You can edit the title!I think I need add another item to my hamper
A new left eye please!
I've only just spotted the typo in the thread title. I know I typo a lot and don't spot them but this one is rather noticeable
(Hoping that smiley is blushing or contrite... I cant tell the detail!)
How interesting! They sound like traditional cheeses that require skilful handling and, in some cases, ageing. The Morbier is the only one of those I've encountered. Is the mature clove cheese called Kanterkaas or Friese Nagelkaas?There are some very high quality (and traditional) cheeses with added ingedients. There's a very nice mature clove cheese, famous from the area where I live, and there's a common Gouda variety with cumin. I like goat cheese with fenugreek as well, and I'm happy with a good strong nettle cheese too. Love a ripe Morbier, which has a layer of ash in the middle, which could be seen as an added ingredient.
But yes, most cheeses sold with added ingredients are just a way to sell cheap cheese.
Ooooer yuck!Same here with an overripe blue cheese, only found out after having eaten two bites. Took me a while before I wanted to et soft blue cheeses again. But I still leave cheeses to ripen, most of the soft ones are at their best when they're about a week past their use by dates.
It's Friese Nagelkaas!How interesting! They sound like traditional cheeses that require skilful handling and, in some cases, ageing. The Morbier is the only one of those I've encountered. Is the mature clove cheese called Kanterkaas or Friese Nagelkaas?
Well, I may be able to get my hands on some Friese Nagelkaas, but won't know for certain until after Christmas.It's Friese Nagelkaas!
I'd never even heard of kanterkaas.
I've also started a cheese thread because this one seems to be moving from christmas hampers to cheese, and while I love cheese, I also like the original purpose of the christmas hamper thread.https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/fantastic-cheeses-and-where-to-find-them.200812/
Definitely worth it!Well, I may be able to get my hands on some Friese Nagelkaas, but won't know for certain until after Christmas.
Just saw this and ordered one.I beat you to it @lovinglife .
Here it is @Pipp , it's about the same size as an egg and it changes colour from the outside when it gets hot. So you simply throw it in the pot with your eggs and you can see how far they are done.
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@Antje77 Google the Torpenhow Cheese Company. Small farm cheese maker in Cumbria a little bit out of the Lake District but their cheeses are amazing and are sold in local shops. We get our Christmas cheeses from here - and their butter is stunning
By the way it’s pronounced Trapenna - why? Because that’s what us Cumbrians do lol
How interesting @Antje77! Does the cheesemonger carry Friese Nagelkaas?Is it still a Christmas hamper if you buy it yourself but with clear instructions on what to buy?
My friend wanted to cheer me up (and very much succeeded!) and sent me 35 euros to be spent on cheese!
Here's the result from a visit to a high quality cheese store this afternoon.
Looks a lot like a perfect Christmas hamper to me.
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Of course!How interesting @Antje77! Does the cheesemonger carry Friese Nagelkaas?
Wow! Fascinating!Of course!
In two varieties even, a very mature one which falls apart when you try to cut it, and a younger one which can be cut.
Ooh! Please which are they?
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