Cheshire
Cheese
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Cheshire is a dense, crumbly, semi-hard cow's-milk cheese — pale, moist and notably saline, with a mellow, tangy, faintly lactic bite. Reputed to be the oldest named cheese in Britain, it is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 and takes its name from the county of Cheshire in north-west England.
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Moist, crumbly, tangyFurred, dried out, musty
Wrapped wedgeEveryday bestMade from raw or pasteurised milk: check the label. If raw, CDC advises pregnant, over-65 and immunocompromised people to eat it steaming hot.
Cut faceEven colour, the crumb a touch drier
Smell at the cutMilder, the tang a little muted