Cheese experts here please

[Onket]

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[Madusa]

I've had trouble flying with cheese!
Given that it is technically a gel, they can take it off you if it's in your hand luggage.
Always been fine with hard cheeses (Manchego would be alright) but softer creamier cheeses (e.g. Brie) can be a serious issue.
A friend of mine had a Reblochon confiscated that she was bringing me from France.
It's a real pain.

Yeah i will only be bringing hard cheeses and it will go in my bag in the hold. Hopefully, it'll be ok.

Onket, go to Tesco.

 

[Orang Utan]

Casu Marzu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu

 

[perplexis]

Casu Marzu is Sardinian isn't it?
If you want to bring back scary spanish cheese then get some Cabrales, it's a very strong blue cheese. Which is delicious.

 

[Madusa]

'scary spanish cheese'

 

[DotCommunist]

spanish cheese in adolucia, oh my gooood spanish cheese

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

Manchego

I've half a wheel of it sitting in my fridge at the moment.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Dont they have cheese in Japan?

They do but not much, not like here. Mostly it's the processed stuff from OZ. You won't find Cheddar in most supermarkets. I went to a pretty fancy restaurant once and my caesar salad had processed cheese on it.

I like the gootastic cheesey bread products they do though. Things are changing slowly though, there is deffo more cheese there now than when I first went, there is even a cheese shop in Tokyo but I haven't seen it.

 

[rewritable]

Not cheese knowledge but on the ham front I recently saw a cookery program where a guy was buying air dried ham in a market in Barcelona and reckoned the shoulder ham was just as nice as the leg ham but was loads cheaper.

 

[lang rabbie]

The previous thread that I ran on a similar question didn't exactly get a rush of suggestions.

In previous years, my impression has been is the foodhall of El Cortes Ingles can have good value deals on the less common Spanish cheeses at this time of year.

 

[Gromit]

All cheese sold in Britain has to be pasteurized.

The same doesn't apply to abroad. So once upon a time you weren't allowed to bring unpasteurized cheese into the UK. Not sure if thats changed and how you are supposed to prove whether the cheese you are bringing in is unpasteurized or not.

Anyway to answer Madusa's query... can't you just ask to taste a load of cheeses in the supermarket till you find ones that are nice. Its what i do in Tesco.

 

[Ms T]

All cheese sold in Britain has to be pasteurized.

The same doesn't apply to abroad. So once upon a time you weren't allowed to bring unpasteurized cheese into the UK. Not sure if thats changed and how you are supposed to prove whether the cheese you are bringing in is unpasteurized or not.

Anyway to answer Madusa's query... can't you just ask to taste a load of cheeses in the supermarket till you find ones that are nice. Its what i do in Tesco.

No it doesn't. You can buy lots of unpasteurised cheeses here. It's in America that you might have problems.

 

[seeformiles]

There's a really nice one I had in Spain that came sealed in plastic with a layer of olive oil surrounding it - once you wash off the olive oil it's like a really nice mature hard cheese. Buggered if I can remember the name though.

 

[rutabowa]

Bring back some "morro":
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=267258&highlight=beef+cheeks

 

[ChrisFilter]

No it doesn't. You can buy lots of unpasteurised cheeses here. It's in America that you might have problems.

Yeah, a big 'uh-urgh' for Marius there

 

[ChrisFilter]

I've never been a huge fan of Spanish cheeses, but I do like the obvious manchego and Murcia al vino.

 

[eoin_k]

Murcia Al Vino - Goats cheese which is flavoured with red wine.

 

[gaijingirl]

No idea if this is bring-across-bordersable but you could bring some membrillo too (to go with the gorgeous Manchego - and by the way can I be your friend please?)

 

[Madusa]

Cheers for the rest of the suggestions peeps. Actually went to the food market today to make my purchases but it was closed.

 

[Gromit]

Yeah, a big 'uh-urgh' for Marius there

The law must have changed then.

 

[tarannau]

No it hasn't. You were just wrong.

Has there ever been a time in recent memory, for example, when unpasteurised French cheeses weren't widely available.

 

[Gromit]

No it hasn't. You were just wrong.

Has there ever been a time in recent memory, for example, when unpasteurised French cheeses weren't widely available.

Well i even recall an episode of Pie in the Sky where they made reference to it. Where a guy was afraid he was going to get nicked by chef / cop for having unpasteurised cheese but instead the copper wanted a load for his restaurant because he hated the fact it was banned and didn't care that it was illegal cause pasteurised cheese is shite.

Not that i'm saying i knew it was the law cause of a TV programme. I already knew it somehow and was amused when the TV made reference to it.

 

[tarannau]

It's not true though, Pie in the Sky reference notwithstanding*. We've been part of the EU for blinking years now - you think the French are going to let us boycott one of their most esteemed exports?

*Despite his size, he wasn't a real chef either

 

[Gromit]

It's not true though, Pie in the Sky reference notwithstanding*. We've been part of the EU for blinking years now - you think the French are going to let us boycott one of their most esteemed exports?

*Despite his size, he wasn't a real chef either

Why not? They boycotted enough of our produce over the years.

 

[Madusa]

lol you two.

 

[Sadken]

Cheese expert hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!