Cheese and royal gossip 2 , cheese harder

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A second thread!

Avocado mashed with some feta is nice on toast.

Did you catch Tudor Xmas feast on bcc a couple of years ago? It was fun watching them put together all the trimmings

Go for it 😁

I like in the ship's manifest there is a list of the food he took, including "a quantity of ale and wine".
I'm thinking converting the unbelievers wasn't his main aim.

I loved that programme! So interesting.

He wasn't slumming it, that was for sure.

No just cheese and shrooms. I usually cook the shrooms in a little oil, put a
slice of Emmental on some buttered toast, and a slice on top of the shrooms inthe pan to melt, then lob those on top of the cheeses and toast. I cheat shamelessly and use pre sliced Emmental 🤪

Well, that pongcheese website is incredible - thank you for sharing!

For those in the U.K., Aldi is selling Long Clawson mature Stilton which is divine (it’s the cheese that I received as a gift over Christmas and which makes perfectly delectable soup) so I thoroughly recommend it. Stilton, pear and rocket salad is on the menu tonight 😋

An old story, but the best. If your house was burning down, would you save your cheese?

https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/samuel-pepys-diary-fire-london-cheese-facts/#

You see, Samuel Pepys had it right. Apart from when he tried to put both legs in one pant leg.

That’s a story I did not know @Maireas .

My favourite cheese story

Thanks to this thread, I'm going to ask my brother for some Fen Farm Baron Bigod brie for Easter instead of an egg. He'll then probably want some too as he loves it but too bad bro, you're getting a simnel cake.

For anyone who hasn't tried it, highly, highly recommend.

Oooh what a good idea

It's my favourite.

Why did he do that, @Maireas 🤔

Too much ale 🍺

He was probably trying to get his recommended 2 litres per day as they used ale instead of water in those days.

I think so, RR! You'd rather have that than the water.

The real origin of Big Block of Cheese Day.

Before JG started this fine thread series, we were having a spirited conversation about the availability of cheese in America. I mentioned my grandmother because she always had a drawer full of wonderful cheese. This was my evidence that it’s always been possible to find good cheese in US.

What I forgot to mention is that she also usually gave one person a massive block of cheese every year for Christmas. Grandmother could indeed be more than a bit passive aggressive, so mom was convinced that “The rat gets the cheese.” But I never believed she’d would weaponize something so sacred as cheese.

I was also always a bit sad that I wasn’t chosen.

❤️ @AliceOlive

So will Charles get his own Ken doll?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/12/queen-camilla-suffragette-stones-barbie-doll

Yes. It’s ironic that the reason ale was safe was because they used boiled water to make it. So the answer to making water safe was to boil it. But they didn’t know that. Or did they and they just preferred being permanently pissed instead 😂

Love it

I'm glad that the women of Ireland didn't have to resort to window smashing on Friday and were able to vote on constitutional matters!