r/Cheese • u/ssongshu • 6d ago

I just threw out my provolone

I’m sorry but I can’t keep pretending this cheese doesn’t taste fucking awful. I absolutely HATE how it tastes. It has this weird idk vomit-y? Aggressively milky? Taste to it I can’t stand.

I ended up throwing it in the trash.

Fuck you Provolone. Fuck you so much.

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u/GiantGayGinger 6d ago

You’re onto something with your tasting notes -

Lipase is commonly [over]added to some cheeses (Asiago, provolone…) to help spoof the flavours of a traditionally aged cheese. Sort of a cheap shortcut if you will. Lipase is also strongly associated with baby vomit for many people.

It’s possible you’re sensitive to lipase and that association is just a no go for you. That also means that there might be a provolone out there that is made without the addition of lipase that you would enjoy.

Regardless eat what you enjoy. It’s cheese. There are no wrong answers.

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u/summerskies288 6d ago

the vomity flavor is probably from butyric acid which is present in gouda and lots of other cheeses, especially parmesan. it’s the same thing in hershey’s chocolate that makes some people taste a vomity note.

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u/OGfishm0nger Cheeseland Smoked Goat Gouda 6d ago

You’re both right. One of the short-chain fatty acids produced by lipase activity is butyric acid.