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This is a topic that means a lot to me.  I am a cheese lover.  Please note, a lover not an expert. 

My current favourite is a delicate Blue Brie.  I also have a soft spot for White Stilton, and Leerdammer accompanied by a spiced apple chutney.

My recent cheese on toast triumph involved smoked cheddar, parmesan (without which no fridge is complete - often my fridge contains nothing more than cheese, white wine and lager...) and mozzarella, with a sprinking of black pepper.  Lovely.

No lists, no contests, just a thread for fellow cheese lovers to share their thoughts.

Cheese.

Did Ed Hadwin ever ask Danny Wilson what his favourite cheese was? He didn't in the first interview thing did he?

Don't think he did, but Danny strike me as a Red Leicester or possibly Double Gloucester kind of bloke.

To get back to the subject in hand. Cheese is indeed ace. I consider it an essential food group.

A bit of brie, left out to warm up all day, is irresistibly delicious. As is just nibbling a lump of strong stilton.

When I was working at my dad's place I used to uncontrollably nibble on all the manchego (hard sheeps cheese) and the lovely creamy tetilla (hehe. small breast.)

There was a really nice pungent blue cheese I used to devour at every oppertunity too, but I can't remember what it was called.

La Peral was the blue cheese. Smelly but lush.

mahon and idiazabal were pretty tasty too.

Isnt that question just a rip off from a radio 1 show?

Cheese is the bee's knee's tho. Has anyone tried chilli flaked cheese? Its the nutz.

i ate loads of cheese in norway. my favourite was ridder...it smells like sweaty feet

What radio 1 show? Spacey's been asking STFC related people their cheesey preference for ages. I've got a vague yet bizarre memory of asking a confused Bill Power on Phil Emmel's(?) phone at a trust meeting.

gulost (gold cheese) is nice too. bit like cheddar, it works with anything

When I win the lottery I'm going on a cheese tour.

A global cheese tour.

of course, whilst not technically cheese brunost is certainly worth a try. not keen myself.

i have a large lump of it in my fridge if anyone would like to try some.

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I think its the news reader guy from the Chris Moyles show. He interviewed lots of celebs and always asked what thier fav cheese was.

Seriously tho, chilli flaked cheese cant be beat!!!

Is that Swedish?

Ost is defininatly Scandi for cheese.

I dunno. I'm always a bit weary of cheese with lumps of stuff in. I mean if I want some chilli with my cheese then I can cut up my own. Same goes for cranberries and chives.

Not that I'm claiming it isn't as ace as you say, and I guess the chilliness infuses a bit with the rest of the cheese. I'll give it a try if the opportunity arises.

what is swedish? where is swedeland?

norwaaaaaaaaaaay

Chris Moyles! The ripping off talentless twat. I shall be contacting my crack team of dairy lawyers in the morning!

Cut up your own chilli and then add it with your cheese???? Are you mad????

Why get a dog and bark yourself springs to mind. Surely, we as consumers today dont want to do our own cutting and chopping, we buy everything ready made. A bit like beans and sausage in a tin. A classic idea as they are just as tasty cold, no need to waste energy heating them up. Stoners paradise :)

At the moment in the fridge - Chaumes, Gruyere, and Davidstow Cheddar. Might just go and get some now ! :eatkf:

I may be a little bit mad. I've had some classic experiences with the chilli cutting, as I'm sure most of us have. There's a classic thread about it somewhere.

The continual strive for perfection in the artful realm of cheese making really is one of the things which make humanity great. It's something we do above our basic survival needs. To me it's on a par with space travel.

Noo. people have stopped posting stuff.

Let's restart this thread with a discussion of cheese in legend, literature and on screen.

It's interesting to note that Paddington Bear ate marmalade sandwiches and not cheese. I propose that this is why he's been 100% outclassed by the more recent works of Wallace and Grommit.

There's a balsamic onion cheese in M&S. Its proper lush. I nearly ate a whole pack before I gave up dairy. It was like a final goodbye...

On the Swindon edition of Come Dine With Me, the bloke made cheese at home somehow... anyone ever made their own cheese?

That was vile. Milk and a bit of lemon juice, so it curdles....

You certainly did. I think it was Stilton.

Which leads to my point. Stilton and Brie are my favourites - depending on the mood and occasion.  That's proper Stilton and proper Brie, none of the white Stilton or blue brie rubbish.

I think its Sainsburys that do Pork and Stilton sausages, now there is a real treat!!!

Ed is one of my close showbiz pals. We quite often like to get together for a chat over a glass of Lambrini. Ed told me that he didn't actually ask Danny what his favourite cheese was, but asked him if he minded being asked what his favourite cheese was. The question was put to him before the show and Danny said he had no problem with it. Ed's exact words were "He was well up for it!" Obviously the thought of Danny Wilson going " Bring it on! I'll answer owt." made me laugh. Unfortunately due to time constraints the question was not asked on air.

Mature chedder cheese and marmite sarnies are a delight.

Very few questions were asked on air due to weather, traffic reports etc, but you would have thought the most important question would have been.
I reckon it would have been dairylea.

Tescos used to do them and they were superb but stopped doing them a year or so back. I do like a bit of Roquefort or a good strong cheddar - one of the only things the Jocks do well.

