Salty cheese

VeryMan

Hello!
Is there a salty cheese to buy? Most cheeses I find in supermarket are sweet!
thanks!

LadyDee

Halloumi is very salty. Not suitable for sandwiches but slices fried briefly in a little oil - delicious!

VeryMan

yeah I know halloumi, and event tesco's hallumi is not salty, they distort real products to adjust them to hideous british tastes

I was thinking of a hard cheese that is salty, similar to graviera or something, isn't there any??

suki1964

Another thread to knock the British ?

Seriously if you don't like our food, our housing, our women, our work ethic, why are you here?

ERICS_MUM

Just buy a chunk of cheddar and a tub of Saxo.

ERICS_MUM

Have you tried the Greek grocery shops in London ? Certain neighbourhoods have Greek communities that import 'comfort food' from the old country. It's difficult to raise a herd of goats to make cheese in inner London.

Otherwise I think the likes of Waitrose, Selfridges food hall, Harrods food hall or Fortnum & Masons will stock it. I used to work in the City of London and there was a specialist cheese shop in Leadenhall market. No idea if it's still there but if it is, call them to see if do mail order.

MikeFivve

Try feta cheese.

rach_k

Try going to the cheese counter in the supermarket or a proper cheese shop and asking them. They should have suggestions and will be able to let you sample things.

Bear in mind that cheese is generally quite high in salt anyway and food manufacturers know most people want less salt nowadays. That might be why you're not finding very salty 'standard' cheeses.

VeryMan

rach_k wrote: »

Try going to the cheese counter in the supermarket or a proper cheese shop and asking them. They should have suggestions and will be able to let you sample things.

Bear in mind that cheese is generally quite high in salt anyway and food manufacturers know most people want less salt nowadays. That might be why you're not finding very salty 'standard' cheeses.

yet latest scientific studies suggest there is nothing bad about salt for most people and that only a portion of hypertensive have salt-sensitive hypertension

rach_k

VeryMan wrote: »

yet latest scientific studies suggest there is nothing bad about salt for most people and that only a portion of hypertensive have salt-sensitive hypertension

I didn't say there was anything wrong with salt, but people generally want less of it (whether you agree or not) so that is what food manufacturers are generally doing.

You're welcome, by the way.

Haffiana

If you are talking about cheddar cheese, then yes, the latest trend is towards sweet cheddars. It is the current cheddar fashion, and has been like that for a few years. I also don't particularly like them either. I don't eat cheddar very often, so I can't really recommend any, but you need to be looking for a proper, genuine farmhouse cheddar. That rules out 95% of all supermarket cheddars no matter what they say on their mass produced labels...

My suspicion is that the sweetness is to counterbalance the ghastly taste of a cheddar that has been rush-produced into being classified as extra strong, without actually being properly aged. However since this sweetness is popular, there are also some properly made cheeses that are sweet, which makes it all a bit difficult! You need one that is made with the traditional process (it has nothing at all to do with the salt content btw). I think if you google for a bit you should find a few - you may well find that some are sold online. Keens looks as if it may be the real McCoy, but I haven't tried it. I am pretty sure that Waitrose will sell a few, so if you can get to their cheese counter you can try them. I personally liked M&S Cornish Cruncher, in the gold packet.