Fromage ! (cheeses)

Loopylou- don't quite follow why your DH should not enjoy a little more cheese than a small piece once a week- because he has Type 2 Diabetes?? Unless he has to lose a lot of weight quickly. Surely better for his diabetes than a piece of cake or high carbs???

Forgot Bleu de Gex- I suppose the closest to a Stilton, but from a bit further south than me, nearer Geneva.

When visiting Corsica, I enjoyed a fine selection of local cheeses - mainly sheep's milk - that never see the light of day away from the island. They were really strong and all seemed to have their own distinctive flavour. DS1 was at the time working as a chef for a holiday company and his cheese board was always highly popular.

White Stilton is the love of my life cheese wise. Sadly, need to stick to the old half-fat cheddar on a daily basis. the cheese makers are getting very good at low fat stuff though, so can't complain too much. I do like a bit of cheese!

I like Stinking Bishop, Camembert, Brie and Cambozola, Gruyere and Emmental, in fact probably any cheese apart from strong goats cheese.

I prefer a little of strongly tasting cheeses rather than namby-pamby 'mild' cheddars which taste of very little.

I love the opportunity to taste new cheeses

DH is type 2 diabetic and has just been told that having a 'matchbox-sized piece of cheese' was weekly, not daily; he's not a happy bunny!

Heresy indeed- how could you! And you live in Melton Mowbray of all places doh ;) ;) ;) And Stilton and broccoli soup is one of the very best imho. Hey, each to their own, as in all things.

What a shame Cheddar totally missed the boat with protecting its cheese with an AOC- it really does go from the sublime to the ridiculous. Wisconsin cheddar is awful!

Stinking Bishop is excellent and so is Somerset Brie and many more.

There is a young guy in Zurich who, after marrying a Swiss, found it difficult to find a job- and started importing British cheeses into Switzerland- coals to Newcastle. Very difficult at first, but he has made a real success of it- and now imports and sells British Ales too. Well done to him. British Cheese of Switzerland is at the Viadukt market in Zurich and is owned and managed by Michael Fontana-Jones. Bravo.

Here in the East Midlands its cheese country- a lot off it my view has gone off i.e. Stilton, Colston Bassett yuk yuk - its BAD!!!! I used to live in Wensleydale a cheese I did enjoy but I liked the Swaledale more BUT the favourite locally was another smelly gone off thing - Stinking Bishop!!! Aargh!!! generally I like a nice mature cheddar or other well flavoured hard cheese and here is the heresy Somerset Brie not French! I think I like cooked cheese dishes more but my all time horror is bloody broccoli and Stilton soup!!!!!!!!!!!! I can hear the shouts already