31 August, 2010  Liederkranz Cheese.  About a week ago, blog
reader Alan mentioned in a comment that Liederkranz cheese had
been rescued from the brink of extinction by DCI Cheese
Company.  I decided I would try to find some - the only thing I
knew about it was that it was an American variation of
Limburger, and that the last batch had been made by the Fisher
Cheese Company in 1985.  Because of a bacterial contamination of
the cheese culture that year, Fisher recalled all of that year's
Liederkranz production, later selling the factory and remaining
cultures to Beatrice Foods (which was later purchased by
ConAgra.)  I was surprised to hear that the cheese was back in
production, because for at least ten years, the Liederkranz
culture was thought to have been allowed to go extinct.  I was
pleased and surprised to find small 6-ounce squares of
Liederkranz for sale in my local ShopRite supermarket. I picked
one up and gave it a sniff. I was half expecting to get knocked
out of my shoes, having grown up watching