(not Finnish)

Found this in my local store.

Tell me the best way to eat! In a toastie? Is it good and melty? Because as a Brit, I will add it to my beans, if it'll work. On its own with some crackers?

by Limp2myLoom

14 comments

  1. You took the light version, it’s not good melted. It’s fine on its own in a sandwich

  2. I put it on my omelet all the time, it doesn’t melt well, but I don’t need it to tbh 😄

  3. Its a very mild cheese, just put it in a sandwich (and get some proper English cheddar lol)

  4. Drop that 17% abomination and go for the full fat version with brown prints.

    You can make awesome 100% cheese flat “breads” in the over. Just grate it or shave it and place on an oven tray with paper. Then let it melt and harden a bit. Maybe some 250C and a few minutes will do the trick.

  5. This cheese does not melt well IMO and becomes quite gummy and dry. This 17% is a diet version of the normal Oltermanni. The normal version melts better but it is still quite hard, though it is certainly usable in those kind of scenarios, like on melts and mixing with other stuff. This version also tastes quite bland. Mostly seen this used just on top of an open sandwich as a lighter alternative to other more fatty cheeses.

  7. Put it between two slices of bread and stick it in the grill sandwich maker for 2-3 minutes : get toasty bread with melted cheese in between. Serve with sliced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, paprika, etc.

    Rye bread, if available.

  8. I think Oltermanni has changed. When I was a kid the regular version was the stuff of dreams (we couldn’t afford it so it was truly the stuff of dreams), this was 30 years ago. Now it tastes less and the texture is more rubbery. No good.

  9. Don’t buy it unless you don’t like cheese. That cheese is so mild it barely tastes or anything. That’s true for the normal version and even more for the low fat version.

  11. You can use it as an eraser.

    Get the Oltermani regular, it’s orange package or Oltermanni gouda.

    But Oltermanni is a cheapisg bulk cheese. Good Finnish cheeses are sold as wedge shaped and smaller packages.

  12. That’s the light version for weight watchers. If taste is your main priority, buy normal Oltermanni, Cheddar Oltermanni or Monterey Jack Oltermanni. Monterey Jack is my favorite version in moderation.

  13. Tidbit: the term Oltermanni comes from the Hanseatic era and means a “Master of a Guild” as in somebody who is allowed to teach apprentices. Literally it’s a loanword translated as Elder-man

  14. The full fatty one (brown label) is my fave to eat in thin slices as a snack or just chaotically chomp on it as a full wheel. Thank goodness i live alone so i can do that.

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