In praise of British Cheese

Good post, Jennyc,

This is exactly why we prefer to buy our cheese from proper Cheesemongers wherever we can or at least from delis where the person selling the cheese has some personal knowledge of them. We recently bought some Bath Blue from the farm shop at Stourhead NT and the woman behind the counter was able to recommend it from our description of what we wanted. It was spot on.

Mrs WN nipped into our re-opened Deli today and came back with a wonderful Cheddar.

If you can find it or come across it then I can recommend buying some.

It's called Clemency Hall Victorious Cheddar.

Yes, another British cheese lover. Also tried Snowdonia cheese at the last NEC, but not available where I live. However, I was in the welsh borders recently and pleased to see it stocked in local supermarkets. Red Storm & Red Devil are my favourites. Also love blue cheese, Oxford Blue is my favourite if I can get it, Helford Blue locally if not. Locally Keltic Gold is very good but a massive surprise for me was discovering Cornish Gouda. Normally Gouda would be a cheese I’d avoid, bland and rubbery, but the Dutch family who make it in Cornwall produce something entirely different and wonderful.

Also partial to hard italian cheese made with ewes milk - pecorino sardo is heavenly! 

Do you mind NOT talking Cheese on here please  --  I've had to wipe my keyboard & beard down twice already today  

Like DSB I get a welcome at the Snowdonia cheese stalls ( there are two of them ) at the N E C !!  Just hoping that It will be open this October .

Evening

SB, can you tell me where I can get some of that Cornish Gouda please? Sounds good.

We're moving to Spain this winter and I must say I'm rather partial to a decent Manchega cheese. Semi hard, or queso manchega semi duro, is lush. Perfect with pan tostada y tomate fresca.

Cornish yarg also goes down a proper job with a hoppy ipa beer.

Why does talking about food make you feel hungry? And I've just had dinner!!

JK

Cornish Gouda Company....based in Looe! 

Lists stockists on their web site

Website here Cornish Gouda. Made in Lanreath.

Make sure you go for the mature (or vintage), it’s the best. Stockist list is a bit hit & miss, although listed it’s not always available. Shop at the Eden Project is generally a reliable source or online shop.

Also enjoy a nice bit of Manchego with a decent Rioja 

Have been living on blocks of supermarket delivery cheddar but yesterday had some of our local Cheddar from the farmshop delivery, a lovely strong cheddar, Montgomery (from North Cadbury in Somerset.)

Just discovered this thread. Fabulous! We love cheese and regularly eat it with crusty bread/oat cakes/crackers. Olives and Gherkins go nicely with it. I particularly agree with the OP that British hard cheeses are superior to all others. Stilton is King. Shropshire Blue is a good contender too.

Just rediscovered the thread....again.....!  I've lost five and a half stone in weight since last September.....  it's been ages since I've had a good cheese binge!  Please don't  tempt me..... Oh ...go on then..... 😀😀

David