Cheese experts needed

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

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

So it's a sort of non binary cheese/fromage?

As a wrapped piece of cheese ( Comte) was my best friend's favourite present this year, I might make her a cheeseboard to go next year.
But would Boursin go all melty on a flight ?

Bought it as Christmas - first time in years - forgot how nice it is

It’s lovely. Du pain, du vin, du Boursin!

It's more of a cheese spread but it's delicious. Anyone who hasn't tried the garlic and herb one melted over pasta and cherry tomatoes needs to asap.

It is definitely a real cheese - from Wiki:

Boursin is a brand of soft creamy cheese available in various flavours, with a flavour and texture similar to cream cheese.
The first Boursin flavour, garlic and fine herbs, was created in 1957 by François Boursin, a cheese maker from Normandy.[1] Boursin's product was derived from a traditional party dish, fromage frais (French for "fresh cheese"); guests would take their cheese and add herbs for flavour. His recipe was the first flavoured cheese product to be sold nationally in France.citation needed]
Boursin cheese was first developed in Normandy,[2] and at one time was produced exclusively in Croisy-sur-Eure, France, by the Boursin company. In 1990, the Boursin name was acquired by Unilever, who sold it to Groupe Bel in November 2007 for €400 million.[3]

... although undoubtedly mass produced these days. As are many cheeses that you might have on your cheeseboard!

Interestingly, also from Wiki:

The "Original", most popular,[6] Mini Babybel is an Edam-style cheese made from pasteurised milk, rennet, lactic ferments, and salt.[7] It is made using traditional Edam-making processes, except that rennet from vegetarian – rather than animal – sources is used. It is also naturally lactose-free.[7][8]

So you could also claim that Babybel is proper cheese too. It's the packaging and the implication it's for children (as well as, I guess, its very mild taste) that seems it has no place on a 'proper' cheeseboard.

I'd liken it to a slightly posher Philadelphia- so somewhere in between the 2 categories

They had them in Morrisons last month. I'd assume just for Xmas

Not really a cheese that deserves a spot on a proper cheeseboard (but hands up I’m a massive cheese snob). But perfectly respectable to have in the fridge, for a snack with crackers etc

It’s the only “herbs and flavours included” cheese I like, I think - not impressed with the cranberry / apricot nonsenses that seem to show up on cheeseboards.

Who needs Boursin when you can heat up a Cornish Cruncher & Cider Cheese Bake. Goes down a treat with buttered bread.

I would put it on a cheeseboard. Love Boursin.

I am a bit of a cheese snob and my sister and her husband even more so. She asked me to provide the cheese board for Xmas day because she said she could trust me to buy good stuff and not a load of Aldi cheese and a Boursin like the other guests would.

Personally I love a bit of Boursin , especially on a bit of baguette but I would never put it on a cheese board that I was serving to guests.

It's ok, but I would classify it as a relatively pedestrian lunchtime cheese. I enjoy it very much occasionally, but I wouldn't expect to see it on an evening cheeseboard as part of a posh dinner, and if it was then my reaction would be similar to if I saw babybel or dairylea in that incongruous context.

Babybel isn’t a processed cheese, it’s just a mini Edam.

Fig and Walnut Boursin is lovely, but I don't think you can't get it in the UK. I regard it as more of a snack cheese, but it's still cheese. If you like it, eat it.

The garlic and herb original is acceptable on a cheeseboard for a relaxed dinner party. It's not the same class as a babybel, edam, cheese with bits (fruit and vegetable debris!), smoked cheeses.

I'd class it with Philadelphia cheese.
It's a novelty, flavoured cheese spread.

Lunch or snack cheese. Definitely not a cheeseboard cheese.