King of the cheese poll!

[Ms T]

Epoisse. Stinks like hell & I love it. Hard to find, though.

It does indeed smell like a dead rat but tastes divine. I had some last Xmas and thought something had died in my kitchen -- and it was in the fridge in its wooden box!

You can get it at the French cheese stall in Borough Market, and I believe Mrs M buys it from Tesco online. I reckon McFarlane's on Abbeville Road and Moens in Clapham probably stock it as well.

I am also a big fan of comte (comt-ay).

 

[Epico]

Mmmmm.....

I love cheese.

But it makes you fat.

 

[chooch]

Something rotten and blue is best- something that smells of farmyard and tanning effluent. Everything else has its place.

 

[hattie]

cheese is for the fridge



except feta

 

[rich!]

I had a bad cheese incident.

One Xmas, we went to my aunt and uncle's. They pride themselves on doing things properly, and so had a wheel of stilton of awesome magnitude - the full wheel, about 10" high or so. After dinner one night, the menfolk sat over port and French beer and worked our way down the stilton.

A *lot* of it was eaten. An argument ensued that resulted in some fleshwounds with a stanley knife - nothing life-threatening. A dreadlock was found on the piano the next day. At some point, we switched on my father's advice to drinking beer+pernod.

When I eventually crawled to bed, I proceeded to have monstrous stilton hallucinations for the next 6 hours. By dawn, I was praying for death to get me away from this. Then the hangover started....

That Xmas is no longer mentioned in our family....

 

[Ms T]

A *lot* of it was eaten. An argument ensued that resulted in some fleshwounds with a stanley knife - nothing life-threatening. A dreadlock was found on the piano the next day. At some point, we switched on my father's advice to drinking beer+pernod.

When I eventually crawled to bed, I proceeded to have monstrous stilton hallucinations for the next 6 hours. By dawn, I was praying for death to get me away from this. Then the hangover started....

That Xmas is no longer mentioned in our family....

 

[brixtonvilla]

Thanks for all the Epoisse hints... really gonna piss my neighbours off now!

 

[tobyjug]

At some point, we switched on my father's advice to drinking beer+pernod.
....

That mixture would be far more likely to cause hallucinations. Pastis can be an absolute bastard if not watered to the correct dilution.(It should never ever be drunk neat, try to drink it neat in the bar I use regularly in Brittany and you will get kicked out on your arse)

 

[Derian]

I'm a bit of a pussy and can't handle strong stinky blue cheese. Not keen on hard or crumbly ones either - except when they're melted But brie, camembert, chaumes, port salut etc etc, yum Oh, and toasted goats cheese on leaves. Yes, and cheese and onion in a crusty roll. Freshly grated parmigiano or pecorino Maybe I do like cheese

 

[ScallyWag II]

My favourite cheeses in no particular order are strong cheddar, buffalo mozzarela (when i can get it), caerphilly, wenselydale, dairylea/laughing cow, emmemtal, cheshire, not too ripe brie... to eat raw, and OH MY GOD that smoked cheese with the brown plastic stuff around it...

Goats cheese makes me hurl don't know why

I like mild blue cheese when cooked but can't handle the stronger ones like stilton even cooked

 

[ScallyWag II]

I have a tale to tell about paremesan though..I do like it grated on my pasta but just not how it was served up once in Italy!

A group of us were cycling down the east coast of Sardinia, on reaching our intended stopping spot we found the campsite had closed down. We found a guest house that would take us in. This was well after normal tourist hours so we were lucky to get a room, never mind a meal. But what a meal it was! After finding (to her horror) that 3 out of 4 of us were veggie, the landlady produced a huge dish of delicious pasta and pomedoro. nice!

BUT then came the afters.. a huge chunk of parmesan for 3 of us complete with rind. I'd grown up with that vomit smelling shite stuff you get prepackaged, which I couldn't stand, and was only just accepting that the real stuff was good, BUT in small quantities, so this huge chunk went in my pocket. Only for it to be pointed out that the rind was inedible...so out came the cheese, rind cut off in this tiny dining room and back in the pocket. Meanwhile she had given us her homemade wine, and even to this day 8/9 years on words fail me as to how awful it was, so we dumped it out the window.

Next day, we were on our way..not quite though..the red wine had sloshed all over the whitewashed wall

 

[guinnessdrinker]

at some point, we switched on my father's advice to drinking beer+pernod.

has your father been sent down, yet? for child abuse, like.

