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bongo
09 Sep 12 14:55
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Obviously if you've backed a winner or two it's nice to have some expensive stilton or extra mature cheddar, but when you're on a losing run but have to have proper block cheese who is the cheapest.
400g of Tesco Creamfields Mild Cheddar comes in at £4.98/kg but if anyone knows of cheaper then I'd be grateful for the information.
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Report kenny mann September 9, 2012 2:58 PM BST
Cathedral City was half price in Morrisons the other day for a 400gm chunk.
Report gawdalmighty September 9, 2012 3:26 PM BST
Tesco's are definitely up there when it comes to cheap cheese but those cheap blocks are full of crap mate. Try melting some of it, its like plastic and full of bad fats. Win or lose, you are better paying just a bit more and getting a good cheese. Wink
Report bongo September 9, 2012 4:23 PM BST
I'll have to try that sometime gawdalmighty, meaning melting some very slowly to see if the fats separate into layers. Then cut it with some candle wax, add a wick, and see if it will burn. You can't beat a bit if kitchen chemistry when you don't have a wife to explain to.
Report man of many moods September 9, 2012 4:34 PM BST
Blessèd are the cheesemakers
Report Roquebrune September 9, 2012 4:42 PM BST
Aldi Wink
Report 1st time poster September 9, 2012 5:07 PM BST
the cheese to seen with is,

wenslydales jervaulx blue cheese
Report Ivor September 9, 2012 5:13 PM BST
that's a long way to go for a block of cheese!
Report bongo September 9, 2012 5:27 PM BST
Good shout Roquebrune the 800g of Aldi mild cheddar comes in at £4.86/kg. Tesco's can consider themselves relegated.
According to their web-site: 'We all love cheese. Or at least that's how it seems, with 99% of households regularly buying it.' Wow.
Report screaming from beneaththewaves September 9, 2012 9:02 PM BST
I like the idea of the cheese-scented candles, bongo. As you aren't married, have you ever considered inviting some friends around for a mouse party? You could use them to get the atmosphere going.
Report BonVivvy September 9, 2012 9:22 PM BST
most cheap "cheese"isnt cheese at just nasty waxy lumps of oily gunk,the brits being such cheapskate mugs think that anything packaged in a sq with a olde english wrapper is the real deal take a look at the label and the word cheese nowhere to be seen on most muck.stick to  to waitrose fir proper cheese imo
Report Burt06 September 9, 2012 10:14 PM BST
aldi
Report everythings gone green September 9, 2012 11:04 PM BST
BonVivvy
09 Sep 12 21:22
most cheap "cheese"isnt cheese at just nasty waxy lumps of oily gunk,the brits being such cheapskate mugs think that anything packaged in a sq with a olde english wrapper is the real deal take a look at the label and the word cheese nowhere to be seen on most muck.stick to  to waitrose fir proper cheese imo

WALOFS

Cheap cheese is cheap cheese but it is still cheese. It's the law.
Report Clungehungry September 9, 2012 11:10 PM BST
Well yeah.

Iceland used to do some weird cheese subsititute years back, but I don't think they do any more. Whatever BV's hallucinations, it's all cheese!
Report everythings gone green September 9, 2012 11:18 PM BST
Cheese analogue Grin
Report Clungehungry September 9, 2012 11:36 PM BST
I can give you a cheese monologue if you like.

I just need to check my dairy.
Report polybot September 10, 2012 1:16 PM BST
get some cheap milk and make your own.
Report polybot September 10, 2012 1:17 PM BST
or if you are really poor, i believe oxfam hand out goats at Christmas.
Report The Leopard September 10, 2012 1:23 PM BST
Poly....I think you will find that is "Goals".....don't mention it...
Report polybot September 10, 2012 1:50 PM BST
goats too, and if you can't wait til Christmas you can buy one for 25 quid. that works out at 5 blocks of cheese so worth it imo.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped/animal-lovers/goat-ou5028ls
Report BonVivvy September 10, 2012 5:35 PM BST
Anyone classing the catering grade garbage  that comes on blocks mainly from ireland as "cheese"would probs also class smart price vodka" as "vodka"while tecnically
they are what they say each bears little relation to its true namesake
then again in the land of the pot noodle the chit chatter reigns supreme
Report moisok September 10, 2012 5:52 PM BST
dorset blue vinney
it nearly died out - was munching on some again on poole quay last month
Report Aunty Post September 10, 2012 6:19 PM BST
Check out this site for good value "cheesy" cheese.
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www.smegcheesycheeseonline.com
Report David Fishwick Minibus Sales September 10, 2012 6:21 PM BST
nominate the parkie
Report gawdalmighty September 10, 2012 6:35 PM BST
Life is too short for cheap "plastic" cheese, Bongo. Pay a bit extra or go without. My dog (who will eat ANYTHING) even snubs her nose up at that stuff. As you so rightly said, tis only good for kitchen chemistry Devil


