Cheese lifestyle, reviews and recommendations
This is the first group stage for the Tesco Soft Bovine Board. Five Brie competed head-to-head for the one place up for grabs on the final board. Brie is a mild, soft-ripened cheese originating in France, with a soft, spreadable… Continue reading "Group 1 – Brie"
Hype is building for the Spring edition of the Tesco Soft Bovine Board (colloquially: “the bove board”). This festival of cheeses that are strictly: from Tesco; lactated by cows; below a certain minimal sheer modulus; requires careful preparation. You might… Continue reading "Tesco Soft Bovine Board – Introduction"
I love cheddar. I am also half Welsh. Whilst this had no impact on my choosing this cheese to review, I note that our site has a distinct lack of cheeses from this particular corner of the world. There is… Continue reading "Cheddar (Lidl ‘Deluxe’ Welsh Extra Mature)"
Seldom does a fairly plain cheese cracker provide such a rollercoaster ride of dashed hopes and unexpected joys. I initially purchased these primarily to sneer at their aggressively hipster marketing – all jaunty arrows, umlautted Scandinavian heritage and hygge –… Continue reading "Fro Sourdough With Sea Salt Crackers (Tesco)"
It is on the face of it absurd that heating ice turns it into water. You’re trying to tell me that the iron-hard crystalline scourge of hubris-laden passenger liners, a formidable foe even for Vladimir Putin’s fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers,… Continue reading "Halloumi (Tesco)"
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"
Seriously Strong is a name I had not seen in a while. Fans of cheddar will no doubt have seen one of their wide range of products on a supermarket shelf recently – probably more recently at least than I… Continue reading "Cheddar with Caramelised Onion (Seriously Spreadable)"
Culinary folklore has it that the pungent Époisses cheese possesses a stench so foetid its transportation on some public transport networks in France is outlawed. Now, I am an avid fan of any cheese that threatens either my health or… Continue reading "Époisses (Tesco Finest)"
Following on from recent review on a Manchego wrapped in a rosemary rind, I thought it prudent to have a go at tasting Manchego in all its naked glory. The Lidl Deluxe offering claims to be rich and nutty with… Continue reading "Manchego (Lidl Deluxe)"
Saint-Félicien is a deliciously creamy soft cow’s-milk cheese. The nearest mass-market touchstone is a really creamy Brie, and this cheese belongs to the same soft-ripened family, but that doesn’t do justice to its excellent subtle flavour. To eat a Saint-Félicien… Continue reading "Saint-Félicien (Tesco Finest)"