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Which cheese is best?

(69 Posts)
rosesarered Tue 03-Nov-15 20:51:48

Just off to make cheese on toast, which obviously has to be made with Wensleydale, toasted and then a bit of mustard spread on it.Or do you disagree?

LullyDully Tue 03-Nov-15 21:00:45

I love any cheese but you can't beat a good cheddar.

Ana Tue 03-Nov-15 21:02:41

Cheshire for me! smile

(for everything cheesy, actually...)

rosesarered Tue 03-Nov-15 21:05:08

When it's ready, spread a bit of butter carefully all aound the edges of the toast, makes it extra yummy.

Ana Tue 03-Nov-15 21:07:11

Stoppit! I'll have to go and make some in a minute now....grin

rosesarered Tue 03-Nov-15 21:14:35

Mmmmn, you know you want some........grin

whitewave Tue 03-Nov-15 21:16:43

It has to be a good strong one. I adore cheese of any sort really.

granjura Tue 03-Nov-15 21:18:10

So so many to choose from- I love them all. But I was lucky to have spent my life in the area of my 2 favorites- Gruyères and Stilton.

rosesarered Tue 03-Nov-15 21:27:59

But would you toast them?

loopylou Tue 03-Nov-15 21:52:35

Definitely Gruyere on toast, or very strong Cheddar over a layer of thinly sliced onion.

Alea Tue 03-Nov-15 22:04:13

Chaumes, Gruyere , Motgomery's cheddar, oh all of them!!

Alea Tue 03-Nov-15 22:04:59

Montgomery's cheddar I meant!

Anne58 Tue 03-Nov-15 22:07:09

Mr P does excellent cheese & onion on toast, bless him!

annodomini Tue 03-Nov-15 22:46:05

For cheese on toast, tasty Lancashire can't be beaten.

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 03-Nov-15 22:48:06

It's all bad for your arteries. And very indigestible. Apparently. sad

Coolgran65 Tue 03-Nov-15 23:22:00

Cheddar is so versatile. Love mozzarella and emmental for its nuttiness. A wee touch of marmite is fabulous on toasted cheese.

LullyDully Wed 04-Nov-15 03:15:56

Yes, marmite or Worcester sauce.yum

NfkDumpling Wed 04-Nov-15 06:35:50

Colliers cheddar. It's lovely and strong. Or that Cheddar with the black wax rind. Has to be Cheddar for me, best with onion on top.

DH does a really good combo of cheddar topped with crispy bacon with a poached egg perched on top and mushrooms on the side, on a thick slice of proper bread.

hildajenniJ Wed 04-Nov-15 08:07:50

I love cheese. Can someone tell me why you can't toast a chunk of cheese on a toasting fork in front of the fire any more? When I have tried recently, the cheese just melts. When I was a child, I enjoyed cheese toasted by the fire it went crisp on the outside and was melted and yummy on the inside.

gillybob Wed 04-Nov-15 08:22:52

A good strong cheddar with a good slosh of Worcestershire Sauce on top. Scrummy.

Welshwife Wed 04-Nov-15 08:38:01

We tend to have phases of favourite cheese - Brie had a really good run and when we were without visitors it was the only one we bought - now we have gone back to a hard cheese and buy Comté most of the time - very similar to cheddar. I find that to get really good cheese you need to buy the most expensive Brie de Meaux or Comté which has been matured for about 12-14 months.
Back in UK it is a good mature cheddar all the way for us and maybe occasionally a Boursin type with herbs etc.

shysal Wed 04-Nov-15 08:52:10

Cheddar or Red Leicester are my favourites on toast, with Marmite.

HildajenniJ The only cheese I would attempt to cook on a fork is Haloumi, but not as nice as your description of the 'good old days'. You have made me hungry (it doesn't take much!)

Greyduster Wed 04-Nov-15 09:13:16

Farmhouse Lancashire (though farmhouse is a bit too good for cheese on toast) or Wensleydale. DH lerrrves cheese on toast. He doesn't care what kind of cheese it is!

lefthanded Wed 04-Nov-15 10:00:14

No cheese at all - I'm intolerant. I have to check the labels on anything I buy to make sure that they haven't added cheese to it.

Mamie Wed 04-Nov-15 10:23:34

We love cheese. At home in France we buy mostly Roquefort, bleu d'auvergne, brie and goat and we get Spanish and Italian cheeses when we can. From England we bring stilton, red Leicester, double Goucester and cheddar. In fact the only cheese we don't like much is the Norman stuff from the cows that are grazing all around us.
Today for lunch I am doing spinach and bacon bits with melted brie on top. No bread obviously.