I find it soooo nice and refreshing how any subject can be posted in Chit Chat and carefully thought out responses are given....or is that just me being cheesy?
Report Pokermonster September 10, 2012 8:23 PM BST
I've just purchased a 350g block of Pilgrim's Choice 'vintage' cheddar from Tesco for £2.50 (half price).  It's delicious, as nice as I've ever tasted.
Report Hamsterdam September 10, 2012 8:54 PM BST
I was always under the impression a block of cheese was a block of cheese. Even a cheapy block isn't reformed is it? I know that those cheap 10 slices for 99p are reformed but you can't have a reformed block of cheese.
Report bongo September 10, 2012 9:04 PM BST
That works out at £7.13/kg Pokermonster so doesn't compete with Roquebrune's and Bert06's Aldi for cheap 100% cheesiness.
On the other hand the really mature cheddars have really extended sell-by-dates so if you were buying a really massive block it might work out cheaper in the long term as it wouldn't be wasted. There was a newsfeed article recently about some 28+ year old Wisconsin cheddar that was still tasty.
Report A_T September 10, 2012 9:07 PM BST
Can't go wrong with a mature cheddar IMO - or even better extra mature. Just get one that's on offer.
Report bongo July 1, 2013 9:36 PM BST
Price news - ALDI do 'Everyday Essentials Mature Cheddar' for £3.99 for 836g.
Translating that, it means mature cheddar for £4.77 per kg, which is a tiny bit cheaper than 9 months ago.

Also being promoted is 'British Extra Mature Cheddar' at £5.40 per kg.

How do the producers of this stuff make a living? Water bills up 2-3%, inflation in other things, I expect vets haven't reduced their charges any, so somebody in the cheese supply chain is being squeezed at these prices if they've reduced a fraction. Great for consumers though.
Report EvgenyKissin July 1, 2013 9:45 PM BST
Good evening Bongo.

I hope you enjoyed the Irish derby.

I think someone was once selling 1KG of cheese for 10p but it was a few years back.

Good luck with your cheese.
Report Mr Eboue July 1, 2013 9:53 PM BST
SMELL MY CHEESE YOU MOTHER!
Report Coachbuster July 1, 2013 10:02 PM BST
Best quality/price ratio imo 

Waitrose

Colliers £3.00 (350g?)

superb quality - most of the stuff at Tesco i wouldn't give to the dog ,although Pilgrims isn't too bad imo 

Aldi's specially selected is also decent ,under £3 for a 400g block
Report Coachbuster July 1, 2013 10:05 PM BST
as for Cathedral cheddar - that must be the worst i've tasted anywhere - tastes like lard Laugh
Report Burton-Brewers July 1, 2013 10:25 PM BST
not widely available but can I recommend one called Black Bomber, (no jokes please) if you like cheddar you will not be disappointed.
Report bongo July 1, 2013 10:37 PM BST
Thank you for the kind words Evgeny, and I hope you're feeling good and your hands are well looked after.

I love to speculate on the future and wonder if one day some tattoo or piercing artist will insert a set of studs on the outside of a man's hands so he can grate cheese against it. That way, you won't have to wash your grater afterwards, just wash your hands instead, which you should do frequently anyway if preparing food. Saves a few seconds.
Report Mc Moonbeam July 1, 2013 11:38 PM BST
I swear by asda & their rollback deals

Just bought 200g of Pembrokeshire 'irresistibly rich' Extra Mature Cheddar for .. yes .. One Pound Cool
Report lybertyne July 1, 2013 11:43 PM BST
amazon.  you can buy westlife's "unbreakable: the greatest hits" for a penny (plus p+p).
Report Mc Moonbeam July 1, 2013 11:44 PM BST
haven't tried it yet but looks nice stuff , not cheap , although it is a bargain but nothing wrong with it at all fresh off the shelf .. rolled back from £1.98
Report themightymac July 2, 2013 12:01 AM BST
We make our own.
Report bongo July 23, 2017 12:52 PM BST
Aldi still doing extra mature cheddar for less than the price of 4 years ago

.
https://www.aldi.co.uk/scottish-extra-mature-cheddar/p/058552012873700
£4.54/kg
Who says the cost of living is going up? Obviously the non-cheese eating public sector unions, but apart from them, who else is saying the cost of living is going up.
Report Just Checking July 23, 2017 1:27 PM BST
Surprised the BBC/EULuv Channel haven't run a horrifying story yet, blaming a 4.1% rise in cheese prices on Brexit..
Report zorrostrikes July 23, 2017 10:24 PM BST
there was a sign up in a quality art store - selling brushes.
- there is nothing that can't be made cheaper -

If you want a paint brush that leaves the hairs on the wall as
you paint it'll be three for a pound in the poundshop.

If you want a brush that won't do that it'll be a fiver or tenner.

Same with cheese. Can your stomach afford it?
Report Ramruma July 24, 2017 11:01 AM BST
Surprised the BBC/EULuv Channel haven't run a horrifying story yet, blaming a 4.1% rise in cheese prices on Brexit..

That's because the headlines were about butter and cream but cheese is in the same supermarket aisle.

Butter could cost more by Christmas, Arla boss warns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40506573
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