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RosiesMaw2 Tue 13-Aug-24 23:42:57

Taking my life in my hands as this is bound to be a contentious issue and I foresee the deletions flying thick and fast…
Here goes

If you had to choose only one out of these to eat for the rest of your life - and the other never again, which would it be?

Cheese šŸ§€ or chocolate šŸ«

(And for the aficionados - which variety?)

mrshat Wed 14-Aug-24 20:19:30

I love both but it would have to be dark chocolate!

valdavi Wed 14-Aug-24 20:20:01

Cheese, all sorts -it's all cheese. No contest here.

Fleurpepper Wed 14-Aug-24 20:51:01

valdavi

Cheese, all sorts -it's all cheese. No contest here.

I love most British, Swiss and French cheeses. But dislike most Italian cheeses. They are not all the same ;)

Arto1s Wed 14-Aug-24 21:32:43

Jarlsberg cheese. Not overly fond of chocolate.

FlexibleFriend Wed 14-Aug-24 21:43:25

A strong mature cheddar wins hands down even though I love chocolate.

gentleshores Wed 14-Aug-24 22:40:10

Cheese. I gave up sugar earlier this year and am doing quite well :-) Although it would be hard not to make a mistake and accidentally eat some chocolate some time!

EEJit Wed 14-Aug-24 22:48:38

Aww come on, that's a cruel choice to have to make.

grannyactivist Wed 14-Aug-24 22:52:31

Cheese! A lovely Somerset Brie, mature cheddar, Norwegian brown cheese, Cornish yarg………..I could go on, but you get the picture. šŸ˜‹

Mojack26 Wed 14-Aug-24 22:57:53

Defo give up chocolate as I love cheese! More savoury tooth than sweet

LizzieDrip Wed 14-Aug-24 23:09:01

Cheese definitely. Could live without chocolate (reluctantly) but not cheese!!!

Wyllow3 Thu 15-Aug-24 00:15:55

Best of all (hard to get) a proper crumbly young not mature Lancashire cheese...

DrWatson Thu 15-Aug-24 02:06:46

Cheese. When young, it would have been the choc choice, but as we've got older, tastes change, and chocolate gets a bit sickly -- we can no longer get through a packet of choc digestives in one sitting (with tea of course).

Red Leicester and Double Gloucester are good basic choices, but there are loads of less well-known types round the country, all good. Did someone say soft cheese though? Yuk.

And did someone vote for Cadbury's on the choc front? I thought I'd read it doesn't have actual chocolate in it, anymore?! Just chemicals?!

Oh, one thought -- IF anyone can bring back those bars from yesteryear (Fry's?) dark choc with each section having a different fruit/colour, and they'd taste as they did back then, maybe cheese has to go!

Chocolatelovinggran Thu 15-Aug-24 07:21:56

Oh grannyactivist- Norwegian brown cheese is the work of the devil!

HowVeryDareYou2 Thu 15-Aug-24 07:33:39

Chocolate. Green & Black's or Lindt 70% cocoa

JamesandJon33 Thu 15-Aug-24 10:56:09

No need to taste Norwegian brown, the colour puts you off. Looks like a block of kitchen soap.

mumstheword86 Thu 15-Aug-24 17:22:06

Anyone noticed that Maltesers taste different The chocolate is not chocolaty infact it tastes fatty Heard on TV many manufacturers are finding coco powder very expesive to buy so adding fillers etc ???

Harris27 Thu 15-Aug-24 17:41:03

Chocolate definitely.

Squiffy Thu 15-Aug-24 17:43:38

I’m dairy intolerant, but sometimes the temptation is just too much and it’s worth the pain and ā€˜digestive repercussions’! I’m a bit of a tart when it comes to cheese and go for anything! blush blushšŸ˜†

Chocolate? Could live without it.

grannyactivist Fri 16-Aug-24 01:57:25

Chocolatelovinggran

Oh grannyactivist- Norwegian brown cheese is the work of the devil!

No, no - you couldn’t be more wrong - it’s definitely made by angels and is my secret ingredient in a yummy venison stew. šŸ˜‹
My husband buys it for me from the ScandiKitchen in London. He actually buys the stronger version for himself.

grannyactivist Fri 16-Aug-24 01:58:24

JamesandJon33

No need to taste Norwegian brown, the colour puts you off. Looks like a block of kitchen soap.

Ah - but the taste is delicious. šŸ˜‹

Oreo Fri 16-Aug-24 09:20:10

British cheeses, the best everā¤ļø
Can live without choc but not cheese.
What’s coming out on top here RosiesMaw2 have you totted up yet?

JaneJudge Fri 16-Aug-24 09:49:58

Had a lovely cheese board last night with a sheep cheese which was just lovely

OnwardandUpward Fri 16-Aug-24 10:30:36

If bounty bars did not exist, I could live without chocolate. I do like cheese though. If a bounty bar without chocolate existed I could give up chocolate.

M0nica Fri 16-Aug-24 13:55:53

At a rough count 72 votes for cheese 27 for chocolate, plus a number of posts that either discusses the decision or other people's decisions

swampy1961 Fri 16-Aug-24 17:37:44

Oh! It has to be cheese!! I don't like chocolate.