Brie cheese - eat the rind or not?

[Anonymous]

I love brie cheese except for the rind. Is it acceptable of me to cut off a wedge of cheese, but then cut off the rind on my own plate before spreading on a cracker? Is this a faux-pas? Am I the only one who doesn't like the rind?

[Anonymous]

Eat the rind. You're supposed to eat the rind, and yes, it is a faux pas. It is not a spreading cheese. Do this in your own home if you want, but you will offend your hosts if you do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love brie cheese except for the rind. Is it acceptable of me to cut off a wedge of cheese, but then cut off the rind on my own plate before spreading on a cracker? Is this a faux-pas? Am I the only one who doesn't like the rind?

Actually, you don't love brie chees since the rind is part of it. Nope, not acceptable.

[Anonymous]

It's not a spreading cheese? It's so soft though?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, agree with PPs. You don't like Brie if you don't like the rind. That's like saying you like pizza but you don't like the crust, just the cheese and toppings.

You put the whole slice on the toasts and eat it.

[Anonymous]

No, it's not a spreading cheese. It's tacky to dig it out, or slice off the rind. In your own home you can, but don't do it elsewhere. You eat it sliced or in wedges. From Wiki:

Brie is usually purchased either in a full wheel or as a wheel segment.[3] Further sub-division in most homes is subject to social conventions that have arisen to ensure that each person partaking in the cheese receives a roughly equal amount of skin. Slices are taken along the radius of the cheese rather than across the point. Removing the more desirable tip from a wedge of brie is known as "pointing the Brie" and is regarded as a faux pas. The white outside of the cheese is completely edible, and many eat Brie whole.[4] The cheese is sometimes served slightly melted or baked, in a round lidded ceramic dish, and topped with nuts or fruit.

[Anonymous]

Only on DCUM can you be judged by what foods you like and how you eat them.

OP--do what you like. I also don't care for the bitter rind. I'll cut the wedge, put the piece on my plate and take off the rind and eat it however I want. Anyone who cares to turn their nose up when you do this is just a pretentious fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM can you be judged by what foods you like and how you eat them.

OP--do what you like. I also don't care for the bitter rind. I'll cut the wedge, put the piece on my plate and take off the rind and eat it however I want. Anyone who cares to turn their nose up when you do this is just a pretentious fool.

This! I'm not eating something I don't like just so that I can eat something I do like. The rind is gross and it's ridiculous to eat something gross because you're worried about what people think of you, school yard nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM can you be judged by what foods you like and how you eat them.

OP--do what you like. I also don't care for the bitter rind. I'll cut the wedge, put the piece on my plate and take off the rind and eat it however I want. Anyone who cares to turn their nose up when you do this is just a pretentious fool.

No, people judge your manners in realy life, not on DCUM. Pretentious means attemptig to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, etc. It's not pretentious to follow common rules of ettiquette, which is what the OP was really asking: Is she breaking ettiquette rules by doing that. Yes, she is. Just like you don't fish in a drink with your hand to take to take out an ice cube. Why? Ettiquette. You don't eat mashed potatoes with a spoon. Why? Ettiquette.

People are noticing that you are not following that particular social convention, and are possibly judging you for it in some way. It's your choice to do that, but it sounds like OP would prefer to follow that one, hence the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM can you be judged by what foods you like and how you eat them.

OP--do what you like. I also don't care for the bitter rind. I'll cut the wedge, put the piece on my plate and take off the rind and eat it however I want. Anyone who cares to turn their nose up when you do this is just a pretentious fool.

No, people judge your manners in realy life, not on DCUM. Pretentious means attemptig to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, etc. It's not pretentious to follow common rules of ettiquette, which is what the OP was really asking: Is she breaking ettiquette rules by doing that. Yes, she is. Just like you don't fish in a drink with your hand to take to take out an ice cube. Why? Ettiquette. You don't eat mashed potatoes with a spoon. Why? Ettiquette.

People are noticing that you are not following that particular social convention, and are possibly judging you for it in some way. It's your choice to do that, but it sounds like OP would prefer to follow that one, hence the question.

FFS, why so many 't's today? I'm having a bad typing/spelling day. Wait...bad spelling etiquette!

[Anonymous]

I do not eat the rind.

[Anonymous]

Wait, you can't eat mashed potatoes with a spoon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, agree with PPs. You don't like Brie if you don't like the rind. That's like saying you like pizza but you don't like the crust, just the cheese and toppings.

You put the whole slice on the toasts and eat it.

Hahaha - my husband never eats the crust and I always tease him. Actually he doesn't like brie either. Hmmm...

I don't actively eat the rind - if some gets on my cracker I'm OK with it, but I'll usually just go for the soft gooey goodness on the inside.

[Anonymous]

In France, you often don't see folks eating the rind, but it's for hygienic reasons--when you buy Brie, you open the wrapping a little and feel its firmness. By the time you eat it, you know the rind has been poked and prodded by several fingers.

We don't do that in the US so much.

[Anonymous]

The French often eat cheese by itself, not spread on bread or even stacked. Just a chunk o' cheese on its own. Brie especially.