It's delicious

[ponyqueen]

Some of our adventures with Cheeses in France and Germany last spring:

In Reims- fromage wrapped in paper. (This picture basically sums up France in one shot)
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Best. Cheese. Ever. From Strasbourg.
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With sausage from Germany.
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Sandwich! Lake in the Black Forest.
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[Loona]

such a hard choice... oh my!  add me to the group of those who say 5 picks just weren't enough
I'm a huge cheese lover, it literally is my favourite food, and the main reason why I never turned vegan (and don't really think I could. I could give up many other dairy products - though I love most of them - but cheese would really be giving up the biggest thing I enjoy food-wise). I could live on cheese only (though it wouldn't really be healthy, haha ).

from the pickable ones I chose blue, goat, feta and mozzarella - not necessarily in this order. from these probably goat cheese and feta are my two favourites, and my overall greatest favourite was not included: gomolya (I think it's Hungarian, I haven't really seen it outside my country), I like sheep gomolya the most, but cow gomolya is good too. it is often flavoured or smoked, those are also very welcome in my house, and usually don't stay for a long time (but honestly, no cheese does ).

[ponyshoes]

heh, i'm in the 1% who says cheese is disgusting  i'll only eat it if it's flavor is smothered with something else, cheese is just the worst ever to me. 

[GazeboMouse]

Cheddar is what I use mostly, being the usual household English cheese I grew up on, but you can't beat a bit of Wensleydale, and Wensleydale and Cranberry at Christmas time!
But I also have cravings for Paneer, (Indian/Pakistani cheese), as I love Paneer Tikka, I like it more than chocolate, like paneer and spinach masala and similar,  and Paneer Pakora on rare occasions that I can get it, although the restaurant I've eaten it at cuts the cheese into such huge blocks for a starter that I felt like I'd eaten the equivalent of 3 blocks of supermarket cheddar by the end of it, and didn't have much room for my main course and pudding! 

[dragonlady]

I like Cheddar, Cottage cheese, Mozz and Provolone and the other, pepperjack! Yum!

[tuneful87]

Asiago all the way!

[Princess Lala]

Ponyqueen! I LOVE those photos! IM SO HUNGRY NOW! 

So yesterday was National Cheese Day! I went to Whole Foods and snuck samples......the store im actually banned from sampling in LOL! I bought several wedges though! I got my stinky Stilton Cheese, as well as English Cheddar and a Chipotle Cranberry Cheddar! ^-^

[Moonbreeze]

Oh dear... I actually have no idea I like so many different types of cheese. The Dutch market alone has countless types (with names I tend to forget). Gouda alone has three subtypes etc etc

[Buffy]

I'm working in a Supermarket and selling cheese :-)
It's a great Job and even we just have around 150 different types of cheese, in my oppinion we haven't enough :-) There are so many and so tasty kinds....
My favourite one is from Italy "Stilfser". But I love also dutch Gouda with herbs. We have also a good one from Switzerland with mountainflowers...

@ StarZetRaven: We have that norwegian cheese too(the only one from Norway we have). It's calling Gudbansdalen/Norgold. We have had also one time the same one, but with chocolate instead of caramell

@ melodys_angel: If you are lactoseintolerant, there are a lot of cheese you can eat. Every one which is older than 6 month, there should be no Problem. But a lot of factory say, there cheese is also lactose-free, even ist a 4 week old Gouda. For example French Bonbel or every cheese from "Frico" or "Beemster". I can give you a list of lactose-free cheese, but don't know if you are able to get them in Canada :-)

[BlueChaos]

I chose Cheddar, Muenster, Swiss, Blue, and other.

Because cheesecake.

[mlp4me]

I can't drink milk, have a difficult time with yogurt and ice cream, but can I eat cheese!!!! American muenster monterey jack and lactose intolerance are my choices.

[Illumideer]

One of my favorites is one not included, that is Brunost.  It is one that I could only find in a small cheese shop in Missouri,  meaning I have not had it for years:( it is an amazing cheese.