Divas can be a handful. They can reach heights of beauty and produce outrageous joy. Divas also are demanding, tempermental, fickle, and hard to care for. Quicke's Cheddar is a diva. But so again is most any raw milk cheese worth its salt. Tasting it the day it arrived I found the flavors, oniony and chive-like. The next day after a two-hour airing, the flavors became less harsh, but still complex and brilliant. I sensed hints of celery. Quicke's required planning and attention to taste the cheese at its best. Wrapping the cheese in breathable paper, storing it and cool but not cold temperatures, and keeping it apart from other harsh flavored foods were only the start to getting this cheese at its peak. Quicke's Cheddar like most farmhouse cheeses has a labratory of microbes working on it, changing it, pushing it to evolve in the new directions. One wheel can taste different from another made with the same milk, and cheeses of different milkings and seasons can vary even more. If you want consistancy, these are not the cheeses for you. If you want the possability of greatness but are willing to deal with occasional disappointment, this cheese is worth the gamble. The texture is more moist. less brittle than Montgomery's but the same opportunity for a great experience.
Name:Quicke's Cheddar or BMF Quicke's Cheddar
Type of Milk: cow's, unpasteurized
Type: semi-hard, cheddar
Produced in: England, Devon
Date Purchased: 9/21/2007
Date Eaten: 9/22/2007, 9/23/2007, 9/28/2007
Purchased Where: online, www.artisanalcheese.com
Price: $17.25.00/lb.
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Hello
First Id like to congratulate you for your site, like you I have a passion for cheese and everything related, I just dont have all the knowledge you have so your site has been quite helpful in learning and discovering new treats for me to try.
I just have a question, as a mexican, I wonder why you dont have any mexican cheese. As you might already know, Mexico has one of the largest and more diverse cuisines in the world, and as a result we hava a wide and very rich variety of cheeses that could make your collection more complete.
Thanks again for all the effort you put on your site, it is an incredible source for us who love cheese.
Best regards,
Eduardo
Posted by Eduardo | October 22, 2007 6:32 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 18:32
Eduardo,
I will try cheeses from Mexico as soon as I find them. There are Mexican style cheeses produced locally and I have written about a couple of them. Mexican cuisine is one of the world's finest.
Posted by Kirk | October 22, 2007 8:40 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 20:40
Hello, im Lucy Quicke, my family run Quickes Farm in Devon, thank you for such wonderful, passionate words about our cheese!
I love you site!! Its very interesting! Ofcoure im a huge cheese lover!!
Posted by Lucy Quicke | June 3, 2008 5:01 PM
Posted on June 3, 2008 17:01
Hello, im Lucy Quicke, my family run Quickes Farm in Devon, thank you for such wonderful, passionate words about our cheese!
I love you site!! Its very interesting! Ofcoure im a huge cheese lover!!
Posted by Lucy Quicke | June 3, 2008 5:01 PM
Posted on June 3, 2008 17:01