I just went to the deli to pick up my Christmas cheese order.

[BootMaker]

And guess how much it cost?

I need a lie- down...

Good. I was worried about the lack of goat. I like that you are buying a reasonable amount of each cheese.

I would happily spend that amount on cheese! Would in all honesty prefer a massive cheese board for Christmas dinner, rather than some dried out turkey! Enjoy it.

Off the back of this thread I have just googled cheese shops. There is one near me and it has Alp Blossom in stock. I'm going to have to up my game on the cheese front.

You lost me at Vacherin ….. 😁

Slightly off topic but I saw recently a pack of three Boursin cheeses, one of which was Black Pepper which I've not been able to find for years!

Here's me thinking i was splashing out £4.00 on a small truckle of Wensleydale just for me to have with my Christmas Cake.

Yorkshire here too.

I am collecting a 2kg sirloin joint on Monday for Boxing Day, I'll just take my card and some smelling salts!

I was at Waitrose a couple of hours ago, took the OP’s list - they had only two of them, the Epoisse and Montgomery.

I feel lucky to have bought, for £52, cheese enough for 2 cheeseboards of 5 large pieces of cheese each, one for a party and one for Xmas lunch. At the wonderful cheese stall in Grainger market, Newcastle

The Courtyard Dairy

its 24 good sized (about 100 gm) pieces of artisan British cheese. It arrives in two deliveries, two weeks apart with loads of recipes and info about the cheesemakers. It’s an investment, but I don’t buy alcohol, so I figure I can have this instead.

Jesus wept. You should come to volunteer in the food bank with me and witness poverty first hand then reconsider your spend.

I bought

Red Leicester £3.25
Boursin £2
Feta £1.35

I such a cheap cheese fiend

Why assume she doesn’t do similar?

why shouldn't she spend her own money in whichever way she chooses? You have no idea what she does for charity.

Oh it's like a handbag thread!! 😂

How does everyone eat all of this cheese?

I am a robust woman with a healthy appetite (😳) and cheese just sinks like a lead balloon!

I can stomach a bit now and again but the thought of a cheese board sends me funny.

Alp Blossom us my absute favourite cheese!
DS gifted me a cheese selection one year which contained some.
A couple of years later we spent 2 nights in a hotel in Germany which had Alp Blossom on its breakfast buffet. You could help yourself to s much as you liked (so I did). Basically I paid for the cheese, and got a free room with it 🤣
Enjoy, OP.

This is why I pre-order ours. I can go straight to the front of the queue to ring a bell, and somebody comes out to hand me my cheese.

Then go to the craft beer place next door!

Is the Vacherin Swiss? The ban on the import of raw milk french cheeses has meant that many cheesemongers are buying in (much more expensive, because Switzerland) Vacherin. I’ve seen them for as much as £28 for a 400g cheese in London. That could be the be the big difference from last year!

If OP didn't spend her money on fancy cheese, the deli would go out of business, the cheese maker would go out of business and the dairy farmer would go out of business. They would then all be turning up at the food bank.

People who have money spending it is good for society.

If I am doing a cheese board I tend to buy around 6 standard pieces, a cheddar ,a blue a piece of Cheshire ,red Leicester ,maybe 2 more so it is not too expensive.

There is a little cheese shop in Whitstable and the man in front of me only got 2 pieces and it was around £40. I went to a nearby supermarket and just got some cheddar.

My cheese order is coming on Monday. I love cheese but I'm no expert, so I pretty much pick at random when I order posh cheeses. I mean, I read the descriptions, but they all sound delicious, so I just add whatever to my basket till I get to a price I can do. Makes for a nice surprise.

Looking at the confirmation, I've got:
Little Prideaux
Bath soft cheese
Bath blue cheese
Westcombe smoked cheddar
Fosse Way fleece
Keen's cheddar
Little Lepe soft goat's cheese 🧀🧀🧀

Just reminded me, I need to get some babybel. Nothing says Christmas like the little baby cheeses

Unfortunately I won’t be anywhere near Otley - although I often drive through/past and didn’t know about this cheese shop. I will definitely visit in the New Year.

How many are you catering for?