I thought this was about something else. Bit dissapointed it is actully about real cheese!

The title of the thread can be pretty helpful in deciphering what the thread will be about.

What were you thinking it woudl be about? Motorbike chases, famous buildings in Antigua, lawnmowers? Agatha Christie novels?

I think he means Organzola or Helmetdale.

That chili cheese from sainsbury's is wank, mexicana. Just tastes of plastic with a few chili flakes in it.

Brie thats well matured and sloppy is great.

A stinky camembert is awesome.

I'll take stilton anyway I can get it, but the bluer the better.

I could so eat some silton and Hovis crakers right now

This is my fav hat ever

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Hovis crackers are rubbish, they taste of too much, crackers should be neutral.

Nice hat though.

Thanks - If we ever get married I could wear it to our wedding?

Only if you make it from real stilton and then act as a buffet.

ha ha - ace idea - OK its a deal?

Not purely cheese, but I just made some mini parmazan tomato and spinach bites with some left over puff pastry.

Mmmmm.
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You're the girl, you can arrange everything and your dad can pay, fB can do the rest of the catering. They look good.^^^^

They are.

I've eaten 3 of them already, suffering molten tomato for the deliciousness.

i prefer water biscuits to standard crackers

Me too, or cream crackers.

Good luck with getting my dad to pay!
FB can we have some smaller ones of those for canapes at the Stilton wedding on the year?

cheese is good with a bit of fresh crusty bread too. it shouldn't be limited to crackers.

agreed SY

A fair point, it's a different experience though, more of a 'sandwich' one than a 'pure cheese' one.

no no, tearing the crusty bread and cheese into mouth sized canapes is the trick

It's bread, with cheese, it's a sandwich.

not if it's one slice of bread with cheese (and perhaps other additional condiments such as chutneys and pickles) on top. if it were a sandwich, there would be another slice of bread on top

what's the definition of a sandwich?

An 'open-faced' sandwich then. Which, of course, is oxymoronic.

1.
a. Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.
b. A partly split long or round roll containing a filling.
c. One slice of bread covered with a filling.
2. Something resembling a sandwich.
tr.v. sand·wiched, sand·wich·ing, sand·wich·es
1. To make into or as if into a sandwich.
2. To insert (one thing) tightly between two other things of differing character or quality.
3. To make room or time for: sandwiched a vacation between business trips.

pff, that's wrong

I wouldn't call it a sandwich either. I'd call it bread and cheese.

If I'm having some crusty bread with brie then it tend to be about the same mass of cheese as bread in the combination,

I'd have to agree with you regarding point 1c.

on the plus side I just had a cheese and salami sandwich.

Tonight - a leerdammer with a chilli spiced apple chutney.  Going down very well indeed.  Soothes the pain of defeat.

just chomping down on some nice cave matured chedder on crackers

Absolute dirt, that stuff

i misread that as nick cave matured cheddar

Good man. I refuse to eat cheddar which is matured anywhere other than a cave.

I had some applewood with hot crusty bread last night, i can still taste it this morning

It doesn't have many yards to travel then.

0/10, worst attempt yet.

Dont eat that Sonic-it'll give you a red right hand

try brushing your teeth.

I'll keep trying.

Im now going to have beans on toast with some mature cheddar grated all over the top.

Wahay, cheesy beans!!  :D  :eatkf:

Cheesy beans are not good.

WHAT!!! Are you mad? Cheesy beans are quality. End of argument.

Hang your head in shame.

My head would be held high if I hadn't tried to reduce the European wine lake. Cheesy Beans are wank. Cheese should not be prostituted in this way. Its wrong in the same way as shagging a camel - it amy be OK for certain people but not for fine upstanding Englishmen. 

Green Beans and Kraft are rubbish.

Cheesy beans on toast is one of the finest cuisine known to man. Sort your life out

i always whack some grated chedder on top on beans on toast

Bloody students.

(don't forget the worcester sauce)  :)

You dont want to ruin a good meal with worcester sauce. Thats blasphemy

You're all bloody heathens. Do you keep camels?

May I recommend a local and rather tasty cheesy comestible from around these parts (Brinkworth) known as Wiltshire loaf. Before cheddaring was invented twas on the tables of the great and noble but seems to have lost it's way. Munch some up now!

A sandwich with some nice mature chedder and onion for a late lunch. Yum yum.

Not forgetting cheesy beans on top of a beautifully cooked jacket potato. Bacon added as an optional extra.

Holly Willoughby has cravings for kraft cheese slices,she seems to be slumming it. 

Eating cheese off of Holly Willoughby's naked body has to be near the top of my must do things before I die!!

How about eating cheese out of Holly Willoughby's body?

Ally's got this amazing giant entire round of some crazy chedder. It's lush and we're going to eat it all tonight with wine until we are sick.

I'll try and get a picture later so you can all be jealous.

of the sick or the cheese

of the cheese sick

Bought a fine block of local mature cheddar with pickle inside it for tea.

Smashing it is.

I had some 'Blacksticks Blue' on biscuits earlier, a mighty fine mildish, creamy, nicely orange coloured blue cheese.

i got some of that, tried a little bit last night - very tasty.