Thread: Stilton Cheese. Nyeh.

On 8/12/2011 3:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>
> I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
> *brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
> them have impressed me at all.
>
> My current wedge is "Royal Mowbray" which appears to be a CostCo
> exclusive. It just says "Product of England" and then a distributor's
> name. So what dairy does it come from?
>
> It seems to be that the Stilton brands come and go. You can't
> consistently get any one brand of Stilton before they start naming it
> something else. And that the dairies must have several brands for
> each batch of cheese and sort them in brands according to their
> "grade". When one brand goes stale, they dump that name and come up
> with another one.
>
> This Royal Mowbray doesn't have a creamy finish at all and is quite
> mild. It has a floury finish and has no delicate tang at all. Not
> really grainy - but almost. I'm really about ready to give on Stilton
> for good. No sense messing with it if they keep playing these brand
> games just to fool consumers and to cover up quality and consistency
> issues.
>
> -sw

I wish I could get Stilton cheese near me. Sam's used to carry one brand
that was very tasty and creamy, but not any more. We don't have Costco
in The Valley. Last time I bought Stilton it was in Houston. I'm gonna
be in Houston in about a week and I'll see about getting some to bring home.
We are in the motorhome right now so I will have the fridge
--



Janet Wilder
Posting from the Netbaby

Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?

>I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>*brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>them have impressed me at all.

What's wrong with Colston Bassett? (And is that a brand, or a dairy?)

In any case, Stilton is at its best when the whole wheel is aged
to the desired point (which is a matter of taste) then consumed
rapidly. Probably the best I've had is when they are sampling
Colston Basset at Neal's Yard. Second best would be when purchased
from Neal's Yard and consumed within a day or so, or from the
Cheese Board. It goes downhill from there.


Steve

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:39:12 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>
>I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>*brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>them have impressed me at all.
>
>My current wedge is "Royal Mowbray" which appears to be a CostCo
>exclusive. It just says "Product of England" and then a distributor's
>name. So what dairy does it come from?
>
>It seems to be that the Stilton brands come and go. You can't
>consistently get any one brand of Stilton before they start naming it
>something else. And that the dairies must have several brands for
>each batch of cheese and sort them in brands according to their
>"grade". When one brand goes stale, they dump that name and come up
>with another one.
>
>This Royal Mowbray doesn't have a creamy finish at all and is quite
>mild. It has a floury finish and has no delicate tang at all. Not
>really grainy - but almost. I'm really about ready to give on Stilton
>for good. No sense messing with it if they keep playing these brand
>games just to fool consumers and to cover up quality and consistency
>issues.

Check: cheese.com

Go here: http://www.stiltoncheese.com/dairies.html

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:04:34 -0600, Janet Wilder
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 8/12/2011 3:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>>
>> I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>> *brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>> them have impressed me at all.
>>
>> My current wedge is "Royal Mowbray" which appears to be a CostCo
>> exclusive. It just says "Product of England" and then a distributor's
>> name. So what dairy does it come from?
>>
>> It seems to be that the Stilton brands come and go. You can't
>> consistently get any one brand of Stilton before they start naming it
>> something else. And that the dairies must have several brands for
>> each batch of cheese and sort them in brands according to their
>> "grade". When one brand goes stale, they dump that name and come up
>> with another one.
>>
>> This Royal Mowbray doesn't have a creamy finish at all and is quite
>> mild. It has a floury finish and has no delicate tang at all. Not
>> really grainy - but almost. I'm really about ready to give on Stilton
>> for good. No sense messing with it if they keep playing these brand
>> games just to fool consumers and to cover up quality and consistency
>> issues.
>>
>> -sw
>
>I wish I could get Stilton cheese near me. Sam's used to carry one brand
>that was very tasty and creamy, but not any more. We don't have Costco
>in The Valley. Last time I bought Stilton it was in Houston. I'm gonna
>be in Houston in about a week and I'll see about getting some to bring home.
>We are in the motorhome right now so I will have the fridge

--->
http://www.stiltoncheese.com/US/dist/distributorus.html

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:39:12 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>
>I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>*brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>them have impressed me at all.
>
>My current wedge is "Royal Mowbray" which appears to be a CostCo
>exclusive. It just says "Product of England" and then a distributor's
>name. So what dairy does it come from?

