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Your top 5 cheese - in order of preference!

167 replies

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 25/02/2010 16:55

Buffalo Mozzarella
Mature Cheddar
Brie
Feta
Parmesan

Oh bloosy hell...even limiting it to 5 is hard, what about Parmesan, Goats cheese, Manchego, Gruyere....and all the rest....

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CiderIUpAndSetIFree · 26/02/2010 21:58

St Albray
Summat pungent like Munster or Stinking Bishop
Summat squidgy like Pie D'Angloys
Summat squidgy and blue like St Agur or Blacksticks Blue
Halloumi

Is that cheating?

happyland · 26/02/2010 22:15

l'eppoises
vacherin
buffalo mozarella
haloumi
reblouchon

MaryMotherOfCheeses · 26/02/2010 22:16

I daren't admit to having a favourite. It would not be fair.

southeastastra · 26/02/2010 22:17

i'm not a cheese person

SomeGuy · 27/02/2010 00:48

A ripe and ready Camembert (tip: look for the cheese in the shop with the nearest expiry date.)
Roquefort
Brie de meaux (not the bland Brie they sell in supermarkets)

I think a good Brie de meaux is a better cheese than Camembert, but a strong Camembert is easier to find.

That's it really. Other cheeses I will have off a cheeseboard if they're there, but they aren't essential to life like those three.

alypaly · 27/02/2010 01:06

blacksticks blue

really runny brie de meaux

roquefort

applewood smoked cheese

melted camembert

dolcelatte picante

yummy
just off to raid fridge

BooHooMonkey · 27/02/2010 01:11

what's the one that has chunks of pickled onion in it, thats lush.

alypaly · 27/02/2010 01:12

is it a cheddar with pickles.

alypaly · 27/02/2010 01:15

i love the xmas cake cheddar with a ploughmans...its gorgeous.

BooHooMonkey · 27/02/2010 01:19

Alypaly, I think it's a cheddar or double gloucester, it has chives and chunks of pickled onion in it.

alypaly · 27/02/2010 01:24

yum

alypaly · 27/02/2010 01:25

found some fantastic cheese biscuits....nairns stem ginger crackers and there are also another 2 flavours which are equally as nice

JulesJules · 27/02/2010 08:36

Roquefort
Mimolette
Really strong cheddar
Lord of the Hundreds
Stilton
Pie d'angloys
Ossau Iraty

I can't put them in order of preference, and I can't get it down to 5, sorry.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 27/02/2010 08:46

Don't think there is any cheese poncery, the OP asked what peoples favourites cheeses are and the answers have been given.

blametheparents · 27/02/2010 08:56

dairylea
cheese string
laughing cow
and this

DorotheaPlenticlew · 27/02/2010 09:48

Cheese poncery ... whatevs. Some of the ones I like best are a bit unusual, but that is because I worked in a cheese shop back in the student years and got constant posh-cheese access.

I wore a nice white apron but I did find that I was impermeated with the fragrance of ripe cheese at the end of every shift, meaning extra showers and hair-washing. Glamorous it was not.

IsaacsMomma · 27/02/2010 10:02

Brie and Stilton, brie & stilton, brie & stilton ....... just because I haven't been able to have them for 9 months! come on out Isaac, Momma needs CHEESE! .... Mmmmmnnn. grin

hairymelons · 27/02/2010 10:23

Ooh, ooh, mimolette and ossau iraty, yum!
I'd totally forgotten about those.
I'm off to the cheese shop NOW.

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 27/02/2010 11:14

M&S do Brie de meaux it's a little strong for me though

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 27/02/2010 11:15

I am definitely having cheese for lunch!

with some warm ciabatta, pickled onions, roasted artichokes and olives yum

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Bumperlicious · 27/02/2010 11:59

Not something I'd ever really thought about but here goes:

Wensleydale with cranberries
Emmental
Mozzarella
Port Salut
Le Roule (garlicky soft cheesey wheel)

MarineIguana · 27/02/2010 12:05

Goats' cheese
White stilton with apricots
Philadelphia (on a cracker with dribble of sweet chilli sauce, YUM)
Really strong cheddar
Feta

Can't stop...
Mozzarella
Havarti
Baked camembert...

I LOVE cheese... am looking forward to large goats' cheese platter with red wine after this baby comes out.

MarineIguana · 27/02/2010 12:07

However in the rubbish cheese corner I place:

Edam. Yawn
Stinky cheese - yes yes it's hilariously stinky, now get it out of my fridge
Really blue cheese - just can't quite get my head round eating mould
Any kind of low-fat/"health" cheese

stickylittlefingers · 27/02/2010 12:14

there used to be a great cheddar cheese stall in Barnstaple's pannier market - mature, extra mature and "this one bites back". It did too! Had an extraordinary effect on the tastebuds, and then if you bit into an apple after - bliss.

Swallowing hard now so as not to dribble on the keyboard!

thumbwitch · 27/02/2010 12:17

I positively refuse to list these in order - I wouldn't want to be without any of them but different days mean I crave different cheeses. Still, top 5 (equal) are:

Buffalo mozzarella (the real deal from Italy, not crap pizza cheese)
Boursin (garlic and herbs only, not the pepper one)
Port Salut
Brie
Red Leicester

Running not too far behind are Pecorino (sheep milk version), Grana Padano, Halloumi, Dolcelatte, soft sheep cheese from the specialist cheese shop near where I live in Australia, and pretty much every other type of cheese that isn't completely plastic and processed. Don't get me started on what passes for mozzarella in Aussie supermarkets - blech!