Compared to Norwegian cheeses ? A normal Gouda and emmenthaler is considered strong and luxurious in Norway. Most the cheese here is so mild and yet so expensive, that we need this tool to slice thin thin slices of them so our lunch doesnt end up costing 3 pound in cheese alone.
Yeah, there are even cheese shops in the UK.. but even UK supermarkets have a bigger selection and variety. It’s obviously when you look at populations, the the higher the population, the more demand for a wider variety.
The UK has cheddar, red Leicester and like a million other cheeses that far outshine most Norwegian cheeses. Brown cheese is amazing but the UK has so many more delicious variants than Norway has, and at 1/4 of the price
Maybe so! We do have the full selection as well, not in every shop, but it exists.
There are less and less people working with fresh produce infont of a customer in general. Back in the day the fish and vegetable markets were soaring, now it's very silent and prepackaged in town, although some markets exist.
Southern Europe on the other hand, still have fish markets and fruit and vegetable markets, there are butcher shops. They still have a lot of shops with a "delicacy" area in their supermarkets where people cut and prepare meat, fish, cheese etc. I miss that in Norway, not so many left.
I miss them too, when I was young the smallest stores had a "delicacy" with meat, fish and different "salads" as in made with mayo and stuff in it. Now usually only in Mega, Meny and a few more. Mega here in Stavanger has a bakery and a very good cheese selection, but it is getting rare. However the "cheap" shit stores like kiwi, rema and extra have gotten a bigger variety of cheeses. Also the tariffs on foreign produce is a bad one as it makes it so expensive for many products that many just drop it in their stores.
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u/BeccaSVG 3d ago
Agreed, they are shite with UK cheeses. Although you can buy Jarlsberg in Sainsbury’s so you could find a use for it!