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Why is blue cheeses strong?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Blue cheese normally have a stronger taste or smell than normal cheeses, this is because the cheese has been made with special kinds of bacteria such as Brevibacterium linens and with fungi or mould put in to make its smell and taste more pungent, also adding to its unique colour.

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