If your favourite cheese is mature cheddar, are you still a cheese lover?

Did you smash it

Just a question I saw where Tyson Fury’s brother is being ridiculed for calling himself a cheese lover and then saying his favourite cheese was a mature cheddar. I don’t really get why he is being made fun of for this response. If he said grated cheddar I could see the joke but I don’t really get why mature cheddar is not a legitimate choice.

the beer revolu

Big fan of Lidl's vintage cheddar.

I suspect that cheddar in USA might be quite different to how we know it here. Perhaps the people doing the ridiculing don't actually know what they are on about.

Dave_The_Sheep

I love pretty much all cheeses, and I really like cheddar. No problems there.

Did you smash it

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No it was all English people making the derogatory comments towards Fury. Don’t get it.

the beer revolu

I'd put it down to ignorance of high quality artisan cheddar.

del_c

cheese lover, love cheddar. nothing to see here.

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058327765/if-your-favourite-cheese-is-mature-cheddar-are-you-still-a-cheese-lover

When I moved to the valley of cheese over three decades ago - The Emmental, cheddar was unheard of here. Now you can get a couple different brands and types in the supermarkets, including mature. So you decide.

[Since BREXIT, you even find the odd Irish cheeses popping up as it is too difficult to import from the UK]

GreeBo

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Would it matter if it wasn't an artisan cheddar? Say if it was from Super Valu....

Did you smash it

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I suspect it is an English thing, a strange English thing

magicbastarder

a class thing, maybe?

Did you smash it

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121518951#Comment_121518951

I suspect so

the beer revolu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121518935#Comment_121518935

I can imagine a "cheese lover's" favourite cheese being a factory cheddar raising a few eyebrows, alright.

Scipri0

The stronger and smellier the better when it comes to cheese and yes i love cheddar as well and always go for the strongest.

ednwireland

wenslydale or swaledale cheese nothing comes close.

magicbastarder

i made the mistake of buying grated lidl cheddar (rathdaragh brand?) recently. total muck; tastes like bad easi singles.

Dial Hard

Sliced/grated cheese tastes of absolutely nothing at all. They've to add so many stabilisers etc. to stop it sticking/clumping/going hard that it ends up bearing virtually no resemblance whatsoever to actual cheese.

Macdarack

El President camenbert or natin kid.

nachouser

Kinda like claiming to be a wine lover and your favourite wine is a bottle of Jacob's Creek Merlot.

GreeBo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121519344#Comment_121519344

So you cant love something unless you like the expensive stuff?

Seems like a class issue alright, lack of class.

Rubberchikken

I could live on cheese. Might have been a 🐭 in a previous life.

Just bought a raw milk cheddar yesterday. 😋

nachouser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121519387#Comment_121519387

Whoosh.

Duke of Schomberg

Lover or "connoisseur"? I love cheeses, varieties of crisps, and beers - I like what I like (amongst others, Lancashire/Caerphilly, Tayto salt & vinegar/Seabrooks garlic, Smithwicks Red), but I couldn't dive toss about about many artisan cheeses, crisps, or "craft" beers. There's a lot of pseudoism built into the "artisan" food industry. If a chap likes "mousetrap" for what it is, fine . . . but to hell with Dubliner!

I.am.Putins.raging.bile.duct

Tesco brand vintage white cheddar is top notch. Really strong, creamy and salty. It's my always in the fridge cheese, great value too.

My favourite cheese is any good blue cheese that doesn't taste of brass. Cashel make a nice blue but Stilton is probably my favourite.

magicbastarder

I watched a video about cheese making on YouTube recently, so it bombarded me with more, and I've probably watched about ten in the last month or two.

Anyway, there's one about stitchelton - cheese made in the Stilton way which can't be called Stilton as that got its PDO designation when all producers were using pasteurised milk. There's one lad doing it with raw milk now, should be easy enough to find the YouTube video.

Bobson Dugnutt

Don’t care if it makes me seem unsophisticated and uncouth - this is one of the nicest cheeses I’ve ever had.

Dave_The_Sheep

Speaking of cheese. Put my Sheridan's order in 1st December to be delivered 20th Dec. It wasn't.

I got a delivery from them today.

Of the ten cheeses I ordered, I got three.

I am not f*cking happy.

magicbastarder

you must be really cheesed off.

Dave_The_Sheep

I am. I now have to go down to Naas to pick it up. It's only ~20 minutes but still. Bad form from Sheridan's.

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121519293#Comment_121519293

yeah I bought a food processor recently and since then I grate cheddar cheese in bulk from blocks. Theres a big taste difference doing it this way vs. buying supermarket grated cheese. The supermarket versions taste waxy in comparison and have less flavour.