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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2210096" data-attributes="member: 25851">I haven't eaten Bel Paese for nearly 50 years.  The first time I had it (and the last - 2 occasions) it made me very ill.  I haven't looked for it in the shops here.  Maybe I should try it again if I can get it.  I know I can't get taleggio or fontina and I've tried the gruyere that I can get - tasteless, as are the emmental and the mozzarella.  Actually, there just isn't a good cheese supplier here at all, now that I think of it.  I do have some Somerset brie, but I felt that was a bit too soft and that's why I thought of the Port Salut.  Maybe I'll just give it a go and see what happens.  Or maybe I should just try Dairylea!  I've tried to source some better cheeses online, but the sites I can find are all charging ridiculous prices so I gave up on that.  As I've mentioned before, even the locally available cheddar is pretty poor - and the Co-op product is also very variable.Anyhow - I made my green gloop - altered the recipe, of course, because I don't like either Kale or Rocket, so used spinach and watercress instead.  It needed a bit more lemon juice to make it palatable but it turned out fine.  I'll be having more of it - just small glasses of it at a time, I think.</blockquote>

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