AIBU to not know what to do with 10 packs of brie?

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Tesco have just delivered. There was a substitution instead of brie from the deli counter they have substituted 200g Brie - OK signed for the delivery - doesn't make much difference.

My carer is currently unpacking and has just asked if there is a brie shortage, they have delivered 10 packets of brie.

10!

They have charged me £1.60 so I'm not complaining about the cost. It looks like instead of sending me 200g they have sent 2Kg.

So any recipe ideas?

I reckon you could eat 3 Brie-based meals a day, plus snacks.

Breakfast: Brie omelette.
Snack: Brie and crackers.
Lunch: Brie sandwiches, with sliced grapes
Snack: melted Brie (ah call it fondue) with breadsticks
Dinner: mega Cheesy pasta

With a light supper snack of baked brie with carrots?

Bumplovin If this is not some esoteric female secret so that you would have to shoot me if you told me - why are pregnant women told to avoid Brie and how long has it been so?

it was not when DS, now 31, was on the way. I would remember it because I laid off anything which DW was advised not to have - it seemed only fair - and I would certainly remember being banned from Brie!

10 packs of Brie would last 5 year old DS about 3 days! He loves the stuff!

Fondue! A little white wine and a slow melt with lots of hot baguette and crunchy crudites

Bin it, its the food of the devil

Andrewofgg

Traditional Brie is unpasterised. "Bad" bacteria (the food poisoning sort) could be present...risk of miscarriage and er, not sure of further likely complications.

Not a parent, perhaps one with more knowledge will be along soon.

OP, I hope you're happy, I've just made DS1 go to tesco to buy me some brie so that I can scoff it all. You're to blame!

I will bring the wine and I have some lovely crusty french bread ....

Andrewofgg it's because of potential Listeria bacteria. Goes for all soft white rind cheeses (Camembert, chevre...) as well as blue-vein ones like Gorgonzola. Pretty sure my mum has said it was the case already when she was expecting me, 40+ years ago (but I wasn't born in the UK so they may not have said it here at the time).

Yes, when we were trying for a baby and thought we were pregnant, I was told to avoid soft cheeses like brie and roquefort because they contain tiny amounts of Listeria, which aren't harmful to normal immune systems but some pregnant women can't fight it in the same way.

Yes, damn you OP for making us think of cheese!

I want Brie now!! My favourite Brie, bacon & cranberry panini from the cafe near me. Followed by a salted caramel tart. I'm dieting though so it's not an option.

The thing about avoiding soft cheese when pregnant is only for if it's made from unpasteurised milk. Most in the supermarket are pasteurised. You can eat them no problem. I do, and I'm pregnant. Nobody should have to live without cheese

I bet pregnant women in France don't get told to avoid Brie and similar cheeses.

Barbara and gastropod I blooming love brie I scoff it down as soon as I buy it, am curious what you mean by it being 'ripe' is this something I should know about and have missed??

Change your name to Brienne, and give the gift of cheese to your neighbours.

I'd eat it, but I think even I'd get sick of brie at around the 500g mark. You can freeze cheese, and brie freezes quite well, actually.

It's the Listeria risk. Not all Listeria species, only one which auto correct won't let me write as it keeps changing it to monochrome, and its not necessarily present but could be. It can cause miscarriage in the first few months of pregnancy, after that it's not a problem, nor is it an issue if you aren't pregnant. It could affect pasteurized or non pasteurized (auto correct also refuses to admit this should be spelt with an s not a z), or lots of other products like ready made sandwiches, bagged salad and smoked salmon. Food companies test product and environment for Listeria so the risk is extremely low.

I'm going to have to buy Brie tomorrow now. What with cake yesterday and cheese today MN is not proving good for my waistline this week.

In other news I am easily led

Thank you all who have explained and I am glad to know that I am allowed to live.

Weedsnseeds1 You need to change the settings on whatever contraption you are using to UK-English!

Yes, Brie is never in this house long enough to ripen. I'm just glad DP and the kids don't like it, or else I'd never get any. They prefer... camembert. Heathens.

Oh Christ, where do you live? I'm on my way! :-)

Sounds brie-lliant!

Bowiefan LTB. C*membert indeed . . .

Ok so now I need to buy baguettes and courgettes.

Just googled the soup recipe and will be trying that. And I actually do have a fondue pan thinggy.