I’m with you on goats - ugh! A long-ago fiance’s parents had them on their weekend farm and yuck!
I was going to say I haven’t yet really ever acquired a taste for chevre, tho many people rave about it. I have some in the fridge that I just can’t make myself finish off - it was supposed to be my less salty substitute for my beloved Feta - but it’s not the same at all.
However, while thinking about that, I remembered a goat cheese that I loved and had a penchant for about a dozen years ago. It was an artisan cheese, just a few made each year.
It came in a jar, in chunks with herbs, spices and oil. My favorite was a green chile one (this is made in NM) and I used to stock up on tons of it when I went to Santa Fe every year. Oh my, now my food memory is craving it again and there’s no way to get it anymore. Mmm.
I can tolerate goat cheese if it’s fresh and well made. When it tastes like a goat smells...no thanks, LOL!
A guy I work with is a Goat Farmer. Local cheesemakers make some excellent cheese from his goat milk. He tells me of all sorts of problems he’s had with the goats getting out and/or eating things they shouldn’t. I guess their diet greatly effects the quality of the milk.
Once, they got into the garden and ate fresh garlic. The milk that week all got dumped. It was completely unusable.