Ohhh so do we (husband diabetic for years but doesn't do anything to do with internet ) .. and we also prefer our cheeses to have some taste, not bland ..... local farm shop sells local grown meats, cheeses, etc etc and we have tried lots of unusual ones from there .... I am always happy to try some out ....yummy
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Fantastic cheeses and where to find them
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Lakeslover
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Definitely booths for a good selection. Booths have supermarkets around the lakes.
Tebay services on the M6 as you go though the lakes are very good but expensive. There is a good cheese shop in Cartmel, on the south edge of the lakes. Keswick market is worth a look too.
around the 24th September there is usually a taste of cumbria market in Cockermouth with a number of good cheese stalls. Dates haven’t been announced for next year yet.
Tebay services on the M6 as you go though the lakes are very good but expensive. There is a good cheese shop in Cartmel, on the south edge of the lakes. Keswick market is worth a look too.
around the 24th September there is usually a taste of cumbria market in Cockermouth with a number of good cheese stalls. Dates haven’t been announced for next year yet.
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Dancing Badger
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No worries - OH and I both like a decent brie.
(Have to say, though, since the traffic on the Chichester by-pass, especially near John Lewis, has increased so much we rarely visit these days.)
Dancing Badger
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I can highly recommend Isle of Wight cheese and they do supply retailers on the mainland. Their blue is delicious.
www.isleofwightcheese.co.uk
Cheese - The Isle of Wight Cheese Company
Award winning Isle of Wight cheese. Shop and buy Gallybagger, Isle of Wight Soft and Isle of Wight Blue.
www.isleofwightcheese.co.uk
If you are prepared to cross to the East Coast then there is the Hawes Creamery in Wensleydale.
https://www.wensleydale.co.uk/
They also do tours and demonstrations of cheese making.
Just avert your gaze from the rich fruit cake!
https://www.wensleydale.co.uk/
They also do tours and demonstrations of cheese making.
Just avert your gaze from the rich fruit cake!
Sounds great!
But they'll have to do it on the last weekend of september for it to possibly fit in my plans. I have to be in Liverpool on 5 oct, and I don't think I want to be away from home for longer than about 12 days.
No choice but crossing from and to the East Coast, I'll be taking my car, and the ferry to the Netherlands is definitely on that side of your country.
Sounds very nice!
Liverpool cheese company.
Liverpool Cheese Company – Providing cheese across the UK
liverpoolcheesecompany.com
Some Chicken Crackling to go with it? https://fossemeadows.com/product/chicken-skin/
Oh my, are they expensive.Liverpool cheese company.
Liverpool Cheese Company – Providing cheese across the UK
Still want to visit and spend my money though!
Looks like you have to magick the raw chicken skin into crackling yourself?
Still, any tips on how to do this? My neighbour has been asked to move some roosters from another neighbour to freezer camp, so chicken skins may be easily obtained in my near future!
En route between Liverpool and Lake District you could stop at one of these places..Oh my, are they expensive.
Still want to visit and spend my money though!
6 great Lancashire cheese producers
Whether it’s creamy, tasty or crumbly you prefer, these Lancashire cheese producers won’t let you down
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk
Or all of them. They are to blame for my taste for Lancashire cheeses.
A short roadtrip from cheeseshop to cheeseshop sounds just about perfect!En route between Liverpool and Lake District you could stop at one of these places..
6 great Lancashire cheese producers
Whether it’s creamy, tasty or crumbly you prefer, these Lancashire cheese producers won’t let you down
Or all of them. They are to blame for my taste for Lancashire cheeses.
I think I'm going to live on cheese during my holiday and only use my camping stove for coffee, much easier!
(Pic from last year's holiday in the UK, where I was the sole camper at The Fish at Wixford pub and camping.)
Do you mean the cheeses or the advertisements?
You know the advertisements are based on your search history, right?
Haha, I don't know what you're trying to suggest, I have a very innocent mind I'll have you know!
I was talking about the cheese pictures, of course. Dripping ripe ones, hard tangy ones - it's double entendre central around here!
MrsA2
Expert
I thought the last few cheeses I bought from a special were expensive, but the strength and flavour has lasted and we only need small amounts so it has lasted over time. The old quality v quantity saying.
Oh, and I've found an online supplier for my Swiss cheeses, and a neighbour to share the cost of delivery with. Happy days
Oh, and I've found an online supplier for my Swiss cheeses, and a neighbour to share the cost of delivery with. Happy days
Oh my, are they expensive.
Still want to visit and spend my money though!
Looks like you have to magick the raw chicken skin into crackling yourself?
Still, any tips on how to do this? My neighbour has been asked to move some roosters from another neighbour to freezer camp, so chicken skins may be easily obtained in my near future!
It's actually pretty easy. A low oven to get some heat into the skins, then ramp it up and watch like a hawk. It doesn't take long.
In Thailand, pork, fish and chicken skins are all almost as available as potato crisps. Not all are GF though, which is annoying (for me).
I'll talk to my neighbour about chicken skins!
You need a fair amount of skin to make a decent snack though. It doesn't half shrink in the process. Season really well.
At that Farm I posted, you can buy skins in 500gr batches. GG was really looking forward to that, but didn't get around to it.
Another reason to make chicken skin crackling.You need a fair amount of skin to make a decent snack though. It doesn't half shrink in the process. Season really well.
At that Farm I posted, you can buy skins in 500gr batches. GG was really looking forward to that, but didn't get around to it.
But I think I'll have to find my chicken skins on this side of the pond, I don't fancy driving around with half a kilo of raw chicken skins for a week!
I think the other neighbour has a fair amount of roosters so who knows. I'll just have to get over my squeamishness with handling raw meat, especilly chicken...
On the up side, chicken skin comes off really easilyAnother reason to make chicken skin crackling.
But I think I'll have to find my chicken skins on this side of the pond, I don't fancy driving around with half a kilo of raw chicken skins for a week!
I think the other neighbour has a fair amount of roosters so who knows. I'll just have to get over my squeamishness with handling raw meat, especilly chicken...
