Saga Blue cheese

[Walter Voigt]

Dear Mr. Olson:

May be you can help me with this: I have been enjoying Saga Blue cheese for many years. Recently I have notices a slight change of taste in the slices I by. I notices that these slices now say it were made in "Michigan", not in Denmark as I thought.
Was Saga Bleu ever made in Denmark? What's the story/
Thank you very much,
Walter

[Joel Olson]

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"Walter Voigt" <***@comcast.net> wrote in message news:***@comcast.com...
Dear Mr. Olson:

May be you can help me with this: I have been enjoying Saga Blue cheese for
many years. Recently I have notices a slight change of taste in the slices
I by. I notices that these slices now say it were made in "Michigan", not
in Denmark as I thought.
Was Saga Bleu ever made in Denmark? What's the story/
Thank you very much,
Walter
Saga is not mentioned in the book that I quote from, but there is a brief
entry in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_cheese .

If you were formerly buying imported Saga, then the domestic version
may well be a little different. Otoh, the taste can change a bit as a
cheese ages.

Hopefully, someone else will know more about this. :-)

Season's Greetings, all.

[Nick Cramer]

Post by Walter Voigt
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May be you can help me with this: I have been enjoying Saga Blue cheese
for many years. Recently I have notices a slight change of taste in the
slices I by. I notices that these slices now say it were made in
"Michigan", not in Denmark as I thought.
Was Saga Bleu ever made in Denmark? What's the story/
Thank you very much,
Walter
Saga is not mentioned in the book that I quote from, but there is a brief
entry in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_cheese .
If you were formerly buying imported Saga, then the domestic version
may well be a little different. Otoh, the taste can change a bit as a
cheese ages.

Cook's Thesaurus says:

Saga blue Notes: This well-regarded Danish blue cheese is soft, rich, and
creamy. It's mild enough to be served to unadventurous guests, yet pungent
enough to be interesting. Substitutes: Cambozola OR Brie OR Blue Castello

[Walter Voigt]

Thank you very much to Messrs. Olson and Cramer for your suggestions which lead me to more solid information of Saga Blue cheese. For the benefit of others interested on Saga cheese, here's the scoop:

Saga cheese was invented in Denmark by the Dairy company "Tholstrup". For many years they exported their cheeses to Germany, Sweden, France, and other European countries, with about 8 % of the production coming to the US. It was distributed by Norseland dairy products. A few years ago Tholstruo bought a small cheese company in the US where they manufactured other Tholstrups products, A year ago Tholstrup sold the cheese production (at least) to Arial foods, another huge european food company. It seems that the Saga that we find today in the US is made in Michigan. Therefore this possibly explains why long time consumers of Saga cheese find taste differences between the imported Saga and the US version. It is not clear to me whether any amount of the Denmark made cheese is still available in US.
"Walter Voigt" <***@comcast.net> wrote in message news:***@comcast.com...
Dear Mr. Olson:

May be you can help me with this: I have been enjoying Saga Blue cheese for many years. Recently I have notices a slight change of taste in the slices I by. I notices that these slices now say it were made in "Michigan", not in Denmark as I thought.
Was Saga Bleu ever made in Denmark? What's the story/
Thank you very much,
Walter