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The cheese that smells like feet because it shares the same bacteria.
means A soft, pungent cow's-milk cheese famous for its overpowering aroma, traditionally aged with a bacterial rind.
from Named for the historic Duchy of Limburg, a region straddling parts of present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, where the cheese was originally made; though most of it later came to be produced in Germany. The name simply means 'from Limburg,' the way Cheddar means 'from Cheddar.' The notorious smell, by the way, comes from Brevibacterium linens — the same bacterium that thrives on human skin, which is why your nose isn't entirely wrong to think of feet.
- foot bacteria
- Brevibacterium linens lives on cheese and human skin
- mosquito bait
- Used in traps to lure malaria mosquitoes
- belgian roots
- Born in Belgium, mastered in Germany
- ripening trick
- Smell peaks only after months of aging
limburger cheese — pungent washed-rind cheese from belgium/germany/luxembourg region, famously malodorous due to brevibacterium linens bacteria
limburger beer — belgian dark ale style originating from limburg province, brewed by breweries like gulpener since 1825