I learned of leipäjuusto through my first Finnish tutor. I like to learn about different culture's foods, and since I am learning Finnish, it seemed like a good idea. However in my small rural town there was no way I would ever find it in stores. So I learned to make it myself, translating several recipes from Finnish into English. I had varying degrees of success.
I volunteer at a food bank, and we had a small box of these to give out. I traded all of my volunteer rations (for volunteering we are allowed to take food as thanks. This was the only thing I took today) for extra of these.
The mighty leipäjuusto played a part in bringing me and my wife together. First date at mine I made palak paneer (Indian spinach number) with leipäjuusto in place of Indian cottage cheese. Later she has told that the dish closed the deal as far as she was concerned 😄
I make both paneer and leipäjuusto and have used leipäjuusto in place of paneer in my paneer lunch wraps, but since it is much more difficult to make than paneer I do not do that often.
It is always neat how little things can bring a couple together for life. Such as an episode of Pinky and the Brain for my wife and I.