Unbelievably good cheese

[Ray Stafford]

I thought I was too old to discover a new oral sensation.

But this cheese proved me wrong.

Buy some tomorrow. Eat it with hovis digestives. HEAVENLY!

 

[tamz]

Posh bugger shopping in Waitrose :wink:

 

[Ray Stafford]

Posh bugger shopping in Waitrose :wink:

Aye. No point in working hard in this world if it doesn't get you out of Lidl.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Aye. No point in working hard in this world if it doesn't get you out of Lidl.

And just so you know Tamz, the bottle of red was from Laithwaites. I wouldn't want you to think it was a cheap bottle of Tesco's merlot like last nights. 🙂

 

[tamz]

I prefer a drop of tempranillo myself

 

[Ray Stafford]

I prefer a drop of tempranillo myself

Nowt wrong with that.

 

[kay-jay]

try cornish quartz ray...:smile5:

 

[wetdrip]

Nice cheese Ray.I didn't overpower my buckfast like Canadian chedder does.

 

[mutley racers]

Nice cheese Ray.I didn't overpower my buckfast like Canadian chedder does.
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Buckfast, now that brings back memories. I like a nice stinky bishop myself

 

[Andyswad]

Just joined a plumbing forum to be given advise on cheese!

No complaints here all good stuff.

 

[wetdrip]

Welcome Andy, we can be an esoteric bunch.

 

[Dotty]

Just joined a plumbing forum to be given advise on cheese!

No complaints here all good stuff.

Wait until you get in the Arms and see how many tangents we drift off to then!

 

[Mrs Tara Plumbi]

I don't eat cheese myself but when it was on my shopping list for Mr TP the friendly staff in my Waitrose recommended
Ocado: Tickler Extra Mature Cheddar 200g(Product Information)
So that is what is usually in our fridge.
They said it tasted nice.
I like the name!

 

[SimonG]

I like a nice crumbly cheese. Wensleydale is one of my favourites. Dont like anything with mould in though. If its blue its in the bin.

Christmas is always good for a cheeseboard and a drop of port.

 

[WaterTight]

I can't cook so mainly rely on beans on toast, sandwiches and microwave meals (breakfast, lunch and tea) and my favourite microwave meals - by far - are from Waitrose. Not even M+S come close. And they aren't actually all that much more expensive.

 

[stevetheplumber]

i love blue cheeses roquefort or a good stilton

 

[WaterTight]

Cheese I avoid. Because the second I have some nice fatty food I just eat it until it's gone. And cheese is basically just a block of fat. I can't be trusted. So I have to save my indulgences to those brought to the door in finite amounts by takeaway delivery drivers.

 

[Masood]

Cheese I avoid. Because the second I have some nice fatty food I just eat it until it's gone. And cheese is basically just a block of fat. I can't be trusted. So I have to save my indulgences to those brought to the door in finite amounts by takeaway delivery drivers.

I'd rather die 5 years earlier than give up cheese or butter. Like Ray says, no point working hard if you can't enjoy the good things in life.

I second the suggestion of Tickler extra mature, it's stunningly good.

Also try Ford Farm Wookey Hole Cheddar, matured, not unsurprisingly in Wookey Hole caves.. Powerful, tangy and almost crystalline. Lovely on an oatcake with some hot chilli sauce.

 

[Dotty]

Try making cheese on toast with mexicana cheese, absolutely handsome!

but a nice ripe stilton with crackers and a glass of port gets me going every time, quite partial to cornish yarg too.

 

[Ermintrude]

I likes goats cheese on toast. Caramelised with sf2 in van. Whole meal is a lot easier to toast with sf2 than white.

Nice but of red onion jam too

 

[mutley racers]

I likes goats cheese on toast. Caramelised with sf2 in van. Whole meal is a lot easier to toast with sf2 than white.

Nice but of red onion jam too

Has to be chilli jam. Red onion marmalade is yuck

 

[REDSAW]

Aye. No point in working hard in this world if it doesn't get you out of Lidl.

lol. went in there yesterday and came out with a neat set of ratchet spanners for £8...do waitrose sell them?

 

[wetdrip]

Looks like we're edging toward a cookery section on the forum.
Masterchef watch out.

 

[zzzjim]

Strange cheesy discovery today , put (Not Marmite ) but cheap Yeast extract , on to cheap non butter spread ,and by the time I ate it , tasted a bit like Blue Cheese . ( back to Propper Marmite i think ) or my taste buds are more shot than I thought !

