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reedalong's review
funny
informative
medium-paced
3.5
What to expect: A mishmash of writers focusing, chapter-by-chapter, on traditional English cheeses that were clearly assigned to them. I found it all rather funny and silly. One writer even calls his assigned cheese "dull" and goes on to name other cheeses he seems, rather blatantly, to prefer.
Overall this book provides a weird little window into what some writers thought about English cheeses in the 1930's. Working in cheese now, and being previously familiar with all but one of the mentioned cheeses, undoubtedly makes this a more entertaining read than it would otherwise provide. Stating that a couple, with little problem, should be able to polish off half a wheel of Stilton before it spoils? Advising against ever selling that same cheese by the pound? Hilarious!
Also I find it immensely funny that the chapters are so varied. Some writers wax poetic about the land from which their assigned cheese comes, some basically spend their entire chapter giving step-by-step recipes for making their cheese, and others go into great detail on what is undoubtabley, according to them, the *only* way to eat their cheese. Very funny, imo.
Worth the read if you work in, or are very passionate about, cheese.
Overall this book provides a weird little window into what some writers thought about English cheeses in the 1930's. Working in cheese now, and being previously familiar with all but one of the mentioned cheeses, undoubtedly makes this a more entertaining read than it would otherwise provide. Stating that a couple, with little problem, should be able to polish off half a wheel of Stilton before it spoils? Advising against ever selling that same cheese by the pound? Hilarious!
Also I find it immensely funny that the chapters are so varied. Some writers wax poetic about the land from which their assigned cheese comes, some basically spend their entire chapter giving step-by-step recipes for making their cheese, and others go into great detail on what is undoubtabley, according to them, the *only* way to eat their cheese. Very funny, imo.
Worth the read if you work in, or are very passionate about, cheese.
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