Do you eat the rind on soft cheeses ?

[woodbutcher]

To pronounce it proper like you have to be a scouser or close to it. If not then, sadly, there is little hope for you.

I was once close to a scouser but unfortunately pronouncing brei was fairly low down on her list of priorities !

 

[Ian H]

Stilton never dies especially if you drizzle a little port over it . To be clear in this regard l mean port wine rather than an area for unloading ships etc.

A very rural French woman of my acquaintance was given a Christmas present of port & potted stilton by an English neighbour. She'd already given the port away, but asked us about the stilton. We opened it, she sniffed it, and then she insisted we take it away.

 

[woodbutcher]

A very rural French woman of my acquaintance was given a Christmas present of port & potted stilton by an English neighbour. She'd already given the port away, but asked us about the stilton. We opened it, she sniffed it, and then she insisted we take it away.

Partisan the French !

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

It’s the best bit

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I'll eat anything cheese related. My latest achievement was to eat a 2 month out of date Stilton, rind and all.

Stiltons and Bries leftover from the festive season freeze well.
Buy them after the festive season, much reduced in price

 

[lazybloke]

Cornish yarg is covered with nettle leaves, which add texture to the taste.

But do you eat the maggots in cheese?
My late father-in-law visited an old farmer many years ago and was invited to partake of tea with bread & cheese. Jim noticed the cheese was heaving a bit and mentioned this to the old fellow. Whose response was "They'm only gonna taste of cheese, ain'em", and mashed the maggoty cheese on to his bread. Jim wasn't by nature a squeamish person, but this made an impression on him.

Maggoty cheese was almost my first thought when seeing this thread. There was a Giles Coren/Sue Perkins food series where they (or was it only he?) sampled it. Nom.
Great show - was a few years before 'Back in time for dinner'

 

[Dave7]

Stilton never dies especially if you drizzle a little port over it . To be clear in this regard l mean port wine rather than an area for unloading ships etc.

Now that does sound nice. I may even add some Cognac

 

[woodbutcher]

Now that does sound nice. I may even add some Cognac

Good man....experimentation is the spice of life !

 

[Salty seadog]

Cheese? Did someone mention cheese?

I'll eat anything cheese related. My latest achievement was to eat a 2 month out of date Stilton, rind and all.

Mrs S thinks I'm weird, but I believe cheese never goes out of date, it just gets better with age.

Absolutely, cheese by its very nature is a product that has already gone off

 

[woodbutcher]

Absolutely, cheese by its very nature is a product that has already gone off

Cheese has definitely not "gone off" whatever that might mean in this context ! Cheese is a living process of fermentation and biological growth. Its akin to saying beer has "gone off"because it is no longer a mix of water and hops etc.

 

[gavroche]

In the 70's, every time I went home to France, I used to go to a market in my home town, where a stall specialised in selling cheese that was well past its sell by date. I used to stock up on it to bring back here . I lived in Worthing then. Sadly, this stall doesn't exist anymore ( health and safety I suppose).

 

[Reynard]

Stiltons and Bries leftover from the festive season freeze well.
Buy them after the festive season, much reduced in price

Hah! Most of the cheese I buy comes on yellow sticker

My three best buys were half a kilo of Stilton for 26p, a kilo of brie for 50p, two and a half kilos of extra mature cheddar for £1.70...

 

[woodbutcher]

In the 70's, every time I went home to France, I used to go to a market in my home town, where a stall specialised in selling cheese that was well past its sell by date. I used to stock up on it to bring back here . I lived in Worthing then. Sadly, this stall doesn't exist anymore ( health and safety I suppose).

The world has gone mad, and the sad thing is that the more we sanitise our food, environment and whatever else , the greater our vulnerability will be to infection and disease because our natural immune systems have been eroded .

 

[gavroche]

The world has gone mad, and the sad thing is that the more we sanitise our food, environment and whatever else , the greater our vulnerability will be to infection and disease because our natural immune systems have been eroded .

I agree entirely.

 

[Reynard]

The world has gone mad, and the sad thing is that the more we sanitise our food, environment and whatever else , the greater our vulnerability will be to infection and disease because our natural immune systems have been eroded .

Very much so.

I buy most of my food on YS. Makes the mind boggle that I'm *buying* food at the same point at which a lot of people are throwing it in the bin...