Tag Archive | Stilton
UK Cheese attitudes ‘transformed’ in 10 years
This is very nice to hear! Attitudes to cheese in the UK have been transformed in the past 10 years, with the ‘traditional’ cheese industry now in the best shape since the Second World War. Billy Kevan, chairman of the Stilton Cheese Makers’ Association and general manager at Colston Basset Dairy in Nottinghamshire, said there […]
Shropshire Blue – Colston Bassett
Cheese: Shropshire Blue Who: Colston Bassett Dairy Where: Colston Bassett, Nottingham, England Milk Type: cow, pasteurized Texture: semi-firm Rind: natural Shape: 17lb truckle Flavor: very much like Stilton, blue, tangy, with a bit of “cheese cracker” flavor and spiciness from the annatto, caramel. Very long finish Shropshire Blue is one of the most visually striking […]
Mutiny on the Dairy
Having just been to the Borough and Neal’s Yard, cheers to Slow Food for this bit of history on Stilton/Stichelton and the rightful return of raw milk blues… 1989 was a bleak year for Stilton. The illustrious English blue-veined cheese was accused as the culprit of a food poisoning scare that sickened several people whose […]
Stilton campaigns to reverse decision banning it from naming blue cheese after famous village | Mail Online
; The “stink” over Stilton… the struggle that gave us Stichelton… the battle that gave birth to Bell’s Blue… naming rights are big business in this day and age as Chris Parson writes: ; Cambridgeshire village claims to be birthplace of famous cheese – but cannot use its name European law states Stilton can only […]
Chocolate and Stilton… yeah, you heard me
Oh goodness… Photo: Your Local Guardian.co.uk Would appear that our friends in Blighty begin National Stilton Week today.Yes that’s a Stilton, chocolate and BACON sandwich. From the Local Guardian… excerpt: Award-winning master chocolatier Paul Young is showcasing a selection of unusual recipes for National Stilton Week. The event, running from April 15 to 21, will […]
Stilton’s coming home (but don’t call it that)
By Ken McErlain Published on Thursday 15 December 2011 10:29 Amateur archaeologist Richard Landy who has made Stilton cheese, from the new recipe, at the Bell Inn, Stilton. Pictured with a Roman cheese mould he unearthed from a dig in the village in 2006. Photo: PAUL FRANKS/Peterborough ET METP-14-12-11PF011) VILLAGERS in Stilton are celebrating […]
Great write-up from Sue Riedl of “cheese and toast”
Cheese Whiz: British Cheese Tasting with Juliet Harbutt That’s a half-wheel of Stilton (producer is Cropwell-Bishop) staring you straight in the face. And holding it is Juliet Harbutt, British cheese guru and knower of all things cheese-related. (There, I think I’ve deftly summed up Juliet’s dense full page resume of achievements). Juliet, among many other things, […]
