Cheese lifestyle, reviews and recommendations
This cheese is a novelty wax-wrapped Christmas-pudding-flavoured cheese. The substrate cheese is not clearly stated (an ominous sign) but relatively Cheddar-like; the cheese is infused with brandy, dried fruit, and mixed spices. This cheese was also selected solely on the… Continue reading "Christmas Pudding Cheese (Croome Cheese)"
Flavoured cheeses are divisive. We have found this to be true over years of cheese nights. Some, like Chilli-flavoured cheeses, have caused arguments over the years and remain the only cheeses to score both 0 and 10 in the same… Continue reading "Double Gloucester with Onion & Chives (Lidl Valley Spire)"
Lincolnshire Poacher is a hard, Cheddar-like English cheese. The texture is firm, brittle and crumbly, the colour golden-yellow, and the rind complex and variegated. It is an unpasteurised cow’s milk cheese. The packaging warns against consumption by those with weakened… Continue reading "Lincolnshire Poacher (Marks & Spencer)"
Cheddar really is the workhorse of the cheese world. A family favourite for its versatility, solid value for money and pleasant middle-of-the-road taste. Another ace up its sleeve is the vast array of varieties in which this humble cheese can… Continue reading "Cheddar (Lidl ‘Deluxe’ Vintage Somerset Crunchy)"
I first tried this cheese at a Grate My Cheese Christmas meet, and of the cheeses that we tried, this was the most surprising. I can sometimes struggle with cheeses made from milks other than cow, but this cheese is… Continue reading "Singletons Parlick (Sainsbury’s Hard Sheep’s Cheese)"