What CHEESE have you bought?

[Lord Bracknell]

What was starting to look like a futile search for a piece of Roquefort almost resulted in Christmas at Bracknell Towers being ruined - until I eventually managed to track down the few packs left in Tescos. I got no help from the otherwise very pleasant woman on the cheese counter at Waitrose, who simply told me that Roquefort was "disgusting stuff". But, no matter.

What cheeses will grace the NSC boards this holiday?

Here we have:-

Roquefort
Stilton
Two varieties of Cheddar
Brie
Boursin
Le Roulé
Gorgonzola
and some Parmesan

A bit low on English, I think.

 

[RayB]

Only the best----Stilton

 

[RayB]

Roquefort is the best ( if you like strong cheese) but it stinks the fridge out --go for Stilton.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Have seriously given the eye to the £6 reduced to £3 GIANT semi-circle of Brie in Saino's at something called 'The New England Quarter'.

Will prob wait til its reduced in the sales to £1.50 tho eh

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Well MY LORD-i have two on the plate right now

Cheddar with caramelised onion & cranberry chutney

&

White Stilton with grand marnier redcurrent & orange

Nothing like the £30 a slab jobs from cheese shops,just good old fashioned Tesco's,still very nice indeed..

 

[BensGrandad]

Roquefort
Gorgonzola Dolce (wrongly callled Dolcelatte in most supermarkets)
Cambuzola
Brie
Stilton
Extra Mature Cheddar
Red Leicester

 

[The Large One]

Step-daughter's fella has gone a bit loopy on the cheese front - spending loads at Borough Market.

Roquefort, brie, camembert, testun al Barolo, gawd knows what else...

The fridge now stinks.

 

[mune ni kamome]

Cambozola my current fave. My mother bought me a whole wheel of stilton one year. Made myself sick and haven't been able to touch it since

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Can somebody please explain what all the fuss about Brie is? pointless cheese

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can somebody please explain what all the fuss about Brie is? pointless cheese

Reallyreallyreally nice with butter and bacon in a fresh baguette

 

[jimhigham]

May I take this chance to recommend Ami De Chambertin? A brandy steeped soft cheese that, left at room temperature, will make a concerted attempt to leave the room of its own accord. Smells like hell and tastes like heaven.

 

[BensGrandad]

Can somebody please explain what all the fuss about Brie is? pointless cheese

I like it best when it is very ripe and going brown and smelly.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Reallyreallyreally nice with butter and bacon in a fresh baguette

Hmmm-i know it's a taste thing,an acquired taste thing at that,bit like olives maybe,but i just don't like the stuff-tastes of nothing to me-maybe that's where i have been going wrong..

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

my favourite cheese is saint-marcellin from the isere dept,if you ever see it try some,if you like soft cheeses

my bro-in-law normally brings the cheese,doesn't trust an anglais,can't pronounce most of them,but they are very nice with the appropriate vin rouge bien sur

incidently he never keeps his cheese in the fridge

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Reallyreallyreally nice with butter and bacon in a fresh baguette

My missus agrees,she says it sound nice.....and no especially after your escapades in the Off licence earlier(fancy not licking the floor-tut tut) you cannot have her number..

 

[Lord Bracknell]

May I take this chance to recommend Ami De Chambertin? A brandy steeped soft cheese that, left at room temperature, will make a concerted attempt to leave the room of its own accord. Smells like hell and tastes like heaven.

For the same reason, I'd recommend Munster. From Alsace, not Ireland (although the story is that it was invented by Irish monks).

 

[Bakesy]

Saint Agur is my fave, also got Stilton,Mature Cheddar, Wensleydale and Cranberry,Edam, Brie and a couple of others.


Oh yeah, and Dairylea!!!!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

My missus agrees,she says it sound nice.....and no especially after your escapades in the Off licence earlier(fancy not licking the floor-tut tut) you cannot have her number..

Gah!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I see Lord B has rightfully placed Roquefort at the top of his cheese list.

Tubthumper Towers has Roquefort, Appenzella, Reblochon (a great cheese from a great part of the world) and my show off piece Mustaleima Sulatejuusto. A good friend is seeing a Finnish girl and her family own a cheese producing farm and this was a gift.

I have oat biscuits and quince jelly to accompany my dairy treats.

Christmas is all about the cheese.

 

[Dandyman]

Colston Bassett Stilton
Montgomery's Cheddar

Right traditional, me.