Cheese experts needed

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

Would you class Boursin as a perfectly acceptable cheese? Or a novelty cheese product such as Babybel,Cheesestring,Dairylea etc?

Perfectly acceptable. Definitely not in a category with babybel etc!

Bloody gorgeous so who cares?!

Perfectly acceptable! It’s a French cream cheese.

Acceptable (and yummy!) ~ the others are more 'kids lunchbox' kind of category.

Absolutely acceptable! Why would it not be?
Also the makers of one of my favourite adverts

Novelty for me! Mainly because I don't class cream cheese as "cheese" in my mind 😂

It’s a proper cream cheese, not a spread or processed cheese product like the others

DH and I were discussing this just today. We put it somewhere in between the two categories. Lovely though.

Since the Dairylea Cheese Cocktail wheel thing has disappeared from the shops Boursin is the next best thing.

Same category as Babybel (I'm in France, they're next to each other in the supermarket, separate from acceptable cheese).

The cracked black pepper one is the best (but hard to find). Take it out of the fridge at least half an hour before you want to eat it and the the texture is transformed.

Oh yes. It's delicious.

Now I want a Boursin.

I don't know any adult who would eat babybel or cheese string, but I know plenty (including French cheese-eaters) who would have Boursin so I don't think it can be categorised with those others.

It's not a cheese board cheese. So not a proper cheese cheese. But a lovely spread for baguette as a separate thing

Fine for cooking with, or as a cheese spread. Totally not an acceptable cheese for a cheeseboard!

I added it to my friend's special cheeseboard just recently as everyone loves Boursin. I had 12 cheeses and it ticked the garlic & herb brief as well as vegetarian.

There's a new truffle one which is amazing. The best one of all. Got some over Christmas thinking it was a special edition only but it's still on sale in my Sainsbury's.

I’d put it as novelty cheese but a posh one, I’d say babybel or dairylea are novelty cheese for kids and Boursin is novelty cheese for adults, I’d put things like wenslydale with cranberry or other flavoured cheeses in the same ‘novelty adult cheese’ bracket

Can you still buy 'proper' Babybel? Or is it just the mini ones now?

I put it on my Boxing Day cheeseboard and nobody frowned upon it. It's good, and there wasn't any rubbish served so I don't see it as a problem. Goes lovely with all other cheeseboard items!

I would class it as a normal cheese but generally not a cheese board cheese. Though I have used it in a pinch on a cheeseboard and actually it went down exceptionally well.

Well I had it on my Xmas cheeseboard and my greedy lot wolfed it down before all the posh cheese!

It's a novelty cheese (well you did ask for cheese experts!)

I would say it is borderline acceptable, same as caprice des dieux or those random flavoured cheddars that you get in coloured wax at Christmas.

Mmmm, wish I had some Boursin. Maybe some pain and vin too.

Its half and half to be fair, I never turn it down, wouldnt be offended if I saw it on a cheeseboard

Did you know there is a fig and nut version?