Any other cheese lovers here?
Discussion
I really love a nice bit of cheese. I love all of them (as long as they don't have added flavourings). I even take elaborate photographs of cheese, and then I eat it.
I could eat a lot of cheese if I allowed myself to. I like to try out new cheeses and I like my favourites too.
Recent much-enjoyed discoveries include Cropwell Bishop Beauvale (a soft blue cheese) and Raclette (innocuous looking, but very smelly (and delicious)). The Beauvale I like on plain wholemeal toast, the Raclette, like so many cheeses, is best enjoyed on its own.
Were there to be a food version of Desert Island Discs, then half my choices would be cheese, and the other half various breads and biscuits to eat with the cheese.
I could eat a lot of cheese if I allowed myself to. I like to try out new cheeses and I like my favourites too.
Recent much-enjoyed discoveries include Cropwell Bishop Beauvale (a soft blue cheese) and Raclette (innocuous looking, but very smelly (and delicious)). The Beauvale I like on plain wholemeal toast, the Raclette, like so many cheeses, is best enjoyed on its own.
Were there to be a food version of Desert Island Discs, then half my choices would be cheese, and the other half various breads and biscuits to eat with the cheese.
omniflow said:
You should try Raclette how it's meant to be eaten. Melted on top of potatoes or other foods
That is a very slippery slope...OP: see if you have a decent local cheesemonger. I am lucky as I have one I can visit every few days and try something different almost every time. I do enjoy French cheese but there are literally 100's of UK cheeses to try and they are every bit as good (if not better)
I love Cheese, although I am not a big lover of really pongy blue cheese such as stilton. I do like a crumbly white, such as a Cheshire or a Wensleydale.
Some different favourites I've had which I've struggled to find again were an Irish Cheddar with streaks of Guinness (local deli had it one Xmas) and from Morrison's somewhere in Devon, they had a Wensleydale with small chunks of fudge in.
Some different favourites I've had which I've struggled to find again were an Irish Cheddar with streaks of Guinness (local deli had it one Xmas) and from Morrison's somewhere in Devon, they had a Wensleydale with small chunks of fudge in.
OP - if you ever get the train into London then I can definitely recommend La Fromagerie on Moxon St in Marylebone. It's about a 10 minute walk from Marylebone Station. They have dedicated Cheese room, and a very wide choice of well kept cheese. Around this time of year you really need to try the Vacherin. The staff really know their stuff and are extremely helpful. The Ginger Pig is next door if you need some meat. Another place I highly recommend.
It's a great shame that I can only allow myself about maybe 500g of cheese over a week. The problem is that as I try out and enjoy new cheeses, I have less allowance remaining for my favourites. For years the one cheese I keep coming back to is Cathedral Mature Cheddar. There's just something about it that confuses me, how can such a cheap cheese taste so nice?
Aye, cheese lover checking in
I love a good cheddar with crunchy bits in as a "mainstream daily driver" so to speak. Black Bomber is a favourite.
Others that really flick my switch:-
Herefordshire Hop
Aldi's (!!) Roquefort
Proper Vintage Wensleydale
Epoisse de Bourgogne
Capricorn goat's cheese
Red Devil by the Snowdonia Cheese Company
I'm not a lover of mild, soft, French cheeses but mrs v loves a Somerset Brie and I sometimes see where she's coming from.
I love a good cheddar with crunchy bits in as a "mainstream daily driver" so to speak. Black Bomber is a favourite.
Others that really flick my switch:-
Herefordshire Hop
Aldi's (!!) Roquefort
Proper Vintage Wensleydale
Epoisse de Bourgogne
Capricorn goat's cheese
Red Devil by the Snowdonia Cheese Company
I'm not a lover of mild, soft, French cheeses but mrs v loves a Somerset Brie and I sometimes see where she's coming from.
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