Types of CHEESE in Poland

I fancy a cheese discussion. I'm a little surprised that Poland lags behind somewhat, given the real strength of its dairy products. Mazdamer is a good cheese but I have to say that French and German cheeses are for choice.

To Polish people, what are the top 3 Polish cheeses in your opinion?

smoked cheese is nice: rolada beskidzka ann there is at least another one, which name I don't remember. I still think a good Oscypek is to die for.

Maybe some soft goat cheese too. I love goat cheese.

90% of Polish (non-white) cheese is bland factory made pap that doesn't grate properly.

There is however a new producer who makes real farmhouse cheese, exported abroad and already won a few prizes. Excellent cheese.

It appeared in my local shop for about a week, but there's no real demand here. The market is for processed and sliced, factory made mild yellow, or imitation Brie. Good cheese here means expensive imported cheese. Or Oscypek.

Maybe Piotr and Paweł stock it.

Do you currently live in Poland, aphrodisiac? I just wonder if there are cheeses in Poland that we don't get here in Gliwice. I love Austrian smoked cheese but am not aware of Polish names. I guess I have eaten such a thing here but I wasn't sure if it was Polish or not. Oscypek is fantastic if you avoid the rubbery and overly salty versions. Goat cheese is a cut above.

How about yellow cheeses here, any preferences?

no, but I will shortly:).


I believe that some are made locally, so you are on the right track.


as I said: Rolada Beskidzka (wrong name), it is: Rolada Ustrzycka- I think it is available anywhere in Poland since I can get it abroad as well. I think it is a very nice smoked mild cheese.


not really since I like aged or moldy cheese in general.

Lazur is pretty good. I love some of the mouldy ones in Tesco. It's funny to hear some Poles say gouda is Polish :)

Did you know that they have a hotel, owned by them, next door to the cheese factory...and the entire hotel is about cheese? They even put their cheese on spaghetti bolognaise :(

Good idea, I'd be fair game. I've really had to cut back on my cheese eating but that kind of offer is enticing. Is it in Poznań, delph?

Nope, it's just outside Kalisz, not that far from you even :P...if you ever want a very bizzare night in a hotel, it's defintely the place to be. There's even pictures of their cheeses all over the hotel, and the rooms are even named after brands of cheese. You can even buy cheese from the reception :/

(and every dish in the restaurant comes with cheese, and they even give you complimentary cheese when you order food. It's just too much...our bed even had a cheese picture above it!)

Quite the revelation that, delph. I'll be sure to arrange a trip. Many thanks for the info, min. I'm off to check Google Maps ;) ;)

Aha, it's a fair distance. It's closer to £ódz but it didn't take my fiancee's bro long to get to Warsaw and it's closer than that.

I'm going to start singing that dreadful, annoying "Turek Camembert" song in a minute, then you'll have even more reason to complain about Polish cheese!!!!! :D

Daj spokój, ta ciota jest daremna. Don't punish us with this abomination!

Do you know the name of this person?

Inkrakow, there is sb here who was trying to sell top-class cheddar, it could be them. Hold on, I'll retrieve the thread.

polishforums.com/poland-items-22/cheddar-krakow-38626
maybe contact this person

Hi Bali !

If I may

Twoj smak - your taste
puszysty - whipped
serek - cheese but .. like this example Tom means ser and Tommy - means serek
smietankowy - creamy
sol - salt
zagestnik - something what makes the cheese thicker
maczka chleba swietojanskiego - flour of St. John's bread- no idea what it means.

By the way I left Poland 21 years ago, been once 6 years ago and I notice an unbelievable choice of cheese. Poland now makes as many kind of cheese as France ! I can not believe. They even grow grapes and produce wines.

All the best

Darius
New York

Frd, there is still cheddar in Gliwice's main Tesco. I was there tonight and they had a new batch in. I couldn't resist buying some, despite my wife's insistence that I didn't. I put my little stomach increase down to water retention. She puts it down to alcohol abuse ;) ;) ;) (I drink less than the average guy, I'd say).

I love Cambozola cheese. Camembert and Gorgonzola fusion, tasty!

heh it's good you left some ;) I'm still trying to get there but I'm usually nowhere near when I'm in Gliwice. I'm discovering many polish "fake" cheddar products recently though.. yeag cheddar is fat, unfortunately - it's a nasty whim when one is trying to have a protein diet and a fair bit of gym. And when I buy one I often end up eating all of it in one go ;)

Yeah, there are still a few blocks left. I see most Poles prefer to buy the pre-cut blocks of cheese as I myself sometimes do. You get more for your money but usually less taste. Some of the gouda is decent though not like you'd get in Holland, I'd imagine.

The best cheese has to be "asiago".It has a taste to die for.My mouth is watering as I am writing.Got to get me slice.The only problem is the best ones comes from Italy.

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Carski is a hard yellow cheese made in Hajnówka. It's a matured cheese which can be grated and used on pasta. Poland is a bit of a desert for cheese-lovers, but this one is the real deal.

Why is cheddar so hard to find here? Every Pole I've given it to likes it.

Funny, I've experienced the opposite but maybe it's just the stronger stuff they don't like - which is all I ever buy (vintage, extra mature or whatever)

Poles I know only seem to like bland cheese.

That's been my experience in my four years here. But it's really no surprise considering that most Polish food is pretty bland and Poles like ketchup on pizza. But that's already a discussion on other threads.

I guess my friends must have more sophisticated palates than your friends!

That's entirely possible. Typical conversation-Do you like shrimp? NO! Have you ever tasted shrimp? NO, but i don't like shrimp.

There was a similar conversation in one of my classes a couple of years ago. A 14 year old girl said she didn't like cheeseburgers. Another student asked her if she had ever tried one. The answer was no, but she knew that she didn't.

Go figure.

You can't get anything more bland than bread sauce, but when I served it to my in-laws with roast chicken they declared it to be inedible. I once cooked a chilli-con-carne and left some on the hob to have the next day. When I got back from work it was gone. Binned. My mother-in-law said it was dangerous and even now refers to it as 'guantanamo'. This from a woman whose horseradish sauce could could take the paint off cars.

Bland maybe, but in fairness it is a weird concept/concoction!

What about the chicken though? I got the idea that Poles didn't really "do" roasts as we would know them.

In general that's right but with the exception of chicken. My m-i-law particularly savours the lungs (and birds have six pairs).

Sounds gorgeous .... ; )

But no, that's unfair, liver/kidneys etc are of the same ilk I suppose.

The Topic: Types of CHEESE in Poland

When my cousins were visiting the US, they really seemed to enjoy the sharp cheddar cheese the best.

Cheddar is not that hard to find here. You can even buy it in Żabka in sliced form. Tesco had/have Kerrygold and Biedronka have/had a Scottish cheddar. I can find it no problem here.