To lament the most middle class, first world problem ever?

[GeekyWombat]

DH bought me a camembert baker for Christmas. It's purple, very pretty and even comes with little spreaders to get out every last bit of lovely oozy cheese.

Dieting set to start after the weekend so tonight I was all set to put a brie bigger than my face that I bought in the M&S sale in the oven for dipping joy in said new baker (I know, brie in a camembert baker! That's just how I roll!). But having got it out of its (it turns out deceptively large) box it turns out my brie is too big!

What do I do? Do I trim it? Just chop it in chunks and make a rindy fondue? And AIBU to be irrationally sad? I just texted DH to tell him and got told it was the most middle class first world overheard-in-Waitrose type comment I'd made since the day we ran out of organic hummus when I was planning to give it to DD for lunch.

He might be right, but it's cheese people! Pre-diet cheese at that!

Catwaving There was no box alas. Although what's terrible is this was the night before last's tea and thanks to the last page of this thread I'm seriously considering busting out some Camembert.

PicturesJane You socialise in fab circles. We're more tubes of Pringles sorts sadly. Although now I really do need bread and Camembert!

SandyRose There is cheese in my diet (albeit less than I'd eat in an ideal world) but I've cut bread out for now which makes melted cheese a sad lonely thing (I've tried crudites, they don't work for me).

Chitterlings You have a cheese man? I want to be you!

Dagenham I love Yarg two. We had a wedding cake made of layers of cheese and Yarg was one, along with a wonderful smoked cheddar.

I love this cheesy corner of MN. So many kindred spirits.

SandyRose
Can you substitute Grissini so you have something to dip in the cheese?

Geeky
What a novel idea for a wedding cake!

I bought a Camembert baker a few years ago and it was stolen in a department store cafe about 10 minutes after I'd bought it. I had DCs with me and they were at a table with the shopping bags, shortly before Christmas. It wasn't busy as it was a weekday about 5 pm.

DCs moved tables when I was getting the drinks and forgot to move the bags with them and the bags had disappeared from the previous table. So someone had swiped them. I might see if I can get one in the sales tomorrow.

On a cheerier note, I'm going to make this twistedfood.co.uk/camembert-snowflake/, just to use up the cranberry sauce of course. 😀

For anyone who lives or works in London, Vivat Bacchus has a walk in cheese room.

You walk in and choose your cheese from the many cheeses there and then they magic it into a fabulous cheeseboard and you scoff it all up whilst getting pissed.

It's brilliant :)

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She has good taste? ;)!

Aldi has Camembert baking trays in the special buys aisle this week.

I've never come across a Camembert baker before. What is it? Some special device that 'bakes' Camembert? Why would you do that? Whoever thought of it? What's wrong with (a) letting the Camembert age nicely and runnily, and eat it; or (b) if baking it is a top priority, using the, er, baking oven?

I confess however that I never understood toasted sandwich makers, waffle makers, ex-boxer (I forget his name) thingy makers etc etc. Aren't all these devices just ways to part us from our cash?

What are you talking about?

You can just bake the Camembert in the baskety thing in comes in!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_PM29G3jWd8

(Tip you need an extra camembert baked in its box to bring out and put into the bread after the first one gets guzzled up-- somehow doesn't last the course......)

Stop it!! At once!! You're torturing me. I luuuuurve cheese but it doesn't luuuuurve me back, it gives me migraines. Just a tiny little bit of a hard cheese, preferably Parmesan, savouring those salty nutty bits as long as possible, is all I can allow myself if I want to stand upright in the morning and not look at a world in funny colours and jumping all over the place and someone drilling my brain with a steam hammer. Did I say I luuuuurve cheese? I luuuuurve cheese!

I've just read the whole thread to see if anyone has suggested this, and they haven't! Obviously not diet food, but for when you're all finished the January detox or whatever:
Filo pastry sheets. Brush with melted butter. Put a camembert on. Put apricot jam on it. Wrap the jammy cheese in the filo. More butter. Bake.
I probably wouldn't waste a really good cheese on this. But if you have a sort of medium cheese.... so so good.

Deux that Camembert Snowflake is AWESOME!!!!!!

I hope you're happy OP, I made DP go and buy me a Camembert baker yesterday after this thread

Interesting comment about NOT giving up cheese to lose weight. I stopped buying cheese last April as part of trying to lose weight(I can and do eat it like cholcolate and have no will power) I had lost 20lbs by Christmas. Obviously not just 'cos of giving up cheese but it was definitely a factor. .Have started cooking with it again occasionally but I freeze any I don't need for the recipe .If I intend to bake Camembert I buy one in box ...simples.Did one at Christmas as DD2 adores it