5/01/2011

Cheese under threat!

The famous and some say , the first , cheese of note "Cheshire" is struggling!
How can this be? The delightful creamy taste with the carachteristic "Tang" is a delight to the palate and for toasting it has no peer!
Cheddar is the cheese of the masses , with its bland taste and often rubbery consistency it offers no challenges to either the palate or the skill of the cook . It is frequently produced abroad and in such bulk as to challenge the logistics of transport and storage!
To buy locally produced cheeses is the way forward as you get a great artisan produced cheese . Here in the republic of Liverpool we have access to all the best hand made cheese Cheshire across the Mersey , Lancashire just up the East Lancs road and into Yorkshire you can get wonderful Swaledale and The now world famous Wensleydale thanks To Wallace , Grommet , or both to name but a few. Try Cotherstone or some of the Yorkshire blues and support the indigenous cheeses.
Above all Dont let Cheshire cheese die. The Romans thrived on it and took it with them as they marched the roads of the Northernmost reaches of the Roman empire .
PersonallyI wish the cheese producers would stop "Selling out" by mixing (Some say ruining) good cheese by mixing it with every fruit and spice imaginable and then coating it with hundreds and thousands. Just my own view I hasten to add. As long as the basic and pure product is still available I have a choice and will avoid things like "Wensleydale and whortleberry" "Lancashire and banana"

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