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Post by exile on Jan 26, 2024 11:05:37 GMT 1
One of the positives of coming to live here, for me, was never having to eat Cheddar ever again. That made me gasp! I love, love, love mature cheddar. You just can't beat it for gratins or cheese on toast. So much more flavour than anything else. My local HyperU own brand is the best cheddar I've tasted here but it's a rare treat now as I mostly stick to chèvre. Not just the flavour (sorry houpla) but also the way it melts. This was brought home yesterday lunchtime when we decided to use up all of the cheese remnants left over from the holidays as a mixed cheese on toast. It was very noticeable that some of the cheeses melted to a rubbery very chewy consistency. |
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Post by traveller on Jan 26, 2024 11:13:44 GMT 1
I don’t want to be be a food snob here, although sometimes I am, but you can still buy really good cheddar, it just costs, I buy mine from the Fine Cheese Company, free delivery in UK on orders over £20, my particular favourite is Westcombe, it lasts for ages, it gets a bit hard but you can use up every bit, they also do a fantastic Wensleydale.
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Post by Nifty on Jan 26, 2024 11:46:43 GMT 1
I thought that there was no Wensleydale.until next Thursday.
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Post by houpla on Jan 26, 2024 13:20:30 GMT 1
That made me gasp! I love, love, love mature cheddar. You just can't beat it for gratins or cheese on toast. So much more flavour than anything else. My local HyperU own brand is the best cheddar I've tasted here but it's a rare treat now as I mostly stick to chèvre. Not just the flavour (sorry houpla ) but also the way it melts. This was brought home yesterday lunchtime when we decided to use up all of the cheese remnants left over from the holidays as a mixed cheese on toast. It was very noticeable that some of the cheeses melted to a rubbery very chewy consistency. I like rubbery/chewy  As a kid, I always appropriated the chewy skin off the Edam  Not the red wax, though.... |
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Post by exile on Jan 26, 2024 14:40:41 GMT 1
I don’t want to be be a food snob here, although sometimes I am, but you can still buy really good cheddar, it just costs, I buy mine from the Fine Cheese Company, free delivery in UK on orders over £20, my particular favourite is Westcombe, it lasts for ages, it gets a bit hard but you can use up every bit, they also do a fantastic Wensleydale. Looks like UK delivery only so not a lot of help for many of us. No surprise really following Brexit and its consequences. |
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Post by houpla on Jan 26, 2024 15:02:36 GMT 1
As for Miracle-Gro....That's the deprivation that really breaks my heart.
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Post by Polarengineer on Jan 26, 2024 15:32:24 GMT 1
Are you not tall enough, houpla?
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Post by mysty on Jan 26, 2024 15:34:59 GMT 1
One of the positives of coming to live here, for me, was never having to eat Cheddar ever again. That made me gasp! I love, love, love mature cheddar. You just can't beat it for gratins or cheese on toast. So much more flavour than anything else. My local HyperU own brand is the best cheddar I've tasted here but it's a rare treat now as I mostly stick to chèvre. Some people have no taste when it comes to cheddar I have bought some stinky French cheese the déchetterie refused to take 😀 |
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Post by jackie on Jan 26, 2024 17:04:25 GMT 1
I’ve tried all kinds of French cheeses as an equivalent to cheese for cooking purposes i.e cauli cheese, cheese and potato bake etc and to me cheddar is the best
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Post by Aardvark on Jan 26, 2024 17:50:43 GMT 1
Plus one. Nothing beats cheddar for adding real flavour to cooking. But that only illustrates the fact that I can't try the more expensive French cheeses.
We get our cheddar from Ireland, along with bacon and ham.
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Post by cernunnos on Jan 26, 2024 20:31:48 GMT 1
Plus one. Nothing beats cheddar for adding real flavour to cooking. But that only illustrates the fact that I can't try the more expensive French cheeses. We get our cheddar from Ireland, along with bacon and ham. So it is partly your fault that the farmers are blocking the roads? |
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Post by houpla on Jan 26, 2024 21:21:24 GMT 1
That's hardly fair! Immigrants have always imported their native foodstuffs to their new country. Better bacon and ham than blasted pizzas! No, @polarengineer , I wouldn't mind another 6 inches...preferably on the legs |
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Post by cernunnos on Jan 26, 2024 21:40:52 GMT 1
always is a very big word ! |
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Post by houpla on Jan 26, 2024 21:43:58 GMT 1
OK...name an immigrant nationality in any country in the world that hasn't/doesn't introduce some of their native foodstuffs |
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Post by exile on Jan 26, 2024 21:57:48 GMT 1
Albanian?
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As a kid, I always appropriated the chewy skin off the Edam 
Not the red wax, though....
