List of cheeses: Difference between revisions
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{{Main|List of British cheeses}} | {{Main|List of British cheeses}} | ||
{{See also|British cuisine}} | {{See also|:en:British cuisine}} | ||
The British Cheese Board states that there are over 700 named British cheeses produced in the UK. | The British Cheese Board states that there are over 700 named British cheeses produced in the UK. | ||
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|[[Banbury cheese]] | |[[Banbury cheese]] | ||
|[[File:Banbury cheese recipe, Sloane MS 1201.jpg|135px]] | |[[File:Banbury cheese recipe, Sloane MS 1201.jpg|135px]] | ||
|[[Banbury]], [[Oxfordshire]], England | |[[Wikipedia:Banbury|Banbury]], [[Wikipedia:Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]], England | ||
|Once one of Banbury's most prestigious exports, and nationally famous, its production went into decline by the 18th-century, and eventually ceased. The cheese is best known today through an insult in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1597). Pictured is a 15th/16th-century recipe for Banbury cheese. | |Once one of Banbury's most prestigious exports, and nationally famous, its production went into decline by the 18th-century, and eventually ceased. The cheese is best known today through an insult in [[Wikipedia:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Merry Wives of Windsor|Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1597). Pictured is a 15th/16th-century recipe for Banbury cheese. | ||
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|[[Cheddar cheese]] | |[[Cheddar cheese]] | ||
|[[File:Somerset-Cheddar.jpg|135px]] | |[[File:Somerset-Cheddar.jpg|135px]] | ||
|[[Cheddar, Somerset]] | |[[Wikipedia:Cheddar, Somerset|Cheddar, Somerset]] | ||
|The UK's most famous cheese, and one of the most popular. | |The UK's most famous cheese, and one of the most popular. | ||
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|[[Stilton cheese|Stilton Cheese]] | |[[Stilton cheese|Stilton Cheese]] | ||
|[[File:Blue Stilton 01.jpg|132x132px]] | |[[File:Blue Stilton 01.jpg|132x132px]] | ||
|[[Melton Mowbray|Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire]] | |[[:en:Melton Mowbray|Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire]] | ||
|'''Stilton''' is produced in two varieties: [[Blue cheese|Blue]], which has had ''[[Penicillium roqueforti]]'' added to generate a characteristic smell and taste, and White, which has not. | |'''Stilton''' is produced in two varieties: [[Blue cheese|Blue]], which has had ''[[Wikipedia:Penicillium roqueforti|Penicillium roqueforti]]'' added to generate a characteristic smell and taste, and White, which has not. | ||
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|[[Stinking Bishop cheese|Stinking Bishop Cheese]] | |[[Stinking Bishop cheese|Stinking Bishop Cheese]] | ||
|[[File:A slice of Stinking Bishop cheese.jpg|132x132px]] | |[[File:A slice of Stinking Bishop cheese.jpg|132x132px]] | ||
|[[Dymock|Dymock, Gloucestershire]] | |[[:en:Dymock|Dymock, Gloucestershire]] | ||
|Perhaps the UK's most notorious cheese, known for its distinctive odour. | |Perhaps the UK's most notorious cheese, known for its distinctive odour. | ||
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