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> Hahabogus wrote:
> > Arri London > wrote in
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> > > This site has suggestions for using real Stilton:
> > >
> > > http://www.stiltoncheese.com
> > >
> > > Did you cheese shop/cheesemonger call what you bought Stilton?
> > > http://www.stiltoncheese.com/US/care/wrapdisplay.html has a picture
> of
> > > what Stilton looks like.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I asked for the cheese because the name intrigued me. <snip>
>
> I suspect what you bought was a cheese commonly called "Huntsman",
> which is double Gloucester around a thinnish stripe of Stilton. Cut in
> a wedge one sees a top layer of orange double Gloucester, a thinner
> layer of Stilton, and then another layer of double Gloucester. IIRC,
> sometimes there are two thin layers of Stilton.
>
> Stilton itself is a blue-veined cheese, very good.
>
> Mac

Right. I'll add that the Stilton used to make Huntsman is of the poorest
quality.

Charlie