Jarlsberg cheese in Dublin?

ruicosta10

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows of this Scandanavian cheese (baby swiss style apparently), and if it might be available in Dublin, or even in the rest of the country? I couldn't get enough of it on a recent trip to Stockholm, lovely stuff.

olaola

Ikea have it afaik.

ruicosta10

I called them, but they said they didn't have it... though it might be best to pop in to them sometime. Have you seen it there before olaola?

Little Alex

I've gotten that before. they have it in Tesco (own brand in clear wrapping and - I think - a red label).

olaola

ruicosta10 wrote: »

I called them, but they said they didn't have it... though it might be best to pop in to them sometime. Have you seen it there before olaola?

They've got a decent range of really nice cheeses. I probably am mistaken about the Jarlsberg though. Maybe try Fallon & Byrne?

RentDayBlues

As Little Alex said, Tesco carry this

WindSock

That's a lovely cheese. I did see it here before, guess it may have been Tesco's.

ruicosta10

Which Tescos are you guys talking about? There tends to be quite a variation depending on which one you go to. And what do you mean by 'own brand' Little Alex..... so its not Jarlsberg, but a Tesco's Finest equivalent or something?

Little Alex

ruicosta10 wrote: »

Which Tescos are you guys talking about? There tends to be quite a variation depending on which one you go to. And what do you mean by 'own brand' Little Alex..... so its not Jarlsberg, but a Tesco's Finest equivalent or something?

Hi ruicosta

I can't remember which branch I got it in, but it was probably Rathfarnham or Nutgrove. The brand was the normal Tesco brand, not Finest. It wasn't in the section with the standard pre-packaged cheeses (Kilmeaden, Mitchelstown, etc.), but where the speciality cheeses and salami and the like are.

Amalgam

Marks and Spencers stock a mild variety of Jarlsberg. Sliced.

I'm partial to it. Taste-wise, a rounded, milky Gouda.

ruicosta10

Thanks for the info guys. Interestingly, just did a search on Wiki for this cheese, and the article alleges that other than Norway, it is licensed for production in two other countries; the US and... by Dairygold in Ireland! A caveat to this is that it says 'citation needed', but another quick Google search threw up an announcement of this partnership from 2006. It may never have got off the ground, so I would doubt if its available these days.

I also saw at superquinn's online shop that they stock its own brand of Jarlsberg, so that might be worth looking into.

jackie_brown

m&s and superquinns do jarslberg
its not that hard to find, this cheese

WindSock

Saw some today in Clarehall.

We got a huge block of it in Sainsburys in Newry for feck all a while ago.