I don't buy cheese blind.
Let's talk cheese
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I don't buy cheese blind.
I prefer cheese made with unpasteurised milk since being introduced to it, haven't found a raw milk cheese I don't like yet. 'Keenes' Cheddar is a good one, quite tangy and strong but nice and buttery too. 'Montgomery Cheddar' is another nice one, also 'Lincolnshire Poacher'.
Also like a good Parmesan but unlike most people who use it mainly for cooking and grating, being a bit of a heathen I like to just cut at it like any other cheese and eat it in lumps. Quite like Swiss Gruyere and Emmental aswell, a good ripe Brie is another favourite. 'Lightwood' make some nice cheeses, they do a soft unp'rised one called 'Chaser' which is similar to camembert in looks with it's white rind, but tastes much tangier, it's a really nice cheese.
Tbh I spend silly amounts of money on cheese sometimes, absolutely love the stuff!!
Also like a good Parmesan but unlike most people who use it mainly for cooking and grating, being a bit of a heathen I like to just cut at it like any other cheese and eat it in lumps. Quite like Swiss Gruyere and Emmental aswell, a good ripe Brie is another favourite. 'Lightwood' make some nice cheeses, they do a soft unp'rised one called 'Chaser' which is similar to camembert in looks with it's white rind, but tastes much tangier, it's a really nice cheese.
Tbh I spend silly amounts of money on cheese sometimes, absolutely love the stuff!!
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No cheese board is complete without Colston Bassett Stilton
Some of my favourites:
Spanish Valdeon - Fabulously tasty blue cheese wrapped in sycamore leaves.
Roquefort - Just love the sharpness of a good Roquefort.
Isle of Mull Cheddar - An insanely strong mature cheddar.
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One of my favourites is a blue Auvergne but not the supermarket version, a relative gets it straight from the cave, it's creamy but strong - absolutely beautiful
Aussau-Irati is one of the nicest cheeses I've ever had. It's a Pyrenean sheep's cheese. It's quite subtle but also quite expensive 
ask at your local deli!
After that, Manchego is one of my faves (come to think of it, that's a sheep's cheese too!)
http://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussau-Irati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchego
ask at your local deli!After that, Manchego is one of my faves (come to think of it, that's a sheep's cheese too!)
http://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussau-Irati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchego
Stinky cheese huh.
Taleggio is fairly dam smelly and it's not even a blue cheese.
Wouldn't have it on a board though.
Something nice albeit not at all smelly?
If you can get it, Vintage Gouda and Thomas Hoe Aged Red Leicester.
Normal gouda is a lump of rubber and normal leicester has no taste I care for but these "matured" versions taste FAR better.
Blue cheese?
Little bit of Roquefort is nice (also quite smelly), but my favourite blue cheese at the moment however is the Blacksticks Blue Premier Cru <- IIRC that's exclusive to Sainsburys.
In fact, just go to a large Sainburys and you can get all of those from their cheese counter. If you dunno about my taste then just ask to try a bit of each before you buy any.
Taleggio is fairly dam smelly and it's not even a blue cheese.
Wouldn't have it on a board though.
Something nice albeit not at all smelly?
If you can get it, Vintage Gouda and Thomas Hoe Aged Red Leicester.
Normal gouda is a lump of rubber and normal leicester has no taste I care for but these "matured" versions taste FAR better.
Blue cheese?
Little bit of Roquefort is nice (also quite smelly), but my favourite blue cheese at the moment however is the Blacksticks Blue Premier Cru <- IIRC that's exclusive to Sainsburys.
In fact, just go to a large Sainburys and you can get all of those from their cheese counter. If you dunno about my taste then just ask to try a bit of each before you buy any.
My reply to you last night seemed a bit brash, sorry about that - I was wrecked and was using the onscreen keyboard.
Anyway - I prefer to buy cheese (at least when I bother going to a cheesemonger) in person as you get to taste it, and make sure you're getting a good bit. Also, that place charges £9 delivery which I really can't afford. I'm thinking of making my own cheese and port selection box for my father so trying to keep costs down. The premade boxes you get from a shop are obscene in price.
I'm just going to go to Glasgow's cheese monger (amazingly, there are only 2 in the city AFAIK!) and let them recommend something similar and give me lots of free tasters!
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Aussau-Irati is one of the nicest cheeses I've ever had. It's a Pyrenean sheep's cheese. It's quite subtle but also quite expensive
You can get it in Waitrose and Sainsburys, although they spell is Ossau-Irati. I'm a big fan.
Didn't come across like that anyway
It's nice buying from a shop, but you just don't get the range.
Anyone have any idea what this cheese could be.
It was in one of those split wood round boxes and kept in there as it was so runny. It wasn't blue, but it was extremely pungent and mega strong taste. Pretty sure it was French, and it had a blond/straw coloured rind.
It was in one of those split wood round boxes and kept in there as it was so runny. It wasn't blue, but it was extremely pungent and mega strong taste. Pretty sure it was French, and it had a blond/straw coloured rind.
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My dad likes one called Chaumes. It smells so bad and runs all over the place. I have to leave the room when he eats it. He says it tastes a lot milder than it smells - I'll take his word for it.
EDIT: Glaucus - could that be what you were talking about?
http://www.gourmet-food.com/french-cheese/chaumes-cheese-1000303.aspx
EDIT: Glaucus - could that be what you were talking about?
http://www.gourmet-food.com/french-cheese/chaumes-cheese-1000303.aspx
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Maybe I've got the name wrong. I'm sure it's Chaumes. It stinks.
Person who tried it that I read on a forum just now: said:
Maybe it does smell dramatically different to its taste, haha.
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