 

[WaterTight]

I'd rather die 5 years earlier than give up cheese or butter. Like Ray says, no point working hard if you can't enjoy the good things in life.

yeah but if you get fat there are a number of other good things in life that become steadily less frequently available

 

[Masood]

yeah but if you get fat there are a number of other good things in life that become steadily less frequently available

I'm married mate. Those things became unavailable as soon as the honeymoon was over 😀

 

[lame plumber]

keep rubbing salt into the wound Ray, down here there is no Williams or Waitrose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ray Stafford]

keep rubbing salt into the wound Ray, down here there is no Williams or Waitrose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Move back to civilisation Jon. Just jump on the A303 and you will be back in Hampshire before you know it.

 

[electron]

Can't beat a good bit of Lancashire cheese, with perhaps a pickled onion or mustard.

 

[zzzjim]

as for Salt , daughter just got some nice ripe Roqufort .... The way Blue should be !

( Waitrose is a bit of a wander for me too ) Had one in Bristol , big tins of Ravioli = cheap eating

 

[tamz]

Forget the supermarkets who shaft the supplier (a bit like signing up for eco work, you'll make a living but are churning out dross). Look to your local cheese producers but unless you know who they are you may need to go into the cities to get it.

 

[Ray Stafford]

I thought I was too old to discover a new oral sensation.

But this cheese proved me wrong.

Buy some tomorrow. Eat it with hovis digestives. HEAVENLY!

I'm on the cheese again tonight.

Back in the day, I would get a beer head on.

These days, it seems that my weaknesses are more dairy-based.

tee hee 🙂

 

[gasmanrob]

I'm getting serious on the BBQ front this year and have got myself a smoker will be trying to smoke some cheese later this year once I have the hang of it

 

[WHPES]

We can get some amazing soft goats cheese from a local producer and she also does a blue version.

 

[zzzjim]

BBQ .................got myself a smoker

Austrian Smoked back on shopping list ..!! ( Forget Kippers )

 

[chris watkins]

I have an appointment at the quacks next week following routine blood tests, I have a nasty feeling my fermented curd eating activities over the festive season may have come home to roost.

I must say I rather like some Venezuela Beaver cheese, Danish Bimbo or Limburger & of course Camembert myself but it is so runny, I don't care how f ing runny it is, just watch out the cat doesn't eat it !! LOL

 

[tamz]

I can honestly say i've never clapped eyes on a Venezuelan beaver (tho i might put that on my bucket list) and i once did a Dutch bimbo on the beach at Magalluf but no cheese was involved :smile:

will be trying to smoke some cheese later this year once I have the hang of it

You'll need papers with a high saltpeter content or it will keep going out :smile:

 

[chris watkins]

I can honestly say i've never clapped eyes on a Venezuelan beaver (tho i might put that on my bucket list) and i once did a Dutch bimbo on the beach at Magalluf but no cheese was involved

Didn't the cheese come about the following day tamz?

 

[tamz]

Didn't the cheese come about the following day tamz?

No Chris luckily she was clean enough :lol:

 

[chris watkins]

Monty Python - Cheese Shop - YouTube
So she didn't run the finest cheese shop in the district then ? It was the cleanest, certainly not contaminated by any cheese.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Ah Cheese!

The blessed Mrs S managed to find a camembert so perfectly ripe that its almost a sin to eat it. But only almost.

 

[Masood]

Ah Cheese!

The blessed Mrs S managed to find a camembert so perfectly ripe that its almost a sin to eat it. But only almost.

Lucky man. Mrs B has slightly elevated cholesterol levels so the whole family has to "be supportive" and eat cardboard and rabbit food.... There hasn't been a decently stinky cheese in my fridge for far too long... 🙁

 

[Ray Stafford]

Lucky man. Mrs B has slightly elevated cholesterol levels so the whole family has to "be supportive" and eat cardboard and rabbit food.... There hasn't been a decently stinky cheese in my fridge for far too long... 🙁

Sorry to hear that Mas. I understand that some men with wives like that find er... "specialist establishments" to satisfy their dairy needs. A sort of cheese-based speak-easy if you will. OMG! I have invented a whole new dystopia. A world where cheese is banned by law, where gangster organisations secretly smuggle curds, and fast boats ferry their cheddary cargo to isolated beaches.

Can I just say...Hovis digestives, and really, really ripe camembert. So ripe its making vacation plans as I eat it. Mmmmmmmmmm...

What was that Mas? Sorry? Oh! No need to be like that...