Melton Mowbray is a town.

Try either Colston Basset or Tuxford & Tebbutt, which is available online from
Artisanal in New York.

-- Larry

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:23:06 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>
>>I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>>*brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>>them have impressed me at all.
>
>Stilton is at its best when the whole wheel is aged
>to the desired point (which is a matter of taste) then consumed
>rapidly.

Stilton is not produced in wheels.

In article <[email protected]>,
Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:23:06 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
>(Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>>Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>>
>>>I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>>>*brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>>>them have impressed me at all.
>>
>>Stilton is at its best when the whole wheel is aged
>>to the desired point (which is a matter of taste) then consumed
>>rapidly.
>
>Stilton is not produced in wheels.

Wow. Then what are those things you see at Neal's Yard?


Steve

Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote:
>Steve Pope wrote:
>>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> >
>> >Stilton is not produced in wheels.
>>
>> Wow. Then what are those things you see at Neal's Yard?
>
>If it's Stilton, they're cylinders.

Okay, how does a cylinder differ from a wheel? They are commonly
called wheels, including in the fact-checked (cough) British press, as
you can see from a little googling.

A Neal's Yard they tend to just call them "a Stilton". You already
know what shape it is.

Steve

Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered stupidly:

> Stilton is not produced in wheels.

Since Stilton is sold in wedges with one rounded side, what shape do the
voices in your head tell you they were cut from, dolt?

Bob

On 8/12/2011 4:42 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:04:34 -0600, Janet Wilder
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 8/12/2011 3:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>>>
>>> I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>>> *brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>>> them have impressed me at all.
>>>
>>> My current wedge is "Royal Mowbray" which appears to be a CostCo
>>> exclusive. It just says "Product of England" and then a distributor's
>>> name. So what dairy does it come from?
>>>
>>> It seems to be that the Stilton brands come and go. You can't
>>> consistently get any one brand of Stilton before they start naming it
>>> something else. And that the dairies must have several brands for
>>> each batch of cheese and sort them in brands according to their
>>> "grade". When one brand goes stale, they dump that name and come up
>>> with another one.
>>>
>>> This Royal Mowbray doesn't have a creamy finish at all and is quite
>>> mild. It has a floury finish and has no delicate tang at all. Not
>>> really grainy - but almost. I'm really about ready to give on Stilton
>>> for good. No sense messing with it if they keep playing these brand
>>> games just to fool consumers and to cover up quality and consistency
>>> issues.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> I wish I could get Stilton cheese near me. Sam's used to carry one brand
>> that was very tasty and creamy, but not any more. We don't have Costco
>> in The Valley. Last time I bought Stilton it was in Houston. I'm gonna
>> be in Houston in about a week and I'll see about getting some to bring home.
>> We are in the motorhome right now so I will have the fridge
>
> --->
> http://www.stiltoncheese.com/US/dist/distributorus.html

The cost of shipping the cheese takes it out of my price range. Thanks
anyway.

--



Janet Wilder
Posting from the Netbaby

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:23:06 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> Sqwertz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Is there a *good* brand of Stilton?
>
>>I know there are 6 dairies licensed to produce Stilton, but how many
>>*brands* are there? I've tried at least 6 over the years and none of
>>them have impressed me at all.
>
> What's wrong with Colston Bassett? (And is that a brand, or a dairy?)\

CB is a dairy, not a brand that I've ever seen. And I shop the stinky
cheese sections weekly. The dairy's are not listed on the individual
packages - maybe on the whole wheels (yes, wheels), but I don't buy
16lbs at a time.

-sw

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:14:38 -0400, [email protected] wrote:

> Try either Colston Basset or Tuxford & Tebbutt, which is available online from
> Artisanal in New York.

