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Exotic Cheese Club

Why stop at cows and goats?
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We've all heard of those specialty shops and "of-the-month" clubs that provide the discerning and adventurous consumer with meats beyond what you'd normally find in a local grocer. Kangaroo? Rattlesnake? We got 'em all.

But why stop there?

I propose a cheese-of-the-month club and catalog (an actual store would probably not be feasible for the small demand I anticipate) that specializes in cheeses made from the milk of exotic mammals. Think of it: March could come in like a sharp lion cheddar, and in January you could remind yourself that the ocean is even colder than where you are now with a nice killer whale gruyere.

Milk would be harvested in cooperation with local zoos and water parks, many of which already supplement their babies' natural nursing with a fortified formula.

Tabbyclaw, Jun 11 2004

exoticish cheeses http://www.cheese.c...fault.php?cPath=3_8
[engineer1]

Rat's milk cheese http://www.halfbake...27s_20Milk_20Cheese
Another halfbaked take [engineer1, Oct 17 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Rat's milk cheese http://www.halfbake...27s_20Milk_20Cheese
Another halfbaked take [half, Oct 17 2004]

(?) Human cheese, as sought by [DrC] http://www.beardedm...et/gbmc/cheese.html
(The link, not necessarily the product.) [angel, Oct 17 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Gourmet catering a la human milk http://news.bbc.co....pacific/2702123.stm
As sought by no-one except the Chinese. (Show of hands if eeeewww!) [angel, Oct 17 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

non_mammal http://www.halfbake...geon_20milk_20churn
[FarmerJohn, Oct 17 2004]

Questions? Ask Google http://answers.goog...hreadview?id=301062
[dpsyplc, Oct 17 2004]

Breast Milk Cheese http://www.indrani..../breast_milk_cheese
"YOU CANNOT MAKE CHEESE OUT OF BREASTMILK." [skinflaps, Jun 08 2007]

(?) American Beaver Milk http://youtube.com/watch?v=QdhGrIeGSLY
Courtesy of Lee and Herring [imaginality, Jun 08 2007]

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       I'd try it. Only problem is who's going to milk the lion? A better man than I, I say! Buy that man a drink, for he has no arms to reach for his wallet anymore!
harderthanjesus, Jun 11 2004
  

       "Venezuelan Beaver Cheese, perchance?"
angel, Jun 11 2004
  

       there are enough exotic cheeses just visit a real cheese shop, besides sheep milk cheese exists.
engineer1, Jun 11 2004
  

       Ha! Depends where you are Tabs. I think that the Inuits would be most surprised to see a flock of sheep wandering across the ice and there probably aren't too many of them in the Amazon rainforests either.
DrBob, Jun 11 2004
  

       True sheep aren't exotic, i go for dog's milk cheese should last for ever...
engineer1, Jun 11 2004
  

       //Even human cheese?//   

       I don't know how strange this could be for most people. It is for me! Here in México pig cheese and goat cheese are very common. I don't know if I'd dare to try whale cheese... or dog cheese! Ew! Still, I'm sure other people would. Great idea! A good croissant with melted cheese for you.
Pericles, Jun 11 2004
  

       excellent suggestion [angel], first cheese that came into my head too.
jonthegeologist, Jun 11 2004
  

       I did once find a link for human cheese, but I can't seem to relocate it.
DrCurry, Jun 11 2004
  

       I went to this one place but they were all cleaned out of cheese before I got there. It ticked me off. +
sartep, Jun 11 2004
  

       "Not much of a cheese shop, is it?"
angel, Jun 11 2004
  

       <hooray!>Ilchester!</h!>
gnomethang, Jun 12 2004
  

       The only human cheese that I heard of was from males...
Ling, Jun 12 2004
  

       //a nice killer whale gruyere//? Only if you know how to milk a whale.
echo, Jun 12 2004
  

       Mmmm kangaroo cheese. Puts a spring in your step.
Marsupials make milk right?
  

       Mmmm, link.
skinflaps, Jun 08 2007
  

       *er.... I think many would prefer lionESS cheese... but that's just an assumption on my part.
CaptainClapper, Jun 08 2007
  

       Boy did I misinterpret this title and description!!!
xandram, Aug 21 2012
  

       I have no valid reason for shuddering at the thought of this but I am. Damn my cultural conditioning!
Phrontistery, Aug 21 2012
  

       // cultural conditioning //   

       … Lactobacillus Bulgaricus … ?
8th of 7, Aug 22 2012
  

       You should phrase your pronouncements more Caerphilly …   

       <stares in dismay into bottomless pit of inevitable cheese puns>
8th of 7, Aug 22 2012
  

       No more cheese puns, we're cheddar off without them.
Phrontistery, Aug 23 2012
  

       Gouda thinking. Brie-f and to the point.
8th of 7, Aug 23 2012
  

       Edam well ought to know better.
DrBob, Aug 23 2012
  

       There's stiltons of puns waiting to be sniffed out here, unless you are all board already?
pocmloc, Aug 23 2012
  

       As Sherlock Holmes might say, "Emmental, my dear Watson."
8th of 7, Aug 23 2012
  

       Cheese puns are brieneath me.
MaxwellBuchanan, Aug 23 2012
  

       <BZZZZZZT> Challenge, repetition. We've already had Brie once.
8th of 7, Aug 23 2012
  

       That's briezy for you to say, Jack.
normzone, Aug 23 2012
  

       There's nothing butter than mouse cheese.
Worldgineer, Aug 23 2012
  

       //Challenge, repetition.// Damn. I gouda seen that coming.   

       D'oh!
MaxwellBuchanan, Aug 23 2012
  

       Tread Caerphilly, MB. It might help you get rind the Borg...
gnomethang, Aug 24 2012
  
      
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