Must haves on your festive cheese board?

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I am a massive cheese lover - French, stinking, oozing sorts especially - but after 2 pregnancies am a bit out of the habit.
Really looking forward to a Boxing Day cheese board - but am catering for PIL who prefer mild, hard traditional cheese so am looking for a mix of crowd pleasers..
What do you have?

Sleighbells

I love you! thank you!

Lancashire bomb. The best cheese ever...

manchgego, delice de cremier, Berkswell, doux de montages or ossey irraty (apologies if any of this spelling is dodgy)

zing they changed the cheese guidance during my last pregnancy, all hard cheese is apparently fine, including Stilton. Danish blue is out as it's softer, as are the obvious soft ones like Brie unless it's hot.

a colston bassett stilton
Mrs. Kirkham's Lancashire
A Vacherin
and a manchego.

As long as there is some langres there I will be happy.

Godminster smoked cheddar
Stichelton
A good ripe Brie
And maybe a ewe's milk /goat one too

Not necessarily all of those, maybe some different ones from our local cheese shop, but 4-5 normally works well.

Mine is

Cornish blue
Creamy smoked cheese
Brie
And something random that I will pick up randomly to try.

Sorry have not read all the thread but most of the supermarkets now do pasteurised Brie so no need to get withdrawals. Just check the labels

Only british cheese for us. We have great cheese here, why do we need to support foreign non-local producers that have more miles to come?
We order from Neals Yard every year, usually:
Montgomery cheddar
Tunworth
Colston Bassett stilton

oooh, I so shouldn't have clicked!! Mouth watering cheese suggestions....will be having a wander to the market and supermarket for some extras this week

Thanks all - so many suggestions I am drooling at the prospect! Lots of old favourites and some I have never heard of - so a bit of research needed. Am now wondering how many different cheeses are justifiable.
Yes to those pregnant - there are far more options than you first think - the only thing was I found I slept terribly after cheese when pregnant.

If you can find it, our village deli does a lovely cheddar with orange and champagne. It really is to die for, and highly recommended.

Lanark blue.
Dolcelatte
Cornish yarg
Roule
Camembert

Figs, grapes, homemade jams and chutneys.

Heaven

Thank you all. I will wander over to waitrose cheese counter during my lunch break to stock up. My dh does not like cheese at all. -Heathen-

My faves are
Brie
Wenslydale
Lancashire
Good strong cheddar
Camembert

After extensive research

Stichelton
Waterloo
Lincolnshire Poacher
Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire
Yarg

Our cheese is arriving on Friday
We have
Cave Aged Wookey Hole Cheddar
Perl Las Blue
Selles sur Cher
Reblochon
Brie de Meaux
Cropwell Bishop Stilton
Yorkshire Blue
Harrogate Blue
Shropshire Blue
& a bit of Lake District cheddar for the fussy kids.

mexicano
smoked applewood
garlic and herb soft cheese
Wensleydale with apricot
some chilli jam and grapes

Errr Celtic Promise or Saval. Rind washed, quite stinky cheeses from West Wales. I loves it. And Y Fenni, and a crunchy cheddar, and Stilton, and Caerphilly....

This is what will be on mine

Some nice creamy Brie
Binham Blue
Black Bomber
Wensleydale
Cornish Yarg
Y Fenni
Sage Derby
Red Windsor

Ooh I love Wookey hole cheese.

Gorwydd Cerphilly
Vacherin

Wookey hole - sounds like Chewbacca's anus!

Mmmm, wookey hole cheddar sounds nice. Looks like sainsburys sell it, will have to go and get some.

Celtic promise
Shortlist so far - focus on crowd pleasers but all ones I like too -

Cornish Yarg
Jarlsberg
Goats cheese - ash rind - tbc
colston Bassett Stilton
Brie de meaux
dolcelatte

Am still adding to this list though!