Roquefort is Innocent!

[Bryn]

Re. Pasteurisation, I have been trying to search out when the general sale of unpasteurised TT milk was stopped in the UK. So far, no luck Can anyone here help? I know that 'green top' can be purchased legally in England and Wales (not in Scotland), but it is hard to find.

[No worries. I have now found http://www.naturalfoodfinder.co.uk/u...ed-raw-milk-uk which offers the information required.]

[amateur51]

Re. Pasteurisation, I have been trying to search out when the general sale of unpasteurised TT milk was stopped in the UK. So far, no luck Can anyone here help? I know that 'green top' can be purchased legally in England and Wales (not in Scotland), but it is hard to find.

My local Farmers' Market sells it - this site looks as though it ought to contain the answer Bryn but I haven't found it yet.

https://thebovine.wordpress.com/

[arancie33]

Apropos all the posts re cheddar cheeses esp the supermarket plastic wrapped stuff (yes, Cathedral City, I mean you), have any of you tried Lincolnshire Poacher? www.lincolnshirepoachercheese.com

They do by mail order a selection of their cheeses which is well worth trying. Quick and well packaged delivery though a bit late now for this Christmas. Go on, give it a go!

[Anna]

That's really odd because clicking on their site it turns out Waitrose sell Lincolnshire Poacher as a Strength 6 cheese - but it's packaged under their own label rather than cut on demand
I'll purchase some and give it a try on your recommendation, but at the moment I'm well stocked with blues and goats for Christmas.

[mercia]

you know those half-moon shaped Stiltons the supermarkets sell at this time of year? I've already eaten one all by myself is that not truly appalling ?

[Anna]

you know those half-moon shaped Stiltons the supermarkets sell at this time of year? I've already eaten one all by myself is that not truly appalling ?

Not in the least appalling - it shows you are truly embracing the Spirit of Christmas and obeying the message of Eat, Drink and Be Merry and Bright!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

you know those half-moon shaped Stiltons the supermarkets sell at this time of year? I've already eaten one all by myself is that not truly appalling ?

Yes - you really should have waited at least until you reached the checkout!

Nonsense! As Anna says, if a chap (other genders are available) can't eat a half-moon stilton at this time of year, when can s/he? We need the extra calories to survive the Winter.

[arancie33]

That's really odd because clicking on their site it turns out Waitrose sell Lincolnshire Poacher as a Strength 6 cheese

Interesting. I'll look out for it next time we visit the hallowed halls. First met it in our local cheese shop who seem unable to get it regularly. Perhaps I now know why!

I should add that they also do a smoked version which is OK in small doses ie yet another kipper-flavoured cheese

[Richard Tarleton]

A fine cheese discovery today in our local deli - the one I recommended to M. Vinteuil a while back - Beaufort. Made from the milk of Tarentais cattle. A great "finish".

[jean]

As someone said to me in the queue at the farmers' market on Saturday, when I marvelled at how many people seemed to suddenly want fine cheese who never bothered at other times of the year, Christmas is the time of cheeses!

[MrGongGong]

Christmas is the time of cheeses!

In Derbyshire?

[Richard Tarleton]

As someone said to me in the queue at the farmers' market on Saturday, when I marvelled at how many people seemed to suddenly want fine cheese who never bothered at other times of the year, Christmas is the time of cheeses!

Well I like fine cheese at any time but said deli does get in a few extra rarities at Christmas....they also had a rare brebis cheese which I might still go back for. I once had to take a day out of an alpine hike with severe blisters and had a lift over the Col de la Bonette with an itinerant shepherd who gave me a fascinating lecture on Alpine sheep. (I then discovered how to avoid blisters, and never suffered another on many more such walks - it's all in the socks)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Christmas is the time of cheeses!

Especially the Baby Cheeses.

[Richard Tarleton]

Especially the Baby Cheeses.

indeed - the subject of a hilarious Christmas card this year where the Wise Men are asking directions at the, er, Bethlehem Farmers' Market.....

[jean]

That took a while!