 

[lame plumber]

I showed my Mrs a nice Camemonbert (soft french cheese) when she was heavy with our first and she did something quite amazing I've never forgotten, a projectile vomit right across the kitchen all over my freshly cleaned sink and worktop, getting the cat on the way. She still won't touch the lovely stuff today, nor has she ever forgiven me for wafting it under her nose on that fateful day 🙂🙂🙂

 

[chris watkins]

Me thinks the fermented curds are effecting how you brain works Ray but just like Mrs B I am having to trying to resist.
I was sorely tempted this evening by a fine looking piece of Dolcelatte but stood firm, I did buy the Krackerwheet just incase I weaken.

 

[SimonG]

All these foreign cheeses, whats wrong with a bit of crumbly wensleydale?

 

[Ray Stafford]

I'm back for seconds. I just love the way that the ripe camembert collapses under its own weight. One of the three good things to come out of France - cheese, gauloises and claret.

 

[Dotty]

I'm back for seconds. I just love the way that the ripe camembert collapses under its own weight. One of the three good things to come out of France - cheese, gauloises and claret.

I thought the only good thing to come out of France is the ferry home.

 

[lame plumber]

I thought the only good thing to come out of France is the ferry home.

ooops misread that as "you just came out on the ferry home" you gay hobbit you :0

 

[Ray Stafford]

I thought the only good thing to come out of France is the ferry home.

You obviously never ate good cheese, drank good wine, or smoked the finest tobacco in the world. Dispute with me on this last point (having given up after 30 years) and I may have to hurt you.

And it sounds like you never met Helene from St Brieux back in '79 either. A missed opportunity my friend.

 

[lame plumber]

You obviously never ate good cheese, drank good wine, or smoked the finest tobacco in the world. Dispute with me on this last point (having given up after 30 years) and I may have to hurt you.

having eaten and imbibed that lot over thirty years you probably cant waddle fast enough to catch and hurt him 🙂

 

[Ray Stafford]

having eaten and imbibed that lot over thirty years you probably cant waddle fast enough to catch and hurt him 🙂

You underestimate the determination of a 30 year smoker, denied his gauloises. Its not personal - its deeper than that...

 

[Dotty]

You obviously never ate good cheese, drank good wine, or smoked the finest tobacco in the world. Dispute with me on this last point (having given up after 30 years) and I may have to hurt you.

And it sounds like you never met Helene from St Brieux back in '79 either. A missed opportunity my friend.

Helene from St Brieux may have looked appealing but peel away the veneer and you'll find she neither grooms nor bathes.

The greatest cheese , mate, is cheddar, mate. A fine wine? I present to you the vineyards of Chile, the pinot noir is particularly spectacular.

And as for Gauloise....... Old rope with embedded camel poo.......

Your move fatman..........

 

[wetdrip]

Thank God this thread's been resurrected, as I'm out of my depth elsewhere.

 

[Masood]

Sorry to hear that Mas. I understand that some men with wives like that find er... "specialist establishments" to satisfy their dairy needs. A sort of cheese-based speak-easy if you will. OMG! I have invented a whole new dystopia. A world where cheese is banned by law, where gangster organisations secretly smuggle curds, and fast boats ferry their cheddary cargo to isolated beaches.

PMSL! Always wondered what goes on in these private "gentlemens' clubs"!

Can I just say...Hovis digestives, and really, really ripe camembert. So ripe its making vacation plans as I eat it. Mmmmmmmmmm...

What was that Mas? Sorry? Oh! No need to be like that...

No, no, don't apologise. I'll just post you half a crumbled-up Gauloise every day from now till Christmas... 😀

 

[stevetheplumber]

my downfall is blue cheese roquefort of stilton i eat it on water biscuits strangely ive not found anything that goes with it i like cheddar with apples and pickles with any cheese but blue cheeses dont seem right with either

 

[mountainman]

Has anyone tried 'Stinking Bishop'.
My Mrs won't allow it in the house.

 

[Ermintrude]

I love warm Camembert on some crusty bread

 

[kay-jay]

my downfall is blue cheese roquefort of stilton i eat it on water biscuits strangely ive not found anything that goes with it i like cheddar with apples and pickles with any cheese but blue cheeses dont seem right with either

Not exactly a condiment but real ale is awesome with all cheese including blue

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[Ray Stafford]

I don't eat cheese myself but when it was on my shopping list for Mr TP the friendly staff in my Waitrose recommended
Ocado: Tickler Extra Mature Cheddar 200g(Product Information)
So that is what is usually in our fridge.
They said it tasted nice.
I like the name!

