List of English cheeses

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Cheddar cheese with crackers

This is a list of notable cheeses in English cuisine. Some sources claim that at least 927 varieties of cheese are produced in England. [1] Fourteen English cheeses are classified as protected designation of origin. [1]

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In English cuisine, foods such as cheese have ancient origins. The 14th-century English cookery book The Forme of Cury [lower-alpha 1] contains recipes for these, and dates from the royal court of Richard II.

English cheeses

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A wedge of Bowland cheese
Derby cheese varieties include Sage Derby, shown with a wax coating. Sage Derby cheese with crust.jpg
Derby cheese varieties include Sage Derby, shown with a wax coating.
Smoked Lincolnshire Poacher cheese Smoked Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese.jpg
Smoked Lincolnshire Poacher cheese
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Shropshire Blue

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Cury here means cooking, related to French cuire, to cook.

Related Research Articles

There are many geographically indicated foods of the United Kingdom. In British cuisine, there is a custom of naming foodstuffs with reference to their place of origin. However, there are other reasons for this practice; Scotch egg, which was invented in London and Dover sole which indicates where they were landed, for example.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Fodor's Travel Publications, I.; Andrews, R.; Cannon, P.; Honnor, J.; Hughes, K.; Jewers, J. (2012). England 2013: With the Best of Wales. Fodor's England. Fodor's Travel Publications. p. 700. ISBN   978-0-307-92947-1.
  2. 1 2 3 Harbutt, J. (2015). World Cheese Book. DK Publishing. pp. 182–205. ISBN   978-1-4654-4372-4 . Retrieved February 2, 2016.

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