Newbie to Stilton question.....

[Cubist]

A not so subtle blend of dried partially broken down milk proteins and rancid dairy fats topped with a dusty layer of assorted moulds and occasional splashes of interesting bacteria...

You've been looking in the "lunch" compartment of my hydration pack again haven't you

 

[dellzeqq]

It is considered bad form to eat the rind. Stilton should be served whole, and spooned from the middle.

I'm sorry, but that's not right. Taking Stilton from the middle of the cheese is extremely bad form. One should always cut along a radius.

 

[goo_mason]

Good stilton is food for the gods, problem is there's not so much good stilton around.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Mmmmmmmmm...... stiiiiiiiiiiiilton!

 

[Panter]

Ok, I'll stop eating the rind

Never used to be able to stand Stilton at all, I'm a very recent convert to it

 

[rich p]

I wholeheartedly agree.

Mmmmmmmmm...... stiiiiiiiiiiiilton!

I stay regularly in a cottage in Hartington, Derbyshire which had one of the few stilton 'factories' and retail shop but it has recently had to close

 

[Fnaar]

Iused to have a pair of wellies that smelled a bit like Stilton

 

[TVC]

After 19 years I finally got Mrs VC to try a bit of 'Blue' this weekend, and she really liked it.

[Paging Mr Fnaar, paging Mr Fnaar]

 

[Fnaar]

After 19 years I finally got Mrs VC to try a bit of 'Blue' this weekend, and she really liked it.

[Paging Mr Fnaar, paging Mr Fnaar]

 

[summerdays]

Mmm love stilton - and stilton soup is fantastic...

 

[Dayvo]

The solution is to just eat as much as possible - rind or not!

I do, when I get the (all too seldom) chance!

 

[amnesia]

Stilton rind is fine... don't try it with Edam though

 

[Dayvo]

Stilton rind is fine... don't try it with Edam though

No, and those red babybels are overrated! They taste of wax!

 

[ComedyPilot]

personal choice...I do

I don't.
A nice balanced answer for you

Cool, let's leave it there then shall we?

Actually I like the rind, just didn't know if it was supposed to be eaten

Eat half of it?

 

[Saddle bum]

Stilton rind can be added to almost any soup if you are making it from scratch.

What freezes my balls more that anything about Stilton is when some total bounder "noses it". I normally call over the head waiter ask him to replace the cheese and charge the perp for the new bit.

 

[Cubist]

I'm sorry, but that's not right. Taking Stilton from the middle of the cheese is extremely bad form. One should always cut along a radius.

I'll break a habit of a lifetime and say that , yes, if you are serving a wedge of stilton, then guests should cut along the radius (taking the nose off is considered bad form) but originally the cheese was served whole, kept under a Wedgewood bell, big enough to acommodate the whole cheese.