Silvershed Blog » Borough http://blog.silvershed.co.uk Meanderings Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:18:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 The best supermarket cheese http://blog.silvershed.co.uk/2010/07/07/the-best-supermarket-cheese/ http://blog.silvershed.co.uk/2010/07/07/the-best-supermarket-cheese/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:25:08 +0000 mim http://blog.silvershed.co.uk/?p=1050 Continue reading →]]> Although we love going to Borough for really rather wonderful cheese, it’s not an every day thing, especially when you consider just how expensive it can get. But I reckon we’ve come up with an alternative that’s every bit as good, maybe even a bit better.

So, here’s the trick to Mim and Minty’s Supermarket Fine Cheese:

  1. Go to your local co-operative food supermarket, and buy their Truly Irresistible Parkham Farm Cheddar.  (although I do suspect it’s made by these people, because I’ve seen Tesco variants…)
  2. DO NOT OPEN IT.  If you do, you’ll have some nice, but ultimately forgettable, plastic Cheddar.
  3. Continue to ignore.
  4. Wait until the useby date has expired.  A month is a good starting point.
  5. Eat.  Enjoy the stingy taste. Perfect.

I’ve tried leaving it once I initially tasted it, and I just got slightly blue tasting supermarket cheese.  But leaving it sealed so it can finish off maturing, and it really is a thing of beauty.  WHY supermarkets don’t dare sell us things in this state in the first place, I do not know.

We now have about three blocks in the fridge at any one time, maturing away. Works perfectly.  And best of all, it’s cheap.

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