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went on the Christmas cheese run yesterday and got goat's cheese, strong cheddar, smoked cheddar, pave d'affinois (brie), the obligatory stilton and tallegio (smells like death)

£40 on cheese???!?

so to make it worthwhile, I'm looking for a wafery salty seedy cracker or similar to go with it - anything special out there?


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:25 pm
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Cars thins are yummy 🙂


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:39 pm
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Orcadian oatcakes


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:42 pm
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Chinese seaweed crackers, esp for the tallego


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:45 pm
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+1 for oatcakes lovely


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:47 pm
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I like the ones that you pull from both ends. They crack and often contain a paper hat and a piece of plastic shaped like a small comb.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:52 pm
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I'm a bit uncultured and like the variety of a big tin of assorted crackers failing that some digestives will do 🙂


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:54 pm
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OOooo digestives with marmite and a slither of cheese over the top!! Or oatcakes with cheese and some grapes! ARGH now you've got me wanting some of this nice food ...ggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrr


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:56 pm
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Oatcakes or have it with dried dates! Tasty!!!


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 1:59 pm
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Krackawheat


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:20 pm
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derek, are they made by jacob's, not heard of them?

the chinese seaweed crackers sound good
not a big fan of oatcakes, bit dry, but I know others are so I'll get some of them
anyone every made crackers themselves?


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:30 pm
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Millers Damsels . Wheaty, salty, expensive. Just the ticket.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:44 pm
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Nairns oatcakes or Millers Damsells (three seeds)
yum.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 2:56 pm
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Miller damsels, oat, wheat, celery or charcoal, fudge make nice ones as well.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 3:17 pm
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I've always considered the cracker as merely a vehicle for transporting cheese to mouth, and as such should impart little or no flavour of their own. A water biscuit or similar should be perfectly adequate.

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Posted : 23/12/2009 3:22 pm
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Woody +1


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 3:25 pm
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Just use a spoon


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 3:27 pm
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They're not wafery or seedy but I normally go with Tucs and/or the classic Jacob's Cream Cracker.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 4:13 pm
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Hovis digestive biscuits,yummy.
Ian


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 5:00 pm
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Proper French bread is the best for the non-British ones.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 5:02 pm
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Not keen on the thin, snappy ones:

fine oatcakes (plainer but with body)
hovis or digestive (sweet)

Your cheese of choice (not too smelly, for me)

Onion chutney/relish/marmalade

Port (large glass, swirl it around)

Finish with a square of quite dark chocolate


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 7:40 pm
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bath olivers


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 7:55 pm
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Bath Olivers


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 8:00 pm
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oatcakes for hard cheeses, wholemeal digestives for blues. serve with a chilled tawny, and none of this fruit/celery/chutney nonsense.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 8:17 pm
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Plate. Cheese(s). Red wine.

No other distractions.

Cheese is the work of the devil.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 8:37 pm
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ditto orkney oatcakes


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 8:47 pm
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Water cracker, thin smear of Vegemite, slice of cheese, slice of tomato, sprinkle of black pepper.

drooool...

I'm off to make some 🙂


 
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Anything other than the cheese is a distraction.

Slice of apple or grapes to cleans the pallet.

The only reason to drink wine with cheese is if either are rank - cheese and wine parties were invented to hide poor examples of both. :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 8:55 pm
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All of the above, avoiding chutnies/ marmite/ condiments, inc. butter.
In the cupboard at the moment we have Krakawheat, Jacobs Cream Crackers, Carr's Water biscuits but Mr Popular is by far and away the Fudge's selection box. Need to buy Bath Olivers tommorrow. Love it.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 8:57 pm
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AndyP WTF? Chilling a really good tawny will kill it stone dead.
ian


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 9:13 pm
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Premier cheese sell a great Gewürztraminer confiture and pinot noir jelly but I guess that's not on the shopping lists for you chutney hating folk 😀


 
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The only reason to drink wine with cheese is if either are rank - cheese and wine parties were invented to hide poor examples of both.

No, no, no.

Cheese = good.
Wine = good.
Both = gooder.

IMO of course.

And if it worked with whisky, I'd say the same, but cheese'n'whisky is just wrong.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 9:39 pm
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Try Danish Blue on Hovis or McVities digestives, oh yeah!
Cambazola is rather nice on carrs too.


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 9:42 pm
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Got to be Roquefort papillon, cashel blue or Barkham blue for me


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 9:51 pm
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Duchies Oat Biscuits..mmm, crunchy, oaty, big..


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 9:53 pm
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Water cracker, thin smear of Vegemite, slice of cheese, slice of tomato, sprinkle of black pepper.

get out of the thread ❗

thanks everyone for the suggestions


 
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[i]AndyP WTF? Chilling a really good tawny will kill it stone dead.
ian [/i]
You'll find that an awful lot of port manufacturers would disagree with you there...but hey, what would they know?


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 10:00 pm
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Water biscuit, as said above, don't ruin the taste of a good cheese with a manky old cracker


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 10:09 pm
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Speaking of cheese, port and crackers, I believe it's time to crack open the xmas selections. It has to be a selection.....


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 10:34 pm
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I'm with AndyP on this. Also if you can get Scottish Oatcakes from Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfrieshire then you've got a sublime combo. They are the best I've ever had!


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 10:42 pm
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Brakes, why don't you make them, oat-fruit 15 min tops, also spiced bread which is nice goes nice with some foie gras if you have any, you can use the left over spiced bread to make pain perdu, if you like I'll drop you the recipes as they are fool proof, for my sins I'm a chef. 😀


 
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I'll have the recipe Chief Saleem! Please 🙂


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:17 pm
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for which


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:21 pm
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Oat-Fruit combo sounds good to me. Breads I doo. Taa!


 
Posted : 23/12/2009 11:23 pm
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Hovis crackers..................hmmmm

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