Thanks Mrs TP, I bought some of this today on your recommendation, and it is a fine bite o' cheese. Definitely a repeat buy.

Also some of this cunningly crunchy and sharp Red Leicester from Belton Farms. Its yum-tastic. You don't expect that kind of bite from a red leicester - like being head-butted by a nun, except in a good way.

Truly, my cup runneth over. Shame about the Hardy's anniversary Shiraz. Very ordinary.

 

[lame plumber]

this thread hasn't helped the diet program at all!

 

[oz-plumber]

this thread hasn't helped the diet program at all!

Nor your entry to win a trip to New York!!

 

[Ray Stafford]

A late addition to tonights spread - a "Quartz" cheddar. Purchased by Mrs S, who spied a last remaining white-crusted remnant on Waitrose deli, and bought it because "it looked like the sort of thing I would like".

Spot on. Lovely stuff, along with the head-butting nun Red Leicester, and the last of a Camembert so ripe and tasty that grown Plumbers Merchants have been known to weep in its presence.

Oh, and a passable South African pinotage from Messrs Tesco.

 

[Dotty]

A late addition to tonights spread - a "Quartz" cheddar. Purchased by Mrs S, who spied a last remaining white-crusted remnant on Waitrose deli, and bought it because "it looked like the sort of thing I would like".

Spot on. Lovely stuff, along with the head-butting nun Red Leicester, and the last of a Camembert so ripe and tasty that grown Plumbers Merchants have been known to weep in its presence.

Oh, and a passable South African pinotage from Messrs Tesco.

Diet's going well Ray,

I well and trully transgressed this week, we've the contract for Tesco in Munster so I've been down in Cork since Monday.

Oh my the staff in Tesco eat well! full fried brekkie each morning for Eu2.60. Lunch for Eu3.50.

And each time it's a fair feed! Haven't needed to eat in the evening, which was good because it left room for the guinness.

Wheels are well off the wagon!

 

[Ray Stafford]

Wheels are well off the wagon!

As far as my diet goes, I am not even sure that my wheels and wagon co-exist in the same multi-verse.

£50 pretty much ready to be mailed to the charity of anyone who has shed so much as a spare pube...

 

[SimonG]

Mines in the tin and ready to go. I just need to convince myself that im just too short for my weight and everything will be fine.

Yes, alright, I know that there is no chance of me ever being 9 foot 7 inches. But I can hope. Fat and happy wins the day.

 

[WHPES]

If anyone comes across it, Cascaval cheese is quite different to anything else. Made in Romania, it is a salty and sour sheeps cheese. Can be hard to find. I have had it from a deli in York but its about £8 for a 400g "round". It was traditionally hung by string to give it the distinctive shape. No doubt you can get it from places like Fortnum and Mason and Selfridges.
This is the only pic I can find. It is also coated in breadcrumbs and deep fried which makes a kind of fondue, a popular dish in Transylvania.

 

[WHPES]

Another one for the strong hard cheese lover is Dziugas, which is a strong flavoured salty Latvian cheese. Our local deli can get this in to order. It's a bit like Pecorino but not as hard. One of my favourites.

https://www.dziugashouse.lt/en/home/

 

[WHPES]

Moving down to the Med, what is considered to be amongst the 10 finest cheeses in the world is Pag cheese, or Paški sir from Croatia. It is also one of the most expensive cheeses you will come across. It also has an amazingly long shelf life.

Pag cheese | Croatia Cheese

 

[WHPES]

A cheese that is easier to find yet quite different and not too expensive is Talsu Ritulis (Latvia). This can be had from a lot of delis and the likes of Selfridges, but if you can find an Eastern European deli you will find it a lot cheaper.

It is a mild yet flavourful cheese without rind, often rubbed with different herbs and spices. There are about 5 variations of herb coatings available.

It can be thinly sliced and enjoyed fresh or used in raclette, toasties or scnitzels. Definitely worth checking out. About £3.50 for a round so wont break the bank.

 

[WHPES]

Back to the UK, Stinking Bishop is one to try (of Wallace and Gromit fame). Made to an old English monastic recipe, the rind is washed in perry made from the Stinking Bishop pear. A very pungent, creamy soft cheese with a mild yet full bodied flavour.Charles Martell & Son - Stinking Bishop

 

[WHPES]

Oszczypek cheese from the Tatras mountains in Poland is a strange one for sure. Made from sheep's milk, it is pressed into decorative moulds and smoked. The consistency is slightly rubbery.

