Yes! This Red Leicester is a beautful cheese and so far my favorite new cheese I discovered this year. Not too sharp. Perfect bite. Lingering flavors of delicious cheese. Port wine flavors. "Addictive and distinctive" says Fleming. "Not a phony cheddar, it tastes like what cheese should taste like--really great cheese!" I agree.
Seek this cheese out this holiday season. You will be hooked.
Name: Rothbury Red Leicester
Type of Milk: Cow, Unpasteurized
Type: semi-hard
Produced in: England, Rothbury
Date Purchased: 12/082006
Date Eaten: 12/09/2006
Purchased Where: United States, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, A Southern Season
Price: $15.99/lb.
COMMENTS
OMG! Red Leicester is my absolute FAVE breakfast cheese! When we were in England, our hotel had little packages of this and double gloucester. I would take them with me, and have yummy snacks all day as we went sight seeing!
I adore cheddars in general, but the true bright sour taste of the RL just made me happy! I miss it...It's hard to find in LA, even at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, but I suppose I could special order it if the yearning gets too great... or I run out of California cheeses to try!
Posted by B! | October 2, 2007 2:00 PM
Posted on October 2, 2007 14:00