Christmas Cheese

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This is about actual cheese, not movies and music!

This is what we have so far! What are we missing (apart from Saint Paulin/Port Salut, which we are already aware of).

And, please show me your Christmas cheese selection!

Wenslydale with cranberries
Gloucestershire Cheddar with chives
Cheddar with pickled onion. The best thing ever!
Boursin
That flat roulle thing that is a bit like boursin.
Cambozola or gorgonzola

Not for me- but maybe a hard sheep's cheese and goats cheese?

Isigny Raw Milk Camembert
Bookers Vintage
Colston Basset Stilton
Petit Reblochon
Farmhouse Goat Cheese with Truffle
Aged Gruyere
Aged Emmental
Strong vintage cheddar

We have Shropshire Blue, Stilton and Brie from Aldi, together with German smoked cheese slices with chilli.

Then the attached is my order from the local cheese shop.

I also ordered this selection, but we've had the Reserva already.

They won't all go out at once, I'll mix it up a bit!

So far we have
Roquefort
Perle Las
Cornish Quartz cheddar
Smoked red fox
Rosary ash goats cheese
Chaorce
Comte

There may be more.

Oh dear! Cheddar with pickled onions is my worst cheese. We couldn't be friends. Or maybe we could? You eat your cheese, and I eat mine, and we don't have to fight over the final slither...

Cambozola is a fantastic call! Not only do I love it, but I'd kinda forgotten about it, and it's delicious!

Can’t really see what you’ve got there but I recommend a reblochon! So stinky!

Surely that's a hanging offence?

Yummy, smelly and available at Waitrose

was about to say this one. it is the ultimate in cheese decadence. oh and a cheese with truffle as well - heaven!

I have yet to pick up the Baron Bigod - that’s a belter too!

Added to my Waitrose list...

One of our local restaurants do this warm with toasted walnuts and honey, a piece of heaven I have yet to get right at home.

Cornish cruncher from M&S is my current favourite. Tried black bomber but wasn't as impressed.

Wensleydale with cranberries is wrong. All those flavoured cheeses are wrong.

I like a Gruyère.

Langres is beautiful! I have only found it at Morrisons. It's different, which makes it so lovely!

Definitely Black bomber!

What it’s really missing is a copy of the Cheesmonger’s history of the British Isles resting lightly in the corner. As well as being a fascinating history of our cheese making nation, it has also pointed me to some amazing flavours.

Lord London cheese is amazing

Stilton, Gorgonzola, Lidl do one called fromage a la mountain (spelling not my strong suit), really stinky Camembert ... must buy cheese!

Epoisse is cheese of the gods.

Waitrose stock it as part of their No.1 range, and I've spotted it in M&S a few times. Ideally very room temperature-y, so it goes delicious and disgustingly oozy.

Blue Vinny
Yarg
Cheshire
Lancashire
Westcombe Cheddar
Mmmm 😋

I favour a soft blue, such as St Agur, DH prefers Stilton, so we will get both.
The man at the cheese counter well knows DD’s favourite goats cheese.
Then add Isigny Camembert, and Snowdonia smoked cheddar, Snowdonia red storm and whichever other cheese at the counter takes our fancy.

You can get Langres at M&S as well.

Where are the crackers. I am interested in hearing opinions on the best cracker as I might some better ones out this year.

I like the Peter's Yard sourdough crackers. Aldi does a beetroot one in a box on its own (which is also one of the options in the 'Finest' / 'Taste the Difference boxes you get, but obviously not as many).

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