This blog was originally about my attempt to live for a whole year, from August 2007 to August 2008, eating only food that had been produced in Britain. My aims in this were to see if it was actually possible and to try to promote British food. Well, I survived the year without too much difficulty! So I have decided to continue the blog, this time looking at all that can be produced in Britain and how British ingredients can be used to create some fantastic dishes.
Whilst shopping the other day I noticed that Sainsbury's had a larger then usual selection of Cheddar, from different parts of Scotland. So, I thought it might be interesting to buy a selection and have a 'cheese tasting' session in the office at work.
I bought three different cheeses to start with: Rowan Glen mature cheddar (A), Isle of Bute mature coloured cheddar (B) and Orkney mature Scottish island cheddar (C). Here's a picture of the three cheeses: After some discussion, we found the Isle of Bute cheddar to be very mild, while the Rowan Glen had a nice, creamy texture. The Orkney cheddar had quite a different texture, more waxy then the other two. In terms of taste, the Isle of Bute and the Rowan Glen were both quite similar. The Orkney cheddar had quite a distinctive flavour. Overall, the votes were as follows:
Rowan Glen: 3 Isle of Bute: 1 Orkney: 2
So, the Rowan Glen was the winner by a small margin.
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