Favourite Cheese ?

10thumbs

Extra mature cheddar is the one for me , I do like feta though, Cheshire is great as well.

Has anybody had cheddar with cracked black peppercorns in it ?

They used to sell it in Sainsburys , it was awesome , but they stopped selling it and nobody seems to remember it .

I think it was called Isle of Man Cheddar?

Clarky

Danish Blue on a digestive

Bucket

Super strong cheddar, the kind that's slightly crunchy from the lactate crystals.

Love a bit of mozzarella too.

chillidoggy

Dominic said:

Sardinian Scamorza Rustica complete with live Maggotts

Aged Manchego with Membrillo

Are you sure that's not casu marzu?

Many years ago while on holiday somewhere near the French/Italian border, I remember my old man being served some round-shaped cheese or other and when he cut it open, it looked like it was alive with crawly things. He ate it, while my mum and I were almost gagging, it looked vile. He said it was nice, but I wonder how much was bravado.

Sporky

Dominic said:

Halloumi seems to be in the lead with most votes 

Interesting that there are no Raclette or fondue fans ( chocolate fondue doesn't count )

I like a good fondue, but the original question was what's your favourite cheese.

So many, so little time to type...

Sesh

Cambozola is my favourite.

Quite fond of Yarg too.

Otherwise, mature cheddar served between the toast and beans.

Sporky

Taleggio is pretty darned fine.

Col_Decker

Laughing Cow is great too

lloyd

I ate cottage cheese for the first time today-I liked it, thought I wouldn't.

TonyR

Not sure if it's a Yorkshire thing but Wensleydale with Christmas cake - don't know it til you've tried it!

Whilst on holiday in Italy last year we tried Italian Drunken Cheese (L'Ubriaco) and bloody lovely that was - it went fantastically well with a glass of Bardolino red wine.

chillidoggy

Col_Decker said:

Laughing Cow is great too

You can't be a proper folkie.

Dominic

TonyR said:

Not sure if it's a Yorkshire thing but Wensleydale with Christmas cake - don't know it til you've tried it!

Whilst on holiday in Italy last year we tried Italian Drunken Cheese (L'Ubriaco) and bloody lovely that was - it went fantastically well with a glass of Bardolino red wine.

Fruitcake and cheese is a fairly widespread and very ubiquitous combination.....perfect symbiosis of cheese and vine fruit .

Dominic

Coming from a Greek Cypriot dominated part of N London Halloumi is a very common commodity still sold in the Greek shops from tubs of brine and also from the many local Turkish and Kurdish shops where it is the same animal by a different name ....Helim

 I have been used to eating it since the late 60s but I'm amazed at how popular it is amongst people on this forum .......would never have imagined the extent of popularity for what is essentially a rubbery sheep cheese that needs to be eaten straight from the grill or bbq

littlegreenman

Caerphilly is the King of Cheese /thread

Snap

Leagram's Lancashire, on a plain jacob's cracker. Perfect

Wensleydale with a slice of fruitcake too. With a pot of good leaf tea. Perfect Yorkshire tackle.

I like grilled halloumi too.

In fact, I just like cheese, mostly all of it.

lloyd

What did the cheese say when he looked in the mirror?

Halloumi 

DLM

Sporky said:

So many, so little time to type...

Wis awarded.

Raclette and fondue are fine meals every once in a while, but for a single cheese, I'm going to have to give mentions to the following:

Fourme d'Ambert

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Fourme_d'Ambert_entam%C3%A9e.jpg/220px-Fourme_d'Ambert_entam%C3%A9e.jpg

Gouda aged so long that salt crystals form

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCFRJ9OhwfY/VGPK_6BZZII/AAAAAAAACbY/t5JsyxrVYXw/s1600/marieke%2Bgouda.jpeg

RocknRollDave

M&S do a Cornish Cruncher (if that is the correct name) which comes in a roundel in a dish for oven baking. Blows baked Camembert out of the water.

hywelg

Whilst in Greece, σαγανάκι τυρί.

Similar to Halloumi, but battered and deep fried served with a wedge of lemon. Fan-bloody-tastic.

Here, Stilton and grapes.

PolarityMan

good shout with grapes, good to get some quince jelly involved too