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« Reply #60 on: December 25, 2018, 19:38:12 » |
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Sadly nearly over now, Now just an evening of riveting tv left then to bed. Had a lovely day, despite I had to spend it on my own, Nice xmas cake and trifle for tea, topped with thick cream, absolutely delicious. |
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« Reply #61 on: December 26, 2018, 07:54:07 » |
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Had a lovely day, despite I had to spend it on my own, Nice xmas cake and trifle for tea, topped with thick cream, absolutely delicious.Cake with cream,? How much had you had to imbibe? Still, it's Christmas so what the heck! Would also hope your definition of cream really means clotted cream and not that horrible imitation stuff called pouring cream  |
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« Reply #62 on: December 26, 2018, 08:56:28 » |
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Would also hope your definition of cream really means clotted cream and not that horrible imitation stuff called pouring cream Whilst clotted cream is indeed the height, I would put in a word for pourable cream (note the deliberate use of another term) - by which I mean the real golden coloured double cream that comes from a traditional dairy rather than the 'horrible imitation stuff', which is hardly off-white that you get in supermarkets. The taste is a world away! We are fortunate to have a local dairy that processes its own milk from guernsey cows and milk from other local farms to produce traditional milk (not homogenized - so it still has a bit of cream on the top - particularly in the spring), double cream and butter. It is available in some of the local independent shops around here and in Swindon. Edited to correct typos |
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« Reply #63 on: December 26, 2018, 09:44:52 » |
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Being from Oop th'North, I find cheese a very nice accompaniment to Christmas cake, preferable a decent extra mature Cheddar or Lancashire. I commend it to the house - try it, and you will probably never eat fruit cake without cheese again.
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« Reply #64 on: December 26, 2018, 10:28:22 » |
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Wensleydale is the cheese of choice in this house .
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« Reply #65 on: December 26, 2018, 10:37:46 » |
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Had a lovely day, despite I had to spend it on my own, Nice xmas cake and trifle for tea, topped with thick cream, absolutely delicious.Cake with cream,? How much had you had to imbibe? Still, it's Christmas so what the heck! Would also hope your definition of cream really means clotted cream and not that horrible imitation stuff called pouring cream With due deference to HMQ; the Pope & the Archbish I won't reopen old wounds of cream first. Peace and love to all in Devon  |
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« Reply #66 on: December 26, 2018, 11:02:08 » |
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Wensleydale is the cheese of choice in this house .
Christmas Eve turned into something of a specialist cheese convention at my good lady's abode. There might have been a few of us having strange dreams that night! |
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« Reply #67 on: December 26, 2018, 11:03:40 » |
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Being from Oop th'North, I find cheese a very nice accompaniment to Christmas cake, preferable a decent extra mature Cheddar or Lancashire. I commend it to the house - try it, and you will probably never eat fruit cake without cheese again.
Any other recommend accompanying cheeses? Not got any of the above left in the house right now. Edit: Corrected gobbledygook. |
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« Reply #68 on: December 26, 2018, 11:37:05 » |
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Had a lovely day, despite I had to spend it on my own, Nice xmas cake and trifle for tea, topped with thick cream, absolutely delicious.Cake with cream,? How much had you had to imbibe? Still, it's Christmas so what the heck! Would also hope your definition of cream really means clotted cream and not that horrible imitation stuff called pouring cream It was Sainsburys own thick dairy cream in a blue pot, Just enough for 3 days. |
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« Reply #69 on: December 26, 2018, 11:42:38 » |
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Would also hope your definition of cream really means clotted cream and not that horrible imitation stuff called pouring cream Whilst clotted cream is indeed the height, I would put in a word for pourable cream (note the deliberate use of another term) - by which I mean the real golden coloured double cream that comes from a traditional dairy rather than the 'horrible imitation stuff', which is hardly off-white that you get in supermarkets. The taste is a world away! We are fortunate to have a local dairy that processes its own milk from guernsey cows and milk from other local farms to produce traditional milk (not homogenized - so it still has a bit of cream on the top - particularly in the spring), double cream and butter. It is available in some of the local independent shops around here and in Swindon. Edited to correct typosI Might be able sample some of that next year then, as I am thinking of moving to Swindon |
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« Reply #70 on: December 26, 2018, 11:51:11 » |
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Any other recommend accompanying cheeses? Not got any of the above left in the house right now.
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With a particularly rich cake, you'd get away with Stilton. WP's choice of Wensleydale is good, but I didn't mention it because I think Wallace and Grommit are on telly later. Soft cheeses don't really do the business in this context, IMHO▸ , and I'm banned from eating Époisses indoors when anyone else is present. |
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« Reply #71 on: December 26, 2018, 12:25:43 » |
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I assume you are referring to blue Stilton? I am a fan of the white version - without the seasonal additions of apricot or cranberry - just the plain cheese. That works with cake.
One of my (many) vices is cutting lumps of cheese but then not worrying about the biscuits and just eating them with a nice port...
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« Reply #72 on: December 26, 2018, 12:40:24 » |
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Cheese and Christmas cake is a good combo, but we don't have any Christmas cake. I'm the only one who likes it! We do however have quite a lot of good cake of various other sorts. And various sorts of cheese. |
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« Reply #73 on: December 26, 2018, 12:58:03 » |
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A good quality Cheddar is hard to beat.
I currently have a wedge of Wookey Hole Cave Aged Farmhouse on the go. Delicious.
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« Reply #74 on: December 26, 2018, 13:27:39 » |
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Any other recommend accompanying cheeses? Not got any of the above left in the house right now.
Edit: Corrected gobbledygook.
With a particularly rich cake, you'd get away with Stilton. WP's choice of Wensleydale is good, but I didn't mention it because I think Wallace and Grommit are on telly later. Soft cheeses don't really do the business in this context, IMHO▸ , and I'm banned from eating Époisses indoors when anyone else is present. Worth a try with the Stilton then. It's that or the remaining weapons grade soft cheese from Christmas Eve. |
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