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Cheddar Cheese


Comment on Cheddar Cheese

Did you know that cheddar cheese has been around since 1170?!

Comment on Cheddar Cheese posted 2008-05-22 by Sydney from South London, Camberwell


Comment on Cheddar Cheese

The cheese and maggot tradition may have lasted almost two centuries beyond 1720. My grandfather lived in Ashton-Under-Lyne in the 1870's and he used to relate how his grandmother would send him to the store to get maggoted cheese. He would bring it back, they would scrape off the maggots, and melt the cheese in the fireplace. Perhaps infested cheese was a bargain, or more unlikely, it was a delicacy but in any event it was available for sale long after 1720.

Comment on Cheddar Cheese posted 2008-01-16 by William Jervis from Groton, Connecticut, US


Comment on Cheddar Cheese

Where does cheddar cheese come from?

Comment on Cheddar Cheese posted 2007-11-20 by floss from bury st edmunds


Comment on Cheddar Cheese

cheddar cheese is now matured in the caves in Cheddar Gorge

Comment on Cheddar Cheese posted 2007-07-25 by Syd from Cheddar


Comment on Cheddar Cheese

Cheddar cheese is known and made all over the world. It is iconically English. A product from a small Somerset village that has achieved global status.

Comment on Cheddar Cheese posted 2007-03-30 by Geoffrey Carter from South Shields