Reminds me of Hand Cheese (Handkäse), a regional specialty popular around the Frankfurt area. It's delicious, quite pungent but with a deep flavor. It gets its name because it was traditionally formed by hand (from Quark, a harmless dairy product similar to cottage cheese). Around these parts one can expect clean hands as well, so there really is nothing untoward about the final product -- except perhaps for its name. Give it a try if you happen to be passing through!
With all due respect for julian37, I suggest caution. I might amend "quite pungent" to "good God what the hell" and "deep flavor" to "tastes like it smells."
Perhaps I am betraying my American lack of culinary flexibility. Perhaps julian37 is just joshing us.
I very much miss living in Frankfurt, a wonderful city. However, I suspect that the local practice of recommending Handkäse to visitors is an inside joke and a harmless and amusing example of German humor.
From a quick google ‘Raclette’s most distinguishing feature is its aroma, which might charitably be described as pungent. (Actually, it smells like something left to rot for a few months in a gym locker filled with dirty sweat clothes.)’
