The UK has found an unusual way to make use of their
country’s youth—as judges in the national smelly cheese contest. Contest
organizers say they use child judges because children’s sense of smell is more
acute than adults’, but I think it’s really because no self-respecting grownup
would spend all day with his nose glued to hunks of cheese that make gym socks
smell like roses.
But apparently Britain’s youth are gung-ho, as numerous
eight to eleven year-olds have turned out to audition for one of five available
judge seats. The Smelliest Cheese Championships (to be held on May 27, just in
case you haven’t yet marked your calendars!) will feature 1,000 cheeses from
150 cheese makers. That’s a lot of sniffing for five little noses.
Next time your kid is driving you crazy, you could stage
your own version of the smelly cheese contest at home: they smell, you eat—preferably
with a baguette and a perfectly paired
glass of wine. After all, when it comes to pungent cheeses, taste and smell are
two entirely different experiences.
Photo: coldplaying.com
