Has anyone heard of a food item, probably cheese, called
"Chester"? (not Cheshire).
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"Reid©" > wrote in message
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> Has anyone heard of a food item, probably cheese, called
> "Chester"? (not Cheshire).
> --
This from "The Cheese Book" by Marquis and Haskell:

"From time to time the French have made a number of observations about
Cheshire. Victor Meusy, for example, writes irreverently:

Dans le Chester sec et rose
A longues dents, l'Anglais mord

(Into Chester dry and pink
The long teeth of the English sink)

He calls Cheshire "Chester" as do the rest of his countrymen. Englishmen
rarely complain about this , doubtless because they realise how
extraordinary it is for the French to recognise the existence of any British
cheese."

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 09:39:30 +0100, Reid© >
wrote:

>Has anyone heard of a food item, probably cheese, called
>"Chester"? (not Cheshire).


AFAIK it is a nother name for Cheddar cheese.
/Erika

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Then for then years you try to be as little as your parents as possible.
Then you gradually change in to them.

"Reid©" wrote:
>
> Has anyone heard of a food item, probably cheese, called
> "Chester"? (not Cheshire).
> --
> Mike Reid


One of my aunts (of Swiss German origin) said she used to get it when
she visited England in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She said it
wasn't Cheshire and it wasn't Cheddar, both of which she knows quite
well. I've looked for it repeatedly, but even the cheese shop in Goodge
Street (back when they were solely a cheese shop) didn't have it and
couldn't order any.