Lancashire
cow's-milk cheese · Cheese
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Lancashire is a cow's-milk cheese from the historic county of Lancashire in north-west England, famous for a soft, buttery, crumbly body and a clean, lactic, lemony tang. It exists in three quite different guises — the traditional "Creamy" and longer-aged "Tasty" cheeses, built from curd blended across two or three days' milkings, and the modern factory-made "Crumbly" pressed from a single day's curd.
Picking a good onedrag
Moist, buttery, lemonyFurred, dried out, rancid
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 faceTrue to its style, the crumb a touch drier
Smell at the cutMilder, the lemony tang a little muted