Reviews tagged: Flavoured
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Tesco Finest Black Garlic Infused Aged Sheep’s Cheese
POSTED BY PHILIP ON NOVEMBER 20, 2022
Nothing is certain in life but the inevitability of death, the inescapability of taxes, and Nature’s iron rule that a cheese infused with something else will never be very good. This sheep’s cheese co...
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Cheddar with Chillies (Tesco)
POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 6, 2022
I recently reviewed Mexicana, the flagship spicy supermarket cheese, and wanted to review some of its competitors so that I could truly evaluate its quality. I want to begin by saying that, despite ap...
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Original Mexicana Cheddar
POSTED BY JOE ON OCTOBER 27, 2022
What started as a way to torment a friend at cheese nights has transformed into a personal favourite. A running joke at cheese nights is to select at least two cheeses which are likely to be unappetis...
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An Introduction to British Cheeses
POSTED BY JOE ON JANUARY 5, 2021
Caerphilly A victim of Cheddar’s popularity, Caerphilly nearly went extinct during World War 2. Modern Caerphilly is a crumbly white cow’s milk cheese. Cheddar Cheddar is by far the most popular Bri...
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Manchego with Rosemary
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON DECEMBER 27, 2020
Of the cheeses to come out of Spain, Manchego is probably one which most people will know best. The hard cheese is made from the milk of the Manchega sheep in the La Mancha region of Spain (pretty str...
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Christmas Cake Flavour Yorkshire Wensleydale (Asda)
POSTED BY PHILIP ON DECEMBER 10, 2020
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 du...
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Gouda with red pesto, fenugreek and Italian herbs (Villa Rosso)
POSTED BY PHILIP ON DECEMBER 7, 2020
This cheese is a conventional (“ legacy “) cow’s milk Gouda, bafflingly infused with red pesto, fenugreek, and perhaps other herbs. Phil and Pez bought this cheese purely on the basis of its rosy fest...
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Double Gloucester with Onion & Chives (Lidl Valley Spire)
POSTED BY LOUIS JOHN BRZOZKA ON DECEMBER 4, 2020
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 scor...
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Boursin (Garlic & Herbs)
POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Boursin Garlic and Herbs is in my opinion a ‘staple cheese’; I have consistently eaten it since I was a child and will continue to do so. I find that the flavour focuses more on garlic and less on chi...
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Yorkshire Wensleydale with White Chocolate, Raspberries and Prosecco (Aldi ‘Specially Selected’)
POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Generally I am not a fan of fruit or chocolate in cheese. I would much rather have one or the other. I have tried various chocolate and fruit cheeses at various Christmas cheese evenings with limited ...
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