Sorry 😂. The cheese is Red Leicester, the human is Lester. They are pronounced the same.
I had some Red Leicester once, but haven’t found it again. It had a flavor similar to strong sharp cheddar, and a soft/creamy texture between fresh cheddar and American cheese, but not as rubbery; more… Friable? Crumbly? It was good.
Colby is named after a town in Wisconsin, which was named after a railroad station, which was named after Charles Colby. So, in a round about way, sort of yes.
Monterey Jack was named after a town in California and the guy who sold the cheese, David Jacks, so half yes. I'm not entirely sure the origins of Monterey, CA's name so it could be like a three quarters yes.
I came to this thread to mention that I used to know a guy named Cheddar. No idea if that was his real name, though. But that's how he introduced himself, that's what everyone including teachers called him.
106 Comments
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 134 pts · 2y
Colby has entered the chat
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 36 pts · 2y
A wild LESTER appeared!Thcdenton@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Had to do a search. Never tried that particular type.
Stropshire Blue is pretty tough to find in the US but worth the effort. It's like a strong cheddar with blue cheese veins.
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 7 pts · 2y
Sorry 😂. The cheese is Red Leicester, the human is Lester. They are pronounced the same.
I had some Red Leicester once, but haven’t found it again. It had a flavor similar to strong sharp cheddar, and a soft/creamy texture between fresh cheddar and American cheese, but not as rubbery; more… Friable? Crumbly? It was good.
I’ll keep an eye out for Stropshire Blue.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
I'll have to try it.
Belgdore@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Works great as a last name until someone has triplets and names them after the three stooges.
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 2y
I have a friend who named his kids Brie and Colby. He never had a 3rd kid, so I always wondered what other cheese names were out there.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 22 pts · 2y
Don't think about cheese names. It's nacho problem.
CareHare@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y
I don't know who started to down vote this; Nacho is a name in south America as far as I am aware.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Getting downvotes for a cheese pun is the most interwebs thing a person can do!
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Ignacio = Nacho
Threeme2189@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Colby Briant the basketball player?
medusa@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Him and Dijon Sanders really stoked my hunger for sports
don@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
cobysev@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
My name's Coby. Close enough. People call me Colby all the time.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Colby 2012
gmtom@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 2y
Emma is just short for Emmental
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
"Manny" is short for manchego.
Shou@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Hmm. Emmental is a good cheese.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 52 pts · 2y
For nerds like me. The female name is short for Brianna or Gabriella. The cheese name is from the French region of Brie where it originated in. That region got its name from the Gaulish word briga meaning "hill" or "height".
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 87 pts · 2y
Also, if it isn't from the Brie region of France, it's not technically Brie. It's sparkling cheese.
lauha@lemmy.one · 11 pts · 2y
Pretty sure brie is named after the village in LotR
variants@possumpat.io · 6 pts · 2y
Always goes back to the cheese as the real reason
Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org · 51 pts · 2y
does Pepper Jack count?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 2y
DeadTestament@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
Oh, Pepper Jack LOVES Fraggle Rock.
cypherix93@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
legendary gif
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
He about to CUT someone
brlemworld@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
Famous musician Richard Cheese aka Dick Cheese
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
Regi is just short for Parmigiano Reggiano
HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
And Gouda is short for Goudavid
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y
"This is my daughter Brie and my son Shredded".
Pantrygheist@programming.dev · 11 pts · 2y
I bet Shredded is a Gym rat
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Splinter is the Rat.
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Michelangelo is a party dude
Hexarei@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Thank you for this, I lol'd
Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
It's a Gouda idea.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Mario:
MeatPilot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Cheddar than most ideas.
Infynis@midwest.social · 19 pts · 2y
I'm pretty sure Wensleydale is both a name, and a cheese
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 7 pts · 2y
If Monty python is a valid source, yes
jdr@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
John Cleese used to be called John Cheese
LaMouette@jlai.lu · 17 pts · 2y
Lets try with :
I really want to meet a girl named raclette 😍
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Raclette is the best one. It's like Rachel but 75% Frencher
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Naming your child Saint whatever is ambitious
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
St. Vincent was up to the challenge.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
It's not all black and white, but more a gruyère.
gentooer@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Perhaps stay clear of people called Saint ... Necrophilia is frowned upon.
oo1@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 2y
I came to say raclette and also Roque(fort) Balboa?
