To think cheese and biscuits is more of a lunch thing rather than dessert !

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Who wants to eat a Sunday roast then eat cheese and biscuits

Give me something choclately Any day !!

Any cheese and biscuit dessert in a restaurant is always really expensive so I never bother.
I agree it's more a lunchtime thing or a snack in the evening in front of the tv.

YABU. It can be both. Like with soup, it can be a lunch on its own or a starter with a meal.

I used to work in a place where a chap would come in quite frequently and instead of biscuits with his cheese he'd ask for half a baguette. So he'd eat his dinner then have a cheese sandwich afterwards! Never understood that one. Give me something sweet any day.

@contrmary - but you wouldn't have soup as a pudding. That's what OP is talking about - having something savoury as a dessert.

Cheese and crackers then followed by pudding. But I can’t imagine having a cheese course after a Sunday roast for some reason.

A legitimate course of a multi-course meal with a geographical dispute concerning whether cheese should be before (French) or after (British) pudding. As Sunday roast is more of a substantial meal then may be appropriate

Loads of deserts I can't stand: sticky toffee pudding, anything with jelly, salted caramel, coconut, ginger to name just some. Cheese and biscuits are often the only option!

It's excellent as both. Also very good as a late night snack.

I don't like dessert so cheese and biscuits is the best. Always have it when I'm out for Christmas dinner

Cheese and biscuits is the best possible dessert.
YABU.

I always choose cheese and biscuits over a sweet pudding.

We sometimes have cheese and crackers before a meal or for lunch (or in desperation breakfast)

But no i don't get the love for it as a dessert, or even fruit platters

Cheese and biscuits over a sweet dessert most of the time for me, only choose a dessert if the cheese is really boring.

I don’t really like most sweet things, barely ever order dessert. Pisses me off that cheese course is often more expensive then whatever sugary shite is on the dessert menu! YABU op, people have different tastes in things

it should be illegal

After a roast wrongwrongwrong

It's so much more than a lunch thing!!

It's for after you've had dessert, whilst you are chatting with your liquors because you've had to much wine!!

@Nottobesoldseparately I guess I could make an exception for that

Cheese and fruit is great for afters, cheese and crackers less so.

But I do agree that’s it’s a legitimate desert

In a traditional 7 course meal, each dish is on the small side, so as there is room for cheese and biscuits.

So think it goes...
Fruit cocktail
Soup
Fish
Main
Dessert
Cheese and biscuits
Coffee

Cheese and biscuits is the very finest pudding. I choose my dinner dates based on their feelings towards cheese. I don't want the buggers eating their Death By Chocolate and then sticking their grubby mitts into my Stilton.

Men who don't like cheese rock

If I was looking forward to pudding and someone gave me cheese I would not be impressed.

Before/after pudding is fine. NOT instead of.

[quote stovetopespresso]@Nottobesoldseparately I guess I could make an exception for that[/quote]
It's the way we've always done it growing up.

Mum and dad even allowed us a small taste of the liquors as children. The grandchildren know this way too and are most put out when there is no cheese course