Topic: Southern Wanker Watch

[Jiminy Cricket]

Smelly cheese does seem to be a bit of a Southern/Posh thing

I once bought Munster cheese (I was a local for a time) - my wife had a fit. 'It smells like shit'! To be fair, it did. Tasted good though.

Someone I knew at the time (from Corsica) would eat casu martzu. I would not eat that - there are limits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Wimpy northern bastard.

Eeeh. Bah eck gumpty!


I used to like stronger cheese when I was younger, but I prefer the milder stuff these days

Stronger cheese just smells like smelly feet

[Andy @ Allerton!]

I once bought Munster cheese (I was a local for a time) - my wife had a fit. 'It smells like shit'! To be fair, it did. Tasted good though.

Someone I knew at the time (from Corsica) would eat casu martzu. I would not eat that - there are limits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu

Casu martzu[1] (Sardinian: [ˈkazu ˈmaɾtsu]; lit. 'rotten/putrid cheese'), sometimes spelled casu marzu, and also called casu modde, casu cundídu and casu fràzigu in Sardinian, is a traditional Sardinian sheep milk cheese that contains live insect larvae (maggots).



:O

[Jiminy Cricket]

Eeeh. Bah eck gumpty!

I used to like stronger cheese when I was younger, but I prefer the milder stuff these days

Stronger cheese just smells like smelly feet

You'll be voting LibDem next!

[Jiminy Cricket]

Casu martzu[1] (Sardinian: [ˈkazu ˈmaɾtsu]; lit. 'rotten/putrid cheese'), sometimes spelled casu marzu, and also called casu modde, casu cundídu and casu fràzigu in Sardinian, is a traditional Sardinian sheep milk cheese that contains live insect larvae (maggots).

:O

It doesn't appeal then, Andy? I guess we both are Northern wimps.* I expect Dr. Beaker would be in like Flint.

* Though, you'd probably think of me as being a Southerner (since I am from the Midlands).

[Crosby Nick]

Smelly cheese does seem to be a bit of a Southern/Posh thing

[Elmo!]

I'm not sure if Minger is a word well known down south or just a Scottish thing....

[KillieRed]

Wasn’t that one of Jade Goody’s catchphrases? “Am I minger”.

She didn’t know where East Angular was, but she knew about Mingers. Perhaps she’d visited Aberdeen.

[west_london_red]

I'm not sure if Minger is a word well known down south or just a Scottish thing....

No, it’s used down here too, it’s very ‘The Inbetweeners’ let’s say.

[duvva 💅]

Used to pay for the toll road and still got caught in traffic there every Friday.

Tho A14 down near Cambridge used to take some beating for shite

They’ve finally finished the work now and it does cut about 20-30 mins off the trip to Liverpool when I drive up for matches. Was an absolute ball ache for years before though

Oh and cheese is shit unless it’s melted

[fridgepants]

Heh. You both should try American 'cheese'. It is cheese for people who do not like cheese - tasteless. Honestly, the cheapest Edam is miles better than 'Jack' or what they call 'Swiss' over there. Mild Cheddar (another cheese for those who do not like cheese) is flavourful by comparison.

Went to Chicago a couple of years ago and on the way back we stopped at somewhere called Mars Cheese Castle, essentially a massive cheese superstore. You wouldn't have liked it.

[Jiminy Cricket]

Went to Chicago a couple of years ago and on the way back we stopped at somewhere called Mars Cheese Castle, essentially a massive cheese superstore. You wouldn't have liked it.

To be fair, I could buy European cheeses easily enough from Safeway,* though it was pricier of course. By the sounds of it, Mars Cheese Castle is American cheeses? I expect there are good American cheeses, but they are not widely available.

* Not the same as Safeway's UK subsidiary - more like Sainsbury's.

[fridgepants]

It was mostly American cheeses, but with a few 'specialty' ones mixed in as well. Really really wanted to bring home some cheese curds but doubt they would have survived the flight.