The price of cheese

What is this Co-Op of which you speak?

Day care for the over 75s.

milk shortage for dairy items like cheese this winter already been touted ...


2.19 will look cheap soon!

I only indulge in top quality cheese and pay £17 for 500gms of brie de meaux and £15 for 500gms of colston bassett stilton from a cheese specialist in the west end of London. It is worth every penny!

You is on a Doctor's pension innit. I bought a load of cheap Arran cheddar truckles (£1.25), freezer.

What do you put on your lasagne Dr Slicer?

I too only indulge in top quality cheese and would never lower myself enough to purchase the cheaper products such as brie de meaux or colston basset stilton. I pay £100 for 5gms of foreskin cheese from a specialist in Soho. It is worth every penny. Pretentious? Moi?

I am not pretentious. If anyone wishes to purchase Asda's own brand cheddar at £1 for 20 kilos, that's up to them. I don't put anything on my lasagne. Harrods lasagne needs no additions. I hope this clarifies the matter.

I wood never by anithing from that cheep fore run owned plaice

arrods that iz.

Au contraire, the suggestion is ridiculous. I too partake in a little lasagne on occasion and have it flown directly from a specialist in Italy as it requires no additions and is worth every penny compared to the so called 'lasagne' one can purchase from a department store.

Now now guys- you are extracting the urine. Just because I am a bon viveur and a devout epicurean, no need for you all to feel inferior in your dietary requirements.

Thank you for that clarification, Dr Slicer. I tend to avoid full fat hard cheese these days, but I am partial to a topping of Rians fromage frais on a bowl of strawberries.

dr slicer,  you should be locked up for that

cheese is always reduced in the local petrol garage or supermarket. Wait and get it at 50p.

Have just made one of my world famous lasagne, it will be out of the oven in about 10 minutes.
The Harrods van will be around shortly to collect a few portions for their discerning customers.
I'm keeping quiet about where Mrs F bought the cheese topping.

Is this French stuff any good for melting on toast?

Popular melting cheeses in France originated in Switzerland but versions are made in the French Alps. "Raclette" is specially made for melting but you could use French versions of Gruyere and Emmental cheeses or indeed buy the Swiss originals.

I admire your savoir faire Foinavon, I use Gruyere when I make French Onion Soup. The onions are purchased from a specialist who delivers them 'a bicyclette' They are worth every penny although given his penchant for wearing a striped jersey and beret, he is required to use the rear entrance.

I lived in France for a while, Cooperman. French onion soup is wonderful.

Cheese, like oil, is priced in dollars, hence the hike.

Being in the know I bought some cheese futures and now can still get my wheels of Shropshire Blue at last year's prices.

I read in the financial pages that the wholesale price of butter has gone through the roof.

That explains why cheese is so expensive.  Probably.

Additionally, lemon curd is now beyond the reach of many hard-working families.   You will probably have noticed that it has been removed from the CPI basket of groceries in a cynical attempt to mask the true level of inflation.

I love a warm croissant with lemon curd

lemon curd ?

I've not had that since the 70s

use all traytors - buyin foreign muck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePaHG6g7uFw

The COOP is extortionately expensive in my experience. I swung into one the other day to pick up a few things as I was near on coming home. I was walking around and things were almost twice the price I'm used to paying in Tesco.

I just don't get it either.  Who would shop there out of choice?  Food selection taken from the 1990's.  As expensive as M & S /Waitrose.

Local products such as beer more than anywhere else.  They are flogging a bottle of beer for between £2 and £2.50 and Tesco, Asda, Aldi selling same for £1.25-£1.50.

Cheese in particular is I think a crap selection and expensive. The LIDL cheese is fine, and Tesco seems to always have sales on of various brands like cathedral city, I think seriously strong might be current one. Stock up. You can never have enough cheese.

I see Foinavon, it sounds better than the Aldi mousetrap cheddar I put on my toast.

Do yuo still keep yor reciiepts for a DIVVY

Co-op certainly not my first choice and they def are more expensive for a lot of stuff, not just cheese. But they're handy, there's at least 2 of them within walking distance for me so thats the only reason I go sometimes. Lidls is where I get the weekly shop, but its further away so a pain in the ar.s.e to get to when I need bits n bobs.

Cheese update - Co-op have Seriously Strong extra mature cheddar (350g) for £2.50 - thats acceptable enough.

About 25 years ago I bought some chicken portions from my local Co-op.
I forgot to put them in the fridge overnight, and when I got up the next morning the stench that I met in the kitchen from them was staggering.

I took them back and they called out the in store butcher who played down the whole issue claiming ''oh they're perfectly okay they're just sweating a bit.''
Nevertheless the manager promptly gave me my money back.

I've only been in there half a dozen times since and I certainly would never buy any meat from there. Which is a shame because I don't whether the clown is still working there or not.
Which only goes to show why Tesco and other stores like them bend over backwards to avoid upsetting their customers.

I wonder how much money I would have spent in there if I'd been a regular for the last 25 years?

"I took them back and they called out the in store butcher who played down the whole issue claiming 'oh they're perfectly okay they're just pining for the fjords.'"

Fixed that for you

I bet he didn't take them home and eat them himself.

And please nobody come out with the one ''a good vet would soon have them back on their feet and running about.''

cheese is whey over priced

I would expect uncooked chicken left in a warm room for many hours to whiff a bit tbf, DR. Wouldn't risk eating it myself.