 

[WHPES]

Apart from being the birthplace of Napoleon, Corsica is also famous for its Brocciu cheese. Eaten all over the island, it is a whey cheese with a sweet flavour, eaten young.

 

[WHPES]

Gjetost cheese from Norway is another whey cheese, but this is much darker and harder in consistency. The whey is boiled and almost caramelised to form a brown colour and has been likened to fudge in flavour, sweetness and consistency. Used with sweet dishes. Available from most cheesemongers and delis.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Clearly a man who knows his cheeses!

 

[WHPES]

We are great cheese fans, forget the wine, just get the cheese!

 

[WHPES]

Korbáčik cheese from Slovakia is the orignal string cheese which inspired the mass produced abomination forced upon our youngsters today. Pulled into strands and usually smoked and braided into hanks, it keeps for a great length of time.

 

[kay-jay]

Anyone tried the italian one with maggots in it? [emoji218][emoji218][emoji218]

 

[WHPES]

Casu Marzu. Sardinia. Banned under the EU health regulations (not that I would be tempted to try it anyway)

Casu Marzu: World's Most Dangerous Cheese?

 

[Ray Stafford]

OK, am now having a cheese crisis.

Am off the vin rouge, and have rekindled an old Jack Daniels flame.

All round good stuff, but not so great with cheese. It curdles the soft cheeses like Brie and Camembert, and competes too hard with the stronger hard cheeses.

Do I have to go american, and squirt my cheese out of a can?

YYYYuuucccckkk!

 

[Toxic Ted]

Good god man....have you taken leave of your senses?......how the hell can you "go off" vin rouge?......its just not possible.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Good god man....have you taken leave of your senses?......how the hell can you "go off" vin rouge?......its just not possible.

Because if I was swigging both decent Shiraz and Jack at the same time, I would be a gibbering wreck every morning!

 

[Toxic Ted]

I don't think anyone would notice.

 

[Dotty]

Because if I was swigging both decent Shiraz and Jack at the same time, I would be a gibbering wreck every morning!

How else do your explain your condition?

 

[Ray Stafford]

I don't think anyone would notice.

How else do your explain your condition?

Thanks for your support. At present I am still managing to sustain the pretence of being a serious businessman!

For a while, at least.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Hmmm.

A good cheddar (Davidstow) but a bad Camembert (President). The latter normally reliable, but not today. I even bought it 3 weeks ago and left it to mature, but it remains rubbery and bouncy to the touch. Not good.

Jack Daniels as reliable as ever though, so not a totally wasted evening.

 

[Dotty]

Sounds as though it would be better used as a cooking ingredient.

 

[electron]

Or Fishing bait for say Carp?

 

[Ray Stafford]

Back to the Davidstow - still a safe choice.

Have not solves the other problem though. Perhaps I should pick up some yellow-tail tomorrow?

 

[stevetheplumber]

we watched a back to back tasting on telly and tescos own mature cheddar was the winner and i must say we agree and have stopped buying the more expesive ones

 

[zzzjim]

Just reminded me to share the roquefort with my daughter

(No chance of that getting stuck on end of an ook ! - such abuse)

 

[Ray Stafford]

Well, Mrs S has delivered the goods again.

A Camembert so divinely ripe, so mind bendingly flavoursome and so devilishly more-ish that I would have swapped tonights Beef wellington with roasties, sprouts etc for just a single mouthful.

Belinda Carlisle claimed that heaven was a place on earth.

I can confirm that the place to which she refers is currently in our fridge.

 

[electron]

Just tucked into my Boxing Day treat "Stilton" beautiful

 

[lame plumber]

middle daughter gave me several local cheeses for xmas present, now sat on my new cheeseboard, brilliant presents 🙂

 

[kay-jay]

Well, Mrs S has delivered the goods again.

A Camembert so divinely ripe, so mind bendingly flavoursome and so devilishly more-ish that I would have swapped tonights Beef wellington with roasties, sprouts etc for just a single mouthful.

Belinda Carlisle claimed that heaven was a place on earth.

I can confirm that the place to which she refers is currently in our fridge.

No doubt you've covered it in ketchup Ray? [emoji6]

 

[REDSAW]

middle daughter gave me several local cheeses for xmas present, now sat on my new cheeseboard, brilliant presents 🙂

stick a picture on here for me..https://www.facebook.com/Cheese-board-ideas-1504660103196550/

thanking kindly