We have a new shop among the units at our local (3 miles from me) hardware and DIY place - a butchers with extras. This is all quite exciting as there hasn't been a butchers locally since the 1980s.
For my first visit I bought some sausages and this cheese.
This isn't a new or unknown cheese and quite widely available and I've probably eaten it before, but not recently. It's really delicious, strong but in a smooth way rather then the Extra Mature Cheddars sold in supermarkets.
The Snowdonia Cheese Company is a family business started in 2001. They say they were inspired by the lush greenery of North Wales to make Red Leicester and Natural Cheddar that "married an extraordinary depth of flavour with extraordinary creaminess".
They produce at least 12 different truckles of waxed cheeses with various flavours - Rock Star, Red Storm, Truffle Trove etc etc . Website HERE if you want to see all the others.
This is what is says about 'Rock Star'
In 2020, our expert cheesemakers set about developing a Cheddar with the exceptional flavour that only cave-ageing can achieve. We discovered the perfect setting – a former slate mine, surrounded by the mountains of Snowdonia National Park and the protected Dark Sky Reserve. Its natural caverns, deep underground, provide an exciting opportunity for us to continue our pursuit of innovation close to Snowdonia Cheese Company’s home.
I won't be sending for any of their many hampers or collections - rather expensive - but a small piece from the new shop now and again will be good.
Snowdonia Cheese Company is a family business, founded in North Wales in 2001
Sounds interesting. As you say, the supermarket very mature cheddars taste very - almost bitter in a way, certainly not smooth. That's a find for a treat.
ReplyDeleteI hope the sausages are nice too.
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The extra strong at supermarkets seem to have got sharper but anything milder is tasteless
DeleteNice to get a mature cheese with creaminess.
ReplyDeleteIt was very good - I will be buying again
DeleteI'm not a cheese eater, but I understand that well aged cheese often have a better flavour.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about the cave-aged cheese - hope they have it locally
DeleteA butchers? The best of British luck to him is all I can say.
ReplyDeleteWell established business in Bury St Edmunds already
DeleteI bought cheese from this company, for Christmas presents, and it was very well received! A lovely idea if you want to give a treat…and better still if you can find some good biscuits to go with it! 😁
ReplyDeleteGood idea for a lovely present. Son would enjoy it
DeleteThat is my favourite cheese - goes well with Nairn oatcakes !
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it with Aldi oatcakes!
DeleteDefinitely special treat cheese, really delicious though. I get it from Lakings, in Louth, along with good Lincolnshire meat for the rest of the family.
ReplyDeleteI think I've seen it before but not sure anywhere else locally stocks it
DeleteWhat a great blurb for 'Rock Star' - it sounds quite romantic! Makes me want to go and eat some cheese :)
ReplyDeleteI love to know the history of all the different cheeses that I've been trying
DeleteI really like Snowdonia Cheese and first tasted it at a country living show in Glasgow. It came in a cool bag so that it would travel home safely on the train. During lockdown I treated us to cheese from Snowdonia and Wensleydale which arrived promptly in cool packs. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of making a note to myself about this cheese for Christmas
DeleteThat sounds really great. I don’t eat supermarket cheddar because of the ‘tang’ afterwards.
ReplyDeleteSome can be very strong - although I love all cheeses
DeleteMy first thought on seeing your post title was, 'Mountains in Suffolk'? Then I read your post and all became clear.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely no mountains here - we hardly have hills!
DeleteMy mouth is watering. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteBonnie in Minneapolis
I need to go back to the shop to try another
DeleteSpecialty cheese is always a good treat. Cheddar cheese also is nice with slices of apple. My father loved a slice of sharp cheddar on top of his warm apple pie. A good butcher shop is always welcomed. Steaks and burgers on the BBQ grill make for easy tasty meals during the Summer months.
ReplyDeleteI hope a lot of people use this new shop to keep it going.
DeleteHow interesting about the aging process. I haven’t had Leicester cheese for a while but used to really enjoy it. Lovely too that you now have a butcher’s shop nearby. We used to go to a Co-op butcher’s shop, and had to get off the bus just before the town centre (St. Albans) to go to it. The fishmonger’s was even further out of town. Shopping without a car involved more planning then. Jean in Winnipeg.
ReplyDeleteOur local town of Stowmarket had two butchers right in the town centre into the 1980s but both have gone now and there was one in the next village to me until about 1985 - now meat usually comes from the supermarkets
DeleteCoincidence - I saw the Black Bomber cheddar in one of our local supermarkets the other day. Not cheap as you say - especially after exchange from £ to aud$ but maybe I’ll try it some time
ReplyDeleteNice to try a small piece of special cheeses now and again
DeleteI know exactly what you mean about supermarket extra strong cheddars - too much of a good thing sometimes, I'll keep a look out for this Welsh version, hopefully I'll spot it in a local deli.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Must be for sale somewhere near you
DeleteYou have to support a local butchers, they are few and far between these days aren't they. We are very lucky to have an award winning one in our small town which Alan frequents regularly as they do hot pies every morning. If I'm out with Mavis I have to drag her past the shop, as she's used to sharing a pie with her Dad a couple of times a week on their doggy walks.
ReplyDeleteAlan used to buy those cheeses regularly when we lived in Wales as they sold them in Bodnant Farm Shop ... and obviously we were just on the edge of the National Park. He absolutely loved them.
We've still got a few butchers in some of the other small towns but it will be handy having one closer
DeleteI hope the butcher shop stays in business. They're pretty rare these days.
ReplyDeleteI hope to use them when I can - specially for the cheese!
DeleteHope the butcher's stays in the village. That cheese sounds lovely.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Sounds like a lovely treat. I do like a good cheese. Most cheddars here tend to be rather rubbery, like they aren't real cheese lol.
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