Cheese lifestyle, reviews and recommendations
Cheddar is undoubtedly one of the true workhorses of the cheese world. With a very competitive market it can be hard to stand out. For me (and many others in these more austere times) price can be a big motivating… Continue reading "Seriously Strong Extra Mature Cheddar"
The King is Dead. 1086 – the Domesday Book lists three manors in Stichiltone, Cambridgeshire, with an annual rent of £4, and ten other households. 1724 – Daniel Defoe pass’d Stilton, a town famous for cheese, which is call’d our English… Continue reading "“The King is Dead” – Neal’s Yard Dairy – Stichelton"
This particular offering comes from the dairy cows at Long Clawson Dairy in Leicestershire. It is a "full-bodied cheese with a creamy texture, rich flavour and distinctive blue veins". An attractive sales pitch. How does it measure up? Continue Reading
There are some, mostly in the darker corners of the internet, that claim you can make cheese out of anything that produces milk. Personally I wouldn’t have wanted to be the person who systematically tested this theory out. What we… Continue reading "Norfolk Mardler (Hard Goat Cheese – Lidl Deluxe)"
Brie is probably one of the most iconic cheeses to come out of France. However, like many cheese, they don’t have the market all to themselves. One such foreign pretender is this delightful offering from Somerset, England. OK its not… Continue reading "Somerset Brie"
There has been much talk on the site recently about the battle between Cheddar and Red Leicester. I have long advocated that there is plenty of room in the cheeseboard of the world for both (although I confess I am… Continue reading "Red Fox Red Leicester (Lidl Deluxe)"
This website primarily exists to rate and review luxurious, unusual or exciting cheeses. Cathedral City Mature Cheddar is none of those. However, there is a very strong argument to be made that this cheese is in fact the best cheese… Continue reading "Cheddar (Cathedral City Mature)"
A trip to the cheese counter at the deli is always a delight. You can almost bank on finding a new and interesting cheese to sample. So it was with my next 3 planned reviews. You might pay a premium… Continue reading "Stihians Cornish Yarg (Lynher Dairies)"
An admirable second entry under the “cheese ingot” banner, which as is well-documented elsewhere I am physiologically unable to resist. This is a pretty decent Red Leicester which is as easy to eat as the well-received blue Cheddar ingot equivalent… Continue reading "Red Leicester Bite Ingot Truckle (Tesco Finest)"
No reasonable adult of sound mind could deny this is a Christmas cheese. I reviewed this cheese at the request of a reader; despite my previously-documented intense dislike of both fruitcakes and dubious novelty cheeses marketed squarely at the festive… Continue reading "Christmas Cake Flavour Yorkshire Wensleydale (Asda)"