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Throwing Cheese At Babies

I used to be really allergic to cheese as a youngster - was OK to eat it but if it got on skin used to raise big red swellings -very odd
 
Babybel cheese would work well. Mild and aerodynamic.
I haven't quite processed the fact that no-one on this forum nominated Dairylea. After all, what could be more Fortean than a flying triangle?
 
It actually started in Cromer as a marketing ploy by the Cromer Cheese Council.
Cromer's Morrisons used to get a tramp coming in, he'd walk to the back of the store, undo the over wrap section cheeses (when he thought no one was watching), lick the cheese then wrap it back up again and put it back :) .. my mates were too busy laughing to tell security.
 
Cromer's Morrisons used to get a tramp coming in, he'd walk to the back of the store, undo the over wrap section cheeses (when he thought no one was watching), lick the cheese then wrap it back up again and put it back :) .. my mates were too busy laughing to tell security.

That might have been me. I've licked the odd cheese in my time.
 
That might have been me. I've licked the odd cheese in my time.
Do you remember two staff members a bit like Beavis and Butthead laughing at you? .. about ten years ago?
 
Do you remember two staff members a bit like Beavis and Butthead laughing at you? .. about ten years ago?
More to the point, does this mean that Escargot goes around disguised as a tramp?
 
One thing the US does not do well is cheese (other than the creamy stuff in cannoli). I'd certainly not hesitate to throw it away, because I like cheese, and what you get in the US is more akin to soap. I think it's because you have to use pasteurised milk in the US.

You might as well throw it at the baby - you'll probably both get more enjoyment out of that than eating it. Mind you, even in the UK most supermarket cheese is now a shadow of it's former aggressive self. You need to go to specialists to get a really genuine British cheese these days.

https://www.facebook.com/chestercheeseshop/

Edit - the sort of goopy cheese one might have on one's pizza or Philly cheese steak is ok. But I'm talking real eatin' cheese - that which you tuck in to with a crusty roll - also now difficult to come by - and some pickled onions after an evening on the lash.
 
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One thing the US does not do well is cheese (other than the creamy stuff in cannoli). I'd certainly not hesitate to throw it away, because I like cheese, and what you get in the US is more akin to soap. I think it's because you have to use pasteurised milk in the US.

You might as well throw it at the baby - you'll probably both get more enjoyment out of that than eating it. Mind you, even in the UK most supermarket cheese is now a shadow of it's former aggressive self. You need to go to specialists to get a really genuine British cheese these days.

https://www.facebook.com/chestercheeseshop/

The cheese stall at our local market sells cheese made just up t'road. The manufacturers sometimes get bored and chuck in extra ingredients like dried fruit, herbs and great lumps of chilli. It's sold for the same price as regular cheese. We are so lucky!
 
Cornish cheese is very good. I broght a load back for my friends;

They told me they were not hungry but a whole cheese platter vanished.
 
One thing the US does not do well is cheese (other than the creamy stuff in cannoli). I'd certainly not hesitate to throw it away, because I like cheese, and what you get in the US is more akin to soap. I think it's because you have to use pasteurised milk in the US.

You might as well throw it at the baby - you'll probably both get more enjoyment out of that than eating it. Mind you, even in the UK most supermarket cheese is now a shadow of it's former aggressive self. You need to go to specialists to get a really genuine British cheese these days.

https://www.facebook.com/chestercheeseshop/

Edit - the sort of goopy cheese one might have on one's pizza or Philly cheese steak is ok. But I'm talking real eatin' cheese - that which you tuck in to with a crusty roll - also now difficult to come by - and some pickled onions after an evening on the lash.
New York or Vermont cheddar
Vermont goat brie
New York City fresh mozzarella
California goat cheese

you have to know what to look for by region.
 
New York or Vermont cheddar
Vermont goat brie
New York City fresh mozzarella
California goat cheese

you have to know what to look for by region.
And to be fair things might have improved in the nearly 25 years since I lived there :)
 
And to be fair things might have improved in the nearly 25 years since I lived there :)
Perhaps you weren't shopping in the right places to find quality cheeses? Supermarkets aren't much use for local or artisan foods.

Borat and the cheese

(Safe YouTube link)
 
Tillamook extra sharp white cheddar! Yum.

A couple of years ago, I saw some Collier's cheese in the deli section at the local Safeway. It was pricey, but I had a hunch it was good so I put it in my basket. My hunch was a good one. Turned out Collier's cheese is not a brand named after a family, but a type favored by Welsh miners decades ago. It's actually a lot like the Tillamook that the Safeway usually has in stock. I haven't seen any more Collier's, but that's nothing unusual for a Safeway at the far end of the supply chain. Employees there say that what shows up on the truck might have some resemblance to what they ordered, on a good delivery day. They pretty much get what's left over after the trucks head out to the bigger stores.

Kraft American cheese has a decent flavor. It's also more expensive than other brands. Most other brands are pretty bland.

Real delis here have some good cheese they will slice off the brick for you. It's not terribly expensive, usually.
 
The cheese stall at our local market sells cheese made just up t'road. The manufacturers sometimes get bored and chuck in extra ingredients like dried fruit, herbs and great lumps of chilli. It's sold for the same price as regular cheese. We are so lucky!

During the time of Covid, our local farm shop launched a campaign to help the local cheese makers, and where their deli counter used to be crammed to the gunwales with all sorts fo different cheese, these days they have a much smaller selection of mostly regional stuff. Since this includes Sharpham, Quicke's, Godminster, Yarg, Devon and Beenleigh Blue, Somerset Brie - it's good to see.

They also sell Ede's Pickled Onions,which are the closest thing to the ones my late great-aunt used to make that I have ever tasted.

Delicious.
 
Couple of years back the fad was to give a baby or toddler a slice of lemon and film their reaction. I'm pretty sure I'd slap anyone I saw doing that.

You remind me that my uncle's old boxer dog once found a nine-volt battery on the floor and spent almost a whole afternoon tossing it in the air, catching it in his mouth and then violently throwing it out again.

They gave him a fresh one after that and he kept it with his other toys in his basket for a while.
 
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