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Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)
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Apr 18, 2013 03:27AM
A nice partner to the nipple cheese.
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Yes, I fear the bottom may fall out of that particular market.
Artisan is a word the French use quite a bit for anything made by a craftsman but I see it in a totally different light now, thanks to you lot ;o)
We had an artisan cheese-makers market in town last w/e. You could wander round and taste about 100 different cheeses, and buy of course. I had my family from Australia staying so we bought loads, and devoured them over the w/e – the best being a caramelised onion cheddar. That went in about fifteen minutes over Saturday lunch. Don't think they, the cheese-makers, are coming back for another year.
We have a visit from this http://www.cheesee-peasee.com/ every week, which parks outside the wine shop. Manned by a Frenchman with an outrrrageous French accent, I do buy from him occasionally although I prefer (usually) to buy Brit. Plus I usually get three teeny weeny pieces of cheese with not much change from £20. Nice for a treat tho!Even if it does make me think of the Fast Show...
Yes 'mousetrap' isn't cheap anymore. I worked for a food wholesaler in the 60's and good British cheese was anything from 2/6d. to 4 shillings a pound. We went in an Italian deli, Il Gusti.(or in husbands case Gutsi) he bought about 40 euros worth of goodies mostly cheese and it all packed in a small carrier bag.
By coincidence the Hairy Bikers have just been showing us how Stinking Bishop is made. It looks so harmless on the telly - but we were warned that it's the world's smelliest cheese.
I shall have to try it. I love strong cheese even goat cheese. My grandad used to bring a very smelly cheese with him every Christmas and ma refused to have it in the house. She made him keep it outside on the window sill between two plates.
I'm starting to get twitchy. We're down to a quarter of a slab left. I've never run out of cheese before. I've usually got a few packs in reserve, but I forgot to pick some up as we went to a different supermarket last weekend and I missed the aisle.
The thing about Stinking Bishop is that it doesn't smell of strong, even smelly-sock type cheese, it's more of a dirty nappy soaked in ammonia smell. If you can get it passed your nose it's suprisingly mild.
As shown on telly it's made in premises that also make pear cider. Some of the pear liquid is rubbed into the cheese and this encourages the growth of smelly bacteria. The cheese is soft and not strong-tasting - it just stinks.
Why, I can only wonder. If it doesn't add to the flavour...
