Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I saw someone digging out the center of the brie at a party I would think they were very unsophisticated. That would be like eating the rice in sushi and leaving the rest on the plate. And wasteful. If you take the brie, eat the rind. Or select another cheese. What you do at home is of course your own business.

And who do you think cares what you think?

Anonymous wrote:If I saw someone digging out the center of the brie at a party I would think they were very unsophisticated. That would be like eating the rice in sushi and leaving the rest on the plate. And wasteful. If you take the brie, eat the rind. Or select another cheese. What you do at home is of course your own business.

Anonymous wrote: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.


How about you take the stick out of your ass and use it to spread some Brie on a cracker? It'll feel really good. Promise.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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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

Oh, please, link us up to a reliable source of "ettiquette" rules pertaining to how to eat brie. Wikipedia doesn't count.

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 wrote:

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

Particularly at breakfast. At least at the hotel we stayed at. The breakfast buffet every morning looked like a lunchtime deli spread -- breads, cold cuts, cheese, and (very good) butter.

A couple of salami 'n' brie sandwiches and a couple of cups of good French coffee will get you going in the morning. They don't make sandwiches, of course, but I didn't mind being the obvious tourist.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a cheese head, a francophile, and a firm believer in letting folks eat cheese how they want to eat it. I have seen folks in France eat the rind and not eat the rind. Same here.