 

[cyberfairy]

It is my sad duty to inform people that a serious infringement of the King Of Cheese poll has taken place and another blatantly inferior poll has been masquerading under the good name of this thread. Whilst my lawyers are looking into this matter, I urge you not to go near the other poll or further measures will have to be taken.
Thankyou for your co-operation in this matter.
I am eating very strong stilton with wotsits....mmmm like some brightly hued fantastical ploughmans....

 

[guinnessdrinker]

It is my sad duty to inform people that a serious infringement of the King Of Cheese poll has taken place and another blatantly inferior poll has been masquerading under the good name of this thread. Whilst my lawyers are looking into this matter, I urge you not to go near the other poll or further measures will have to be taken.
Thankyou for your co-operation in this matter.

is this a blatant attempt to silence alternatives to the current cheesy establishment ?

fuck the lawyers! freedom of expression! viva cornish yarg!

 

[cyberfairy]

is this a blatant attempt to silence alternatives to the current cheesy establishment ?

fuck the lawyers! freedom of expression! viva cornish yarg!

I'm afraid you cannot say 'cornish yarg' at the moment due to long term legal ramifacations regarding the current situation.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

I'm afraid you cannot say 'cornish yarg' at the moment due to long term legal ramifacations regarding the current situation.

Cornish yarg

 

[cyberfairy]

Cornish yarg

my solicitor will be in touch shortly. we're gonna sue the ass of you and you won't be able to afford to even look at a piece of c***ish y*** ever again. it's a shame it had to come to this, you just had to take it that little bit too far didn't you?

 

[guinnessdrinker]

my solicitor will be in touch shortly. we're gonna sue the ass of you and you won't be able to afford to even look at a piece of c***ish y*** ever again. it's a shame it had to come to this, you just had to take it that little bit too far didn't you?

cheese revolutionaries will hang your lawyers from a lamp post. cheese for the people, by the people!

 

[cyberfairy]

cheese revolutionaries will hang your lawyers from a lamp post. cheese for the people, by the people!

cheese is a byproduct of a capitalist society and when you've hung the lawyers, who will errr, sue people and write threatening letters to disrespectful neighbours regarding too high leylaandi bushes? The country will be swamped by leylaandi as people won't feel threatened by the possibility of legal action against them as the lawyers are hung, there will be no fields left for cows to graze in and thus NO CHEESE. Ive seen it happen before.....You anarchists just don't understand how a democracy really works....

 

[guinnessdrinker]

cheese is a byproduct of a capitalist society[/quote]

free cheese from the state oppression! let the people make cheese!

when you've hung the lawyers, who will errr, sue people and write threatening letters to disrespectful neighbours regarding too high leylaandi bushes?

no need to write, use chainsaws.

when the the lawyers are hung, there will be no fields left for cows to graze in and thus NO CHEESE.

their bodies wil rot in the earth, providing humus for grass to grow and be eaten by anarchist cheesemaking cows.

 

[cyberfairy]

cheese is a byproduct of a capitalist society[/quote]

free cheese from the state oppression! let the people make cheese!

no need to write, use chainsaws.



their bodies wil rot in the earth, providing humus for grass to grow and be eaten by anarchist cheesemaking cows.

if mad cow disease was caused by cows eating a bit of chicken, god knows what sort of fearful disease will topple humanity as a result of cows eating lawyers...you just didn't think this one through did you? *shakes head sadly*

 

[scalyboy]

AN AGED GOUDA - orangey and hard at the edges like 'Old Amsterdam' - mmmm

GRANA PADANO - beats Parmesan in my book, more flavour - fruity

And let's not forget the best of British - A VINTAGE CHEDDAR
eg. Montgomery's - oh yes

PS DUBLINER is pretty fine too

 

[oneflewover]

All cheese, except anything processed, coloured or comes in plastic.

just had some lovely wensleydale with cranberries.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Roquefort

 

[guinnessdrinker]

cheese is a byproduct of a capitalist society[/quote]

free cheese from the state oppression! let the people make cheese!
if mad cow disease was caused by cows eating a bit of chicken, god knows what sort of fearful disease will topple humanity as a result of cows eating lawyers...you just didn't think this one through did you? *shakes head sadly*

a good reason to eliminate disease carrying lawyers from the face of the Earth, so that people can enjoy healthy cheese!