Has any reader managed to find any Lancashire cheese in a supermarket recently? Can't seem to find the stuff for love nor money - haven't even seen it for decades. All supermarkets seem to sell these days is hideously insipid cheddar and perhaps a few speciality cheeses from France, but hardly any decent, reasonably aged, varietal English cheeses of quality.
The few British cheeses they do sell - besides the ubiquitous cheddar - such as Wensleydale or Red Leicester, are invariably adulterated with several species of fruit that some people must obviously relish, but merely hide the poor quality of the mass produced cheese.
Don't get me wrong; I like cheddar, but only the vintage stuff with hard bits in it, which is incredibly hard to find among the plastic crap in supermarkets which if only fit for cooking with.
Even supermarket bought stilton has to be air matured for a week at room temperature to get rid of the soapy taste.
I currently lust after a hunk of mature, crumbly Lancashire with a decent bite to it - the kind of thing Ben Gunn was desperate for, mostly toasted. Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire would be just the thing. A Welsh rarebit made with mature Lancashire cheese, mixed with Dijon mustard and a dash of Worcestershire Sauce, toasted and topped with a poached egg!
I feel a trip to The Fine Cheese Company in Bath coming up in the not too distant future. A visit there is aroma heaven.
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