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Cheap cheese
Two points here
1) We usually buy bog standard orange Cheddar. Don't know why. Mam used to buy it and so we just carried on buying similar stuff. Anyway, my dad recently picked up bog standard Red Leicester by mistake. No probs, can't be that different. Exactly the same! I seriously cound't tell the difference in taste. The only difference seems to be that the Red Leicester is a darker colour. Can you taste the difference with supermarket standard cheese or is it just my taste buds? 2) I was making Italian and was looking for a cheap block of Parmesan. Picked up the wrong cheese but I really like it. Grana padano - It's softer and more tangy than Parmesan.... and cheaper
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Cheap cheese is OK for cooking but you wouldn't want to eat it. I say this as a proud devotee of almost all economy brand items. Cheese is the exception. It is worth paying extra for cheese that actually tastes of cheese. It is better to look out for a quality cheese on special offer than to buy the cheap stuff.
Much of what is sold as Cheddar isn't really Cheddar at all. It is just generic mild cheese with a high fat content and no flavour. It wouldn't surprise me if they dye the same stuff red and call it Red Leicester. Real Cheddar is hard and does not feel rubbery when you press the packet. Real Cheddar is strong and crumbly. "Mild Cheddar" is nonsense. If I want a mild cheese I will buy a cheese that is meant to be mild (like Edam), not a half-arsed version of a strong one. |
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Apparently cheap cheese is often bulked out with a cheese susbtitute... it was on that programme "Britain's most disgusting food".
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Im quite picky with cheese. I tend to buy cheddar as hubby likes it - but i buy good cheddar. I like to be able to taste it, and for it not to taste rubbery.
My dad has been round our house lately doing some work, and my mum keeps shipping him over with some cheese (and cake). But the cheese is horrid. Its tasteless and cheap .... and it isnt a brand i recognise. I refuse to eat it. I feel bad as i dont have money to waste, but i would rather go without. |
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Mild cheddar, it's the future.
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Apparently cheap cheese is often bulked out with a cheese susbtitute... it was on that programme "Britain's most disgusting food".
Did you see those 'bangers' aswell, only 5% meat which is why they had to call 'em bangers and not sausages!
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Grana Padano, Pecorino Romano and Parmesan are all fairly similar and interchangeable
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Cheap cheese is OK for cooking but you wouldn't want to eat it. I say this as a proud devotee of almost all economy brand items. Cheese is the exception. It is worth paying extra for cheese that actually tastes of cheese. It is better to look out for a quality cheese on special offer than to buy the cheap stuff.
. I've been trying out the Tesco 'Value' and sainsbury 'Basic' ranges to save some money and generally pleased with them, except for the cheese........I ended up throwing it away, it was vile. Especially in Sainbury they seem to their 'regional cheeses' on special offer every few months.........worth stocking up because it lasts for ages until you open it. I like the white crumblies........Cheshire, Lancashire, Wensleydale.........buy a few packs of them and give the 'Basic' Cheddar a miss ! |
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MY taste buds are messed up from heavy smoking, but I can tell the difference between cheap red leicester and that cheap orange cheddar.
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I'm a cheesaholic too and I just find the concept of "Value mild cheddar" to be one of the most ghastly concepts in food.
There are few things more depressing than the cheese isle in British supermarkets where 90% of the items are varieties of cheddar (though to be fair, things are getting better over recent years). Compare to stores in France or Spain where there are endless varieties you have never heard of. The problem is that good cheese is expensive so I have to be really careful on how much I buy. |
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Too be honest the only time when I wold eat cheese by its self would be at Christmas when the cocktail sticks come out ![]() Quote:
Apparently cheap cheese is often bulked out with a cheese susbtitute... it was on that programme "Britain's most disgusting food".
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MY taste buds are messed up from heavy smoking, but I can tell the difference between cheap red leicester and that cheap orange cheddar.
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Mild cheddar, it's the future.
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Two points here
1) We usually buy bog standard orange Cheddar. Don't know why. Mam used to buy it and so we just carried on buying similar stuff. Anyway, my dad recently picked up bog standard Red Leicester by mistake. No probs, can't be that different. Exactly the same! I seriously cound't tell the difference in taste. The only difference seems to be that the Red Leicester is a darker colour. Can you taste the difference with supermarket standard cheese or is it just my taste buds? 2) I was making Italian and was looking for a cheap block of Parmesan. Picked up the wrong cheese but I really like it. Grana padano - It's softer and more tangy than Parmesan.... and cheaper ![]() You should have at least notice some difference, surprised you didn't - even with the 'value' cheeses which are often the same product as the not so 'value' range. |
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Iceland mature cheddar and extra mature cheddar is pretty good.
I do like many other cheeses, but they have to have strong flavours, none of this mild rubbish. The vast majority of cheese on sale is actual cheese and not pumped full of substitute - there are one or two - but even the basic value ranges are all cheese. It's catering you'll find a lot of substitute. |
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You should have at least notice some difference, surprised you didn't - even with the 'value' cheeses which are often the same product as the not so 'value' range.
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I think my taste buds may be shot. I'm not far off Lister from Red Dwarf
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Having a dutch son in law has introduced me to the delights of real cheese
Old Amsterdam and Edam Forget English cheddar |
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Having a dutch son in law has introduced me to the delights of real cheese
Old Amsterdam and Edam Forget English cheddar Good English, Scottish and Irish cheddar is very nice. However I like many other cheeses too, but they do need to have taste and not just tasteless plastic / rubber that is mild cheddar or Edam. |
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i like strong cheddar with a firm nutty texture...tickler is very good but quite expensive in ratio of price to volume.
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Only ever buy strong cheeses.
Went to Cheddar Gorge a couple of years ago and visited the Cheddar Gorge Cheese company shop. Got some some really nice vintage cheddars and pickles. http://www.cheddargorgecheeseco.co.uk/shop.php |
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Mild cheddar is tasteless plastic.
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I know, I was being sarcastic.
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I'm a cheesaholic too and I just find the concept of "Value mild cheddar" to be one of the most ghastly concepts in food.
There are few things more depressing than the cheese isle in British supermarkets where 90% of the items are varieties of cheddar (though to be fair, things are getting better over recent years). Compare to stores in France or Spain where there are endless varieties you have never heard of. The problem is that good cheese is expensive so I have to be really careful on how much I buy. |
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Mild cheddar, it's the future.
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Mild cheddar is tasteless plastic.
THIS is cheese!! Woof!
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Mild cheddar is tasteless plastic.
Even the Tesco value stuff tastes more like cheese than that mush. The cheap cheese has its place -- mostly as filler in a ham and cheese toastie
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I seriously cound't tell the difference in taste. The only difference seems to be that the Red Leicester is a darker colour.

