The Cheese Board

[Mandryka]

Some music to accompany your cheesy potatoes and sausage

Such a strong accent!

[Sir Velo]

Currently enjoying on a sojourn in East Anglia Baron Bigod, a lusty, creamy Suffolk Brie de Meaux, named after a local Norman Bigwig who got up Henry II's nose, accompanied by a crusty baguette and a glass of robust Corbieres.

[Roger Webb]

Some music to accompany your cheesy potatoes and sausage

Such a strong accent!

Thanks for that, my wife will appreciate it, he visited the school in a Paris suburb at which she taught.

[Roger Webb]

............... a local Norman Bigwig who got up Henry II's nose, accompanied by a crusty baguette and a glass of robust Corbieres.....

Painful!!

[Sir Velo]

Painful!!

They devised unusual forms of torture back then.

[french frank]

Yesterday I stocked up with my usual trio of Spanish cheeses from El Colmado - Cabrales, Valdeón and semi-mature Manchego, with a large box of freshly dressed Spanish green olives. So today I thought I would treat myself to a baguette from the Guild of Dough (three quarters the size of the Coop's, twice the price and incomparable). One really needs to buy two because by the time you get home one of them would have been eaten by someone.

[french frank]

No Langres at Tesco for two weeks running so I bought some vintage Gruyere and ... because it's famous and I'd never had it before, Port Salut.

And this concludes my review

Oh, should be clear: I think the Gruyere will be fine. The stuff from the Co-op is.

[vinteuil]

No Langres at Tesco for two weeks running so I bought some vintage Gruyere and ... because it's famous and I'd never had it before, Port Salut.

And this concludes my review

Oh, should be clear: I think the Gruyere will be fine. The stuff from the Co-op is.

... isn't port-salut totally plastic and industriel ?

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-Salut_(marque_fromag%C3%A8re)




(Tho' I did like, from that wiki page -

« Tu l'as trop écrasé, César, ce Port-Salut ! » est un alexandrin et palindrome attribué à Victor Hugo ... )

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[french frank]

... isn't port-salut totally plastic and industriel ?

I don't believe most of what I'm told, so I thought I would try it. It was harmless enough just not ... choice.

(Tho' I did like, from that wiki page -

« Tu l'as trop écrasé, César, ce Port-Salut ! » est un alexandrin et palindrome attribué à Victor Hugo ... )

That altogether made the experience worthwhile. Mille remerciements!