Valençay
JimmyChanga@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Went to middle school with a dude named Cheddar
pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com · 15 pts · 2y
Now that I think about it, I’d totally name my son Manchego.
Gork@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 2y
Or daughter womanchego
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Manny!
Oaksey@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Edam could just be New Zealander for Adam
lordmauve@programming.dev · 14 pts · 2y
Let me introduce you to my baby, Belle.
Etterra@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
The Munsters was done already.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y
Jack would like a word
Eldritch@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
There was a whole family named after a cheese. The Munsters.
Mutterwitz@feddit.de · 12 pts · 2y
Chester Bennington?
smokebuddy@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 2y
aoidenpa@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Don't forget Gorgonzola Larson.
Rinox@feddit.it · 1 pts · 2y
I mean, Zola Larson wouldn't even be such a bad name (zola is how Gorgonzola is abbreviated in Italy)
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Devon (blue) Kerry (blue) Gabriel Paddy Jack
OopsAllTwix@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
'Lil Kraft.
Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 2y
I'm pretty sure I knew a Munster in highschool.
ikidd@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Jack
intensely_human@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Colby
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Aren't those cheeses named for people, and not the other way around?
Hobo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Colby is named after a town in Wisconsin, which was named after a railroad station, which was named after Charles Colby. So, in a round about way, sort of yes.
Monterey Jack was named after a town in California and the guy who sold the cheese, David Jacks, so half yes. I'm not entirely sure the origins of Monterey, CA's name so it could be like a three quarters yes.
Bruhh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
No
Toneswirly@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
This is my son, Camembert. My father wanted me to name him a third but Parmesan Cheddar III is just ridiculous
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Actually some of these cheese names could go down as kids names, now that people have started using weird name spellings.
tiramichu@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
There's a few that would make good girls' names when you think about it.
Ricotta
Fontina
Mozzarella (she goes by Ella, to her friends)
ultraviolence@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I think I've met a Fontina before.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
I think there's an athlete by that name.
EDIT: I found a Fontina Moore for track and field.
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I'd be happy to call my son La Véritable Chaumes
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
sup cheddar
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 2y
That's not Cheddar! That's just some common bitch!
numberfour002@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I came to this thread to mention that I used to know a guy named Cheddar. No idea if that was his real name, though. But that's how he introduced himself, that's what everyone including teachers called him.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
Imagine being Gouda Pegula.
Gouda Pegula
Menchicka boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put ’em together
And what have you got?
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 2y
A curious choice of fondue
Caitlyynn@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Keeping it together Brie?
proctonaut@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Maytag Blue has a pretty good ring to it.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y
Never knew there was a cheese named after the famously bored appliance repair man.
Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Cooper
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Rocquefort feels like one that has / could / should be used
sparkle@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Rockford ("rook" (the bird) + "ford") is a common American place name
Rockefeller (from German Rockenfeld <- Rukenvelt "ridge field") is an American surname
Roquefort literally means "fortified rock/cliff"
Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Rocquefort is also a french village that makes and names a stinky cheese hence the mention of it on a cheese themed thread.
medusa@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Wensleydale of the Them
niktemadur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Also the owner of the cheese shop, the finest in this manor, squire. So clean... certainly uncontaminated by cheese.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y
And the bastard, American.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Ah, like those tv characters Jim and Parm?
salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I'm OK with cheese names as long as we don't do Casu and/or Marzu
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
What's wrong with Casu?
salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Sorry in advance
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Sounds terrible. Why would that exist? Furthermore, why would anyone want to eat it?
Are we slowing moving towards gagh?
Nounka@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
There are already different gagh types. O my god... That is cheese gagh.
Chewget@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
I'm happier when I forget this exists.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Martzu's a good name.
don@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Mi casu es su casu
federated_toast@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Edam
scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Did they start with Asiago?
JimSamtanko@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
The name has nothing to do with cheese:
https://www.thebump.com/b/brie-baby-name
Patrizsche@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y
Can't we just have fun here?!?!
JimSamtanko@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
It doesn’t make it less fun. It just adds factual informs to it.
niktemadur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Meanwhile, Ignacio over there, aka Nacho:
What am I to you, chopped liver, güey? Cabrón...
xantoxis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y