baked camembert- ok to eat?

[catnip85]

If I bake a supermarket camembert or brie and make sure the middle is bubbling hot is it ok for me to eat? I know I'm clutching at straws here but Im really REALLY craving stinky cheese!

Yes. Tesco also sell pasteurised camembert I believe.

Yip- cooked stinky cheese is absolutely fine, so say the good people at the nhs.

I might have to take a detour past a supermarket on the way home now the ideas been put in my head!

Yup. I ate half of one the other day. It was meant to be shared between a few more people

Just get a pasteurised one and you're fine

You have no idea how happy that has made me thank you ladies!

So long as it's fully heated up/cooked then it's fine according to the NHS website. I am also happy about this! XD

It has nothing to do with it being pasteurised. Pasteurised uncooked soft cheese is NOT safe when pregnant. All cooked cheese is ok though.

The cheese rules when pregnant:

• cooked cheese : all ok
• hard pasteurised cheese : ok
• hard unpasteurised cheese : not ok
• soft cheese : not ok unless cooked

With the Christmas season just a couple of months away, that is a very important question :-)

You know, I ate all kinds of cheese during my last pregnancy and will continue to do so in this one. I know the risks and I choose to take them - good cheese is just too fine to do without :-)

I ate rare meat and soft-boiled eggs and various other "banned" foods when I was pregnant but I did take the risk of listeriosis seriously. It's a choice for everyone of course, but OP make sure you understand the risks.

Now I really want a baked Camembert, with a balsamic glaze too... Damnit! Will have to go shopping :o

Don't forget blue cheese makes a delicious steak sauce. It was my only craving with dd.

OK, I inadvertently ate some Stilton at the weekend (it was mixed up with mayonnaise and used as filling in a jacket potato skin), and I'm 7 weeks pregnant. Now I'm fretting. Could someone please give me a slap?!

stilton's OK, actually- it counts as a hard cheese in the eyes of officialdom...

and there are quite a few soft cheeses that are fine- generally its the ones with the rinds on that you need to be careful of- The NHS website's got a pretty comprehensive listing www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/are-hard-cheeses-safe-to-eat-during-pregnancy.aspx?CategoryID=54&SubCategoryID=216#close

Yep -with some good crusty bread and a bit of cranberry sauce!

Unfortunately I can't eat it as it brings on my heartburn! I'm living on melon and toast!

Thank you for pandering to my paranoia bangles! I read up on listeriosis symptoms - fever and chills- and was thinking- "But my God! I'm getting chills!" I've been getting them since my BFP-way before I ate the stilton. FFS. I'm normally sane, honestly

....although I can't help wondering: Danish Blue and Roquefort no, Stilton yes? Really?? Is this cheese racism rearing its ugly head in the NHS?

Ha ha! Some of these comments made me chuckle- cheese racism!?

Mmm balsamic glaze, now we're talking!

Very useful website, thank you bangles

And don't forget to stick the cheese with cloves before you cook it! Deliciousness.

Unfortunately my "Stilton" was actually a locally made soft cheese, so did need cooking. Hadn't realised real Stilton was ok!

Stubborn, the odds are all with you. I ate Brie in the early days before I knew, and all is well. It's about minimising a minimal risk.

Oooh I've never put cloves in before! Thanks for the idea.

They make it even more delicious. Just don't accidentally eat one!

Garlic cloves and a little rosemary work well too...

Im 38+5 and have a Camembert in for Saturday as DH is on a night out. Had Feta (uncooked) today which is probably not allowed but frankly Im ready for this little one to arrive.

I've decided that all cheese is fine. Otherwise there wouldn't be any French people alive today. I know that this is at odds with the NHS advice, but if you look at the last few listeria outbreaks, you'll see that they weren't caused by cheese... the last big one in the US was caused by CARROTS. and they are not on any of the forbidden lists!

As far as I am concerned, I am going to be super careful about where I buy my food and how I treat it, but will eat the same things I always do. So there. Maybe I'm a rebel!