Cheeses of the world, the best???

[Dead Cat Bounce]

I've half a wheel of Manchego sitting in the fridge at the moment so it's got to be Spanish.

San Simon is rather tasty as well.

 

[Firky]

What cheese has America ever made? That is a shit poll firky

Exactly

 

[Firky]

Everyond should try Dunlop cheese - it is divine

 

[Firky]

Is it too late to add the French to the poll?

Left out french because of perplexis

 

[Chz]

Didn't vote, as there's no France.

That said, I like all sorts of cheeses and Britain does make some of the best. I would just vote France because there's nothing on Earth quite like Epoisses.

 

[Cid]

Other than the 'you thick fuck you forgot France. Twat.' Option I'd go Italy, England, Greece, Spain (not tried much spanish cheese mind you). Was America the comedy option?

 

[Stig]

French, Welsh and English, mainly. And lots of other places.

 

[jugularvein]

swiss - gruyere

haloumi secondg

 

[seeformiles]

Much as though I'm a slave to a runny French camembert - the UK produces a greater variety of cheese than any other country. AS well as our home-grown specialities (stilton, cheddar, etc.) we also do other countries' cheeses (check out our excellent Wiltshire Parmesan, Somerset Brie, Yorkshire Feta, etc.). The fact that we do it well means we're definitely the best cheese all rounders (although we also do squares, pyramids, etc.)

 

[Badgers]

End of thread

 

[Structaural]

Rubbish poll *abstains*

 

[Poi E]

the UK produces a greater variety of cheese than any other country.

Are you sure? France produces about 400 varieties. Can the UK really match that? I'll admit that the UK is doing some good work with foreign varieties but I think it might be stretching it a little to say that it produces the greatest variety. That said, I've yet to see a French cheddar.

 

[JTG]

Are you sure? France produces about 400 varieties. Can the UK really match that? I'll admit that the UK is doing some good work with foreign varieties but I think it might be stretching it a little to say that it produces the greatest variety. That said, I've yet to see a French cheddar.

according to the British Cheese Board, Britain has around 700 distinct local varieties of cheese. So yes.

 

[Poi E]

according to the British Cheese Board, Britain has around 700 distinct local varieties of cheese. So yes.

I stand corrected. So why is there a greater variety of French cheeses available generally than English cheeses (speciality cheese shops aside)? C'mon, Britain!

Edit: found a dairy journal that claimed the UK had 400 and France 500. Seems like a bone of contention! I guess it depends on what constitutes a "variety". Could be the same style made in different places with different milk, I suppose.

 

[boing!]

Very hard to call, I love cheese in all its forms, but from all the cheeses I've personally eat, my favorite have been Italian.

 

[quimcunx]

how about what makes the best cheese. cow, sheep, goat, kitten?

I like variety, I couldn't possibly choose the cheeses of one country. Hard cheese, soft cheese, blue cheese, cheese with apricots and shit in,n TUC cheese sandwiches 'sall lovely.

M&S do a lovely goats cheese which I have replaced feta with in the one dish were I use feta. It's lighter, and M&S don't seem to sell feta..

 

[chymaera]

I stand corrected. So why is there a greater variety of French cheeses available generally than English cheeses (speciality cheese shops aside)? C'mon, Britain!

Availability and cost, many British cheeses are cottage industry low volume production high price products.
French cheese production is mainly industrial sized. There are far fewer varieties of French cheese than the were only a few decades ago.

 

[Spion]

why is there a greater variety of French cheeses available generally than English cheeses (speciality cheese shops aside)? C'mon, Britain!

I wouldn't have said there was these days

 

[Poi E]

I wouldn't have said there was these days

Jus thinking down my local Sainsbury's. They sell about 6 types of British cheeses and almost a dozen types of French. They seem to rotate the French varieties a lot more whereas with Brit cheeses it seems to simply be the same types of cheese from different farms and areas.

 

[Firky]

Should I do a proper cheese poll?

 

[seeformiles]

No-one's mentioned human cheese yet.............

 

[Structaural]

The English make the most cheese, the Greeks eat the most cheese, France must be well peeved.

 

[Pie 1]

Your poll includes America & Spain, but not Switzerland or France?

Pillock!

 

[crustychick]

Brie.

What a poor poll.... truly awful... do you know anything about cheese?

 

[nino_savatte]

The Americans make shite cheese. Monterey Jack? Friggin' disgusting.

Has anyone ever had Gjeltost? It's a Norwegian Chocolate Cheese that only seems to be available in the North East.

 

[EastEnder]

The English make proper cheese - strong, solid, none of that runny foreign muck.

If you can't stick chunks of it on a cocktail stick without it oozing down your fingers, it ain't real cheese.

 

[lynne8]

It's got to be the English. With an honourable mention to Italy.