Heartland 'hearts' cheese?

James Blast · 26 Jul 2009, 20:12

one thing I noticed this weekend was the joy and resulting "nom noming" from the crew when I presented some 'out of the ordinary' cheezes

is HL a cheez place?

we had:
Cornish Cruncher avec Diablo Chilis
Cornish Cruncher avec Balsamic Onions
Seriously Strong red Cheddar
and had I known
Blackstick Blue <----creamy heaven

there really is nothing like a guid bit of cheez

Izzy HaveMercy · 26 Jul 2009, 20:17

Just like the beers, I like Belgian Cheese as well: Oud Brugge, Maredsous, Grimbergen...

But the best cheese there is is, surprisingly, a Dutch one.

So vintage even looking at it makes your earlobes tingle.

IZ.

emilystrange · 26 Jul 2009, 20:25

matured feta. yum.

James Blast · 26 Jul 2009, 20:43

I'm all a 'dribbly' a lookin' at Iz's pic, must investigate...

Izzy HaveMercy · 26 Jul 2009, 20:58

emilystrange wrote:matured feta. yum.

On feta, our local Delhaize shops sell biologila feta that is really LE YUM!

IZ.

DerekR · 26 Jul 2009, 21:24

Makes ye fat that stuff

Izzy HaveMercy · 26 Jul 2009, 21:26

DerekR wrote:Makes ye fat that stuff

Never stopped me from enjoying the Good Things.

IZ.

Dark · 26 Jul 2009, 22:07

emilystrange wrote:matured feta. yum.

Feta's nice.
Smoked cheese is my favourite, but there is also Emmental and Leerdammer. Droolworthy.

For stronger stuff, mature cheddar is delicious.

7anthea7 · 27 Jul 2009, 01:03

Currently in the fridge: An undistinguished but decent Irish cheddar (what do you want from an American supermarket?).

No longer in the fridge because I ate it all up: A yummy Welsh white cheddar (might have been Abergavenny, but don't quote me on that).

Eating even as I type:

Humboldt Fog Cypress Grove chÃ¨vre, on lovely chewy Italian bread. Polio pot isn't the only good thing that comes out of those woods.

Being645 · 27 Jul 2009, 02:47

Hhm, that looks very tasty. I love such cheese, just like the common Cambozola, Roquefort, any type of sheep and goat cheese

... together with some olives ... or grapes ... or water melon ... ah, wonderful ...

youngmiki13 · 27 Jul 2009, 06:50

I also love cheeses...man, those pictures are making my mouth water..

27 Jul 2009, 09:24

Various Hawes creamery Wensleydale cheeses.

(Wensleydale should have a Protected Designation of Origin status like Roquefort IMO -- it's only Wensleydale if it comes from Wensleydale! Edit: I see that they're applying for it)

I could spend hours nomming the free samples at the Hawes creamery.

Debaser · 27 Jul 2009, 09:51

Cheese is a terrible thing - it's gone off milk fer feck's sake!

I can about cope with Mozzeralla coz it tates like rubber and not cheese.

Izzy HaveMercy · 27 Jul 2009, 12:04

Debaser wrote:Cheese is a terrible thing - it's gone off milk fer feck's sake!

I can about cope with Mozzeralla coz it tates like rubber and not cheese.

And hamburger is squashed cow; a bacon and egg sarnie is the romantic marriage between a cut up animal that rolls around in the mud and something that comes out of a chickens' butt.

If it tastes good, it was meant to eat. Man knows that for millions of years.

Cheese is just NOM!

IZ.

7anthea7 · 27 Jul 2009, 12:09

Debaser wrote:Cheese is a terrible thing - it's gone off milk fer feck's sake!

That's a very Asian opinion you've got there.

Of course, they eat fermented soybean muck that smells like unwashed gym socks, and tastes about as good.

LouLou · 27 Jul 2009, 12:45

halloumi... chargrilled, and drowned in olive oil

Izzy HaveMercy · 27 Jul 2009, 13:13

Camembert on the barbie.

BBQ till runny (mark with X to check).

Then provide everyone with a lump of french bread and start spooning it out with the bread.

People worried about getting fat now REALLY don't have to comment!

IZ.

27 Jul 2009, 13:25

what is cheese?

27 Jul 2009, 13:32

LouLou wrote:halloumi... chargrilled, and drowned in olive oil

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

Quiff Boy wrote:what is cheese?

Oh yeah, forgot that you were a Vulcan^h^h^h^h^h^hvegan

radiojamaica · 27 Jul 2009, 15:23

Love it!

When we were in France a couple of months ago we (almost) didn't eat anything else than cheese, a baguette & some delicious red

EvilBastard · 27 Jul 2009, 15:23

Quiff Boy wrote:what is cheese?

It's the white crusty stuff one might find under the rim of one's helmet...

Fond memories of my uncle making raclette in Switzerland - melted cheese, crusty bread, 17 bottles of wine, and three nights worth of cheese-induced dreams!

Nadia81 · 27 Jul 2009, 15:45

Roquefort mashed with a little butter.

(we need an emoticon for nom)

Izzy HaveMercy · 27 Jul 2009, 15:53

Nadia81 wrote:Roquefort mashed with a little butter.

(we need an emoticon for nom)

IZ.

Obviousman · 27 Jul 2009, 16:57

James Blast wrote:one thing I noticed this weekend was the joy and resulting "nom noming" from the crew when I presented some 'out of the ordinary' cheezes

is HL a cheez place?

we had:
Cornish Cruncher avec Diablo Chilis
Cornish Cruncher avec Balsamic Onions
Seriously Strong red Cheddar
and had I known
Blackstick Blue <----creamy heaven

there really is nothing like a guid bit of cheez

The Diablo stuff was great, still nomming from all that

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Just like the beers, I like Belgian Cheese as well: Oud Brugge, Maredsous, Grimbergen...

But the best cheese there is is, surprisingly, a Dutch one.

That's all big factory rubbish, doesn't even come anywhere near proper artisan's cheese.

Raw milk extra belegen Dutch farmer's cheese is the one you want, can't find it anywhere outside of Holland but it's stunning. Or May cheese, it's made from the first milk you get after the cow's have gone out and had proper grass. Really stunning stuff that

BBQ Camembert is a treat indeed btw

Other than that I'm a definite blue cheese man. Don't like the French varieties, they're a bit too artificial for my liking, but a Stilton, Shropshire Blue or Gorgonzola always go down pretty nicely

Not to mention Port Stilton, mmmm...

I could go on

EvilBastard · 27 Jul 2009, 17:06

HUGE fan of Stilton - omnomnomnomnom. Also some of the softer french cheeses - there's a cheese-shop near me that does a lovely imported artisanal thing from Normandy that you can smell three streets away at the height of its powers, has Cardiac Arrest written all over it and you can eat with spoon if you like but I prefer it with a warm baguette from the bakery down the street and a bottle of street-fighting red wine - Malbec holds its own, I find.