Some help for Farmers, to keep British Cheese affordable!

Some good news for dairy farmers, as Cheese can be seen as a supermarket staple, some supermarkets are trying to help with the costs. One shop imparticularly, Tesco’s is going a little further in trying to help British farmers and cheese producers, they have set up an initiative called ‘Tesco’s Cheese Group‘. Tesco’s has 250…

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Greyfriars Bobby

A talented man called Billy Thompson from Edinburgh decided to create a 10kg statue of Greyfriars Bobby from excess cheese he had over his Christmas holidays. For anyone who hasn’t heard about Breyfriars Bobby, the story is well known in Scotland, he was a Skye Terrier or Dandle Dinmont Terrier. It was back in the…

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Figuerina Cheese

Has anyone seen a big wheel of Figuerina cheese being sliced open before. It is quite interesting to watch, I thought it looked like a round loaf of bread on the outside. Here is a Link I found which Foodbible posted on Facebook.

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What’s in a Name?

Have you ever pondered as to how all the different cheeses came to get their individual names? For example did you know that Cottage cheese was derived by farmers who had some milk left over from making butter and most of them lived in cottages, hence the name ‘cottage cheese.’ Here is an article which…

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Another Advantage of eating Cheese!

Here is an interesting article by Madeleine Muzdakis from My Modern Met, which talks about a study that took place in lowa State University, (the ‘good old’) USA. It is a study which investigates links between our diets and cognitive health, as we age as adults. It is suggested that when cheese is paired with…

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Thinking of visiting the good old USA sometime in the future and like a challenge?

There’s a place called ‘MELT‘ Bar and Grilled, which is owned by Cleveland musician and chef Matt Fish. Matt’s first MELT Bar and Grilled opened in September 2006 in Lakewood, Ohio. It is here that they have the ‘MELT Challenge.’ The challenge consists of a Monster grilled sandwich, that weighs over 5lbs, and is made…