Cheeses of Mercia

[Wulfhere]

Cheshire

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Cheshire_Cheese.jpg

Double Gloucester

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Cheese_24_bg_051306.jpg

Lincolnshire Poacher

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Smoked_Lincolnshire_Poacher_Cheese.jpg

Red Leicester

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Cheese_25_bg_051306.jpg

Sage Derby

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Cheese_01_bg_042706.jpg

Shropshire Blue

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Cheese_53_bg_061806.jpg

Stichelton

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Stichelton.jpg

Stilton

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Blue_Stilton_Quarter_Front.jpg

Stinking Bishop

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Cheese_21_bg_050906.jpg

[Absinthe]

This one (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Cheese_01_bg_042706.jpg) looks amazing! Actually I haven't tried any of them and they all look extraordinary... I am drooling :p

[Wulfhere]

This one (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Cheese_01_bg_042706.jpg) looks amazing! Actually I haven't tried any of them and they all look extraordinary... I am drooling :p

Sage Derby is, indeed, delicious! I like Stinking Bishop the best, I think. Though Stilton is lovely too.

[Beorn]

Gloucester is in Wessex.

[Absinthe]

Why is the "Stinking Bishop" called stinking? :p Also, is it like brie? It appears to have a soft and gummy texture...:)

[Treffie]

Why is the "Stinking Bishop" called stinking? :p Also, is it like brie? It appears to have a soft and gummy texture...:)

Probably because it nonks :p


The cheese was brought to international attention by a brief but important role in the Oscar-winning 2005 animated film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, in which it was used to revive Wallace from the dead. Demand for the cheese subsequently rose by 500%

[Wulfhere]

Gloucester is in Wessex.

No, it is not. Look at any historical map of Mercia.

[Wulfhere]

Why is the "Stinking Bishop" called stinking? :p Also, is it like brie? It appears to have a soft and gummy texture...:)

It's named after the Stinking Bishop pear, which perry is made from that the cheese is immersed in. It's texture is similar to Brie, yes.

[Beorn]

No, it is not. Look at any historical map of Mercia.

Will that "historical map" be more trustworthy than my "historical map"?

Gloucester is Wessex. :thumb001:

[Wulfhere]

Will that "historical map" be more trustworthy than my "historical map"?

Gloucester is Wessex. :thumb001:

Yes, proper historical maps will certainly be more accurate than any fake map you can produce that shows Gloucester to be in Wessex. Just try looking them up, and see.

[MagnaLaurentia]

Stilton

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Blue_Stilton_Quarter_Front.jpg

:hail:

[Aces High]

I have always found English cheese to be really dry.
Maybe this has something to do with the quality of the milk they use.