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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