What cheeses did you have on your cheese board?

[lucysmam]

I had a small piece of stilton (still not keen on it!), Brie, and wensleydale with cranberries. Plus cheddar and red leicester already in the fridge.

It's not very exciting though so I'd like some suggestions for something new to try next Christmas, please

[AornisHades]

We had
Strong cheddar
Brie
Stilton
Cambazola
Comte
Roquefort

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Mmmm, cheese. Nice Cheddar, a good Brie or Camembert, Gruyere or Comté. Fourme d’Ambert for the blue. And a Romanian cheese called Brânza de Burduf (try a local Eastern European supermarket).

[NoWordForFluffy]

We had:

Garstang Blue
Aged West Country Cheddar
Abergavenny Goats'
Brie
German smoked
Stilton

We had Red Leicester with pineapple on sticks!

We still have more Stilton, aged Red Leicester, Blacksticks Blue, Brie, Wensleydale with cranberries and aged cheddar in the fridge!

[NoWordForFluffy]

Oh, and some Lancashire in the fridge too!

[Sexnotgender]

Strong cheddar
Gouda
Stilton
Brie
Something else with the rind washed in cognac which was apparently delicious.

[Grumpbum123]

Good strong cheddar
Red fox Red Leicester
Yarg
St Helens goats cheese
Black stick blue
Stilton
Brie
Applewood
Bavarian smoked cheese
Cambenzola

[Chosennone]

We had a vintage crunchy cheddar, wensleydale with cranberries, Harrington blue, stilton, brie, camembert, sage derby and red hot mex

[Smallinthesmoke]

Coolea (Irish hard)
Stitchelon (bit like Stilton)
Durrus (soft cheese but not too stinky)
Hafod (Welsh hard)
Innes Log/ Burr (both goats cheese)
DH then had to drag me out of Neals Yard as I fucking love cheese. I do just get tiny bits of each mind, rather than big amounts, that way I get to try more.

[lucysmam]

Thank you all, I'll take a trip to the market and see what's to be had there too.

@Smallinthesmoke, that's what I'll do I think; small pieces to try, rather than big chunks we might not eat.

[BrieAndChilli]

We had
Strong chedder
Red Leicester
Brie
Some Brie type thing with blue bits in
Stilton
Baby bells!!
Y fenni (with mustard seed in)
Wensleydale with cranberries
Some chilli cheese ring thing
Smoked cheese sausage
Swiss cheese slices with the holes in

[ohtheholidays]

We had
Strong cheddar
Mild Cheddar
Wensleydale with cranberries
Wensleydale with apricots
Brie
Boursin
Appeteasers
Bel paese
Camembert
Rondele
Applewood smoke
Mexicana
Cheddar with plum chutney
Cheddar with ginger

We had mixed crackers,red and green grapes,pink lady apples,celery,pickle,chutney and pickled onions with it and I had some dried dates with mine.

[Rogueone]

Manchego
Brie De Meaux
Quickes cheddar
Stilton
Picos De Europa

[SauvignonBlanche]

DD is a bit of a philistine and doesn’t like ‘soft or mouldy’ cheese so I’ve just bought some Snowdonia Redstorm and Applewood smoked to add to the Stilton, Gorgonzola, Cambozola and Gruyere reserve.

[WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo]

We got a Christmas cheese "cake" made up of Godminster cheddar, yarg, Cricket St Thomas Camembert, Snowdonia Red Devil (a bit gimmicky so not what I would've chosen myself, but obviously they wanted the red wax for aesthetics), Rosary (soft goats cheese) and Vulscombe (another soft goats cheese, with herbs).

[HelenaJustina]

Strong vintage cheddar
Red Leicester
White Stilton with mango and ginger
Wensleydale with cranberries
Most delicious Brie we have ever had
Blue Stilton

[Gotstuckwiththisname]

Strong cheddar
Double Gloucester
Stilton
Wensleydale with cranberries
Gouda
Jarlsberg
Mexicana cheddar
Something with garlic & black pepper. I hated it.

[StrongTeaDropOfMilkNoSugar]

Strong cheddar
Brie
Roquefort
Comte
Emmenthal
Epoisses
A French goats cheese whose name escapes me.

Salivating just thinking about it!

[wonkylegs]

Stilton (cropwell bishop is our personal fav)
Cave aged cheddar (wasn't that great won't get that brand again but usually love it)
Beacon blue
Camembert
Wensleydale
Cheviot
Pont L'eveque
Ossau-Iraty aop
Ravens oak goats Brie (gorgeous)
Somerset Brie
Rothbury Red
Had some others but I've forgotten and they are all gone so can't double check

[thesockgap]

I love my cheeseboard and graze on it for days before and after Christmas! We have:
Brie
Blue castello
Wensleydale with cranberries
Cheddar with caramelized onion
Bavarian smoked
Discovery soft cheese with pineapple
Boursin with herbs
Mature cheddar
Red Leicester
Stilton

Plus...
Chilli jam
Onion chutney
Pickled onions
Pate
Crackers

Mmmm. My favourite part of Christmas!!

[TopBitchoftheWitches]

Edam !!! Don't forget the edam.

[lucysmam]

@HelenaJustina is white stilton different to the stuff you usually get taste-wise? I've never heard of it.

I did forget alllll about the Edam @TopBitchoftheWitches :(

I have a good selection of accompaniments, although the girls ate most of the grapes before I got to them . Didn't think of paté though, I'm quite partial to paté on cold toast

[Georgianfairy]

We had:
Extra Mature cheddar (not bought specially)
White stilton (it's really good lucysmam, better without any additions imo, a good one is quite smooth and creamy rather than crumbly)
Blue stilton
Ravens oak goat's brie (and I agree with a pp that it was delicious)
Roule with garlic and herbs
Wensleydale with cranberries (which I made MIL take home as I can't stand fruit in cheese!)

Ideally, I would have had a normal brie on there too or at least some kind of squidgy French cheese but I messed up the online order!

[potterbell]

I LOVE epoisses, but the old man won't let me have it in the fridge!

[HelenaJustina]

@lucysmam it’s much creamier, smoother than blue. I’m not a blue cheese fan but love white stilton. Someone gifted us the one we had otherwise I would have bought plain.

[MyShinyWhiteTeeth]

We had:-

Brie, Cheddar, Red Leicester, Goat's cheese, Blue Stilton and Lancashire/Wensleydale plus philly.

We always go for a mix of strong/mild, hard and soft cheeses with a range of textures and one or two with herbs/fruit/garlic or smoked.

We tend to have edam, bavarian smoked, cheese strings! and baby bells if we have more children present.