I've never seen the name of a dairy on the label of a stilton, but
I'll keep looking <sigh>.

-sw

Steve Pope wrote:
>
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >
> >Stilton is not produced in wheels.
>
> Wow. Then what are those things you see at Neal's Yard?

If it's Stilton, they're cylinders.

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:52:45 -0800, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:
>>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> >
>> >Stilton is not produced in wheels.
>>
>> Wow. Then what are those things you see at Neal's Yard?
>
>If it's Stilton, they're cylinders.

Precisely.

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:56:11 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >Stilton is not produced in wheels.
>>>
>>> Wow. Then what are those things you see at Neal's Yard?
>>
>>If it's Stilton, they're cylinders.
>
>Okay, how does a cylinder differ from a wheel?

And you're not ashamed to ask, in public yet? duh You're mentally
retarded, you gotta be.

Obviously you failed geometry (as did baboon assface), and you know
absolutely nothing about automobiles... I seriously doubt you have a
driver's license, not if you can't differentiate between the engine's
cylinders and the automobiles wheels. You are much more stupid than I
had previously thought, you're almost as stupid as baboon assface...
I'm absolutely positive that neither of you graduated high school...
from playing with block sets any kindergartner knows the difference
between the various geometric shapes. Actually you and baboon assface
failed kindergarten... yoose two imbeciles don't know beans, yoose
think a can of beans is a wheel... obviously neither have ever eaten
real stilton cheese, never even seen... the cylindrs yoose two retards
are most intimate with are the penises yoose suck.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-stilton-cheese.htm
"To be considered Stilton, the cheese must be made in Leicestershire,
Nottinghamshire, or Derbyshire in England. Within these three
counties, only six dairies are licensed to make the cheese, which will
be inspected after it has ripened to determine whether it is worthy of
the Stilton designation or if it will be sold as mere blue cheese
instead. *In addition, Stilton is always made in the shape of a
_cylinder_*, is never pressed, and is allowed to develop its own
wrinkly crust. The cheese must also have fine blue veins radiating out
from the center."

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:38:52 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-stilton-cheese.htm

And from the same site that you are quoting as being an authority,
stilton is given as an example of a "blue cheese wheel":

http://www.wisegeek.com/topics/blue-cheese-wheel.htm

You can't even do anal correctly.

-sw

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:11:39 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:52:45 -0800, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >Stilton is not produced in wheels.
>>>
>>> Wow. Then what are those things you see at Neal's Yard?
>>
>>If it's Stilton, they're cylinders.
>
> Precisely.

In geometric shape only. In cheese mongering (culinaria, which we're
speaking here) they're all called "wheels". Even the square ones.

Also from Catz's authoritative site:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cheese-wheel.htm

"A cheese wheel is a wheel or block of cured cheese..."

Why don't you two go get anal with each other.

-sw

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:56:11 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]

>>Okay, how does a cylinder differ from a wheel?

>http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-stilton-cheese.htm
>"To be considered Stilton, the cheese must be made in Leicestershire,
>Nottinghamshire, or Derbyshire in England. Within these three
>counties, only six dairies are licensed to make the cheese, which will
>be inspected after it has ripened to determine whether it is worthy of
>the Stilton designation or if it will be sold as mere blue cheese
>instead. *In addition, Stilton is always made in the shape of a
>_cylinder_*, is never pressed, and is allowed to develop its own
>wrinkly crust. The cheese must also have fine blue veins radiating out
>from the center."

Okay it is in the shape of a cylinder. And that cylinder-shaped
unit of Stilton is commonly called... get ready for this... a wheel.


S.

Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered even more stupidly:

> "*In addition, Stilton is always made in the shape of a _cylinder_*

A spokeless wheel *is* a cylinder shape, you ignorant ****stain. Being a
cylinder doesn't stop it from being a wheel. Are you ignorant even of THAT
elementary bit of geometry?

You have once again been pwned.

Bob