Just a tip if you like extra mature cheddar

dealyboy

I think we MSE'ers often overlook Waitrose, but it is my nearest supermarket and they do have one or two bargains in their 'Essentials' range. They have been promoting the fact that they have reduced the price of 100s of these products. One such is the Essentials Extra Mature Cheddar.

New price £4.75 for 750g (£6.34/kg). It has over 800 reviews/ratings at an average of 4.8 out of 5, only 7 of them give 1* and two of those are mistakes.

It's rather nice.

sarah1972

I love Asda essentials cheddar at £5.33 a kilo. So personally I wouldn’t pay an extra pound a kilo for Waitrose.

https://groceries.asda.com/product/mature-cheese/just-essentials-by-asda-mature-white-cheddar/1000094333951

YoungBlueEyes

Thanks dealyboy. We eat a lot of cheese in our house, so I'm forever buying big blocks of extra mature cheddar. I've found that marks' do a very good one, just about the same price too.

I think sometimes it's easy to write off some supermarkets as too dear/posh, but there can still be bargains in there. Value for money rather than just flat out cheapest.

dealyboy

sarah1972 said:

I love Asda essentials cheddar at £5.33 a kilo. So personally I wouldn’t pay an extra pound a kilo for Waitrose.

https://groceries.asda.com/product/mature-cheese/just-essentials-by-asda-mature-white-cheddar/1000094333951

@sarah1972 ...
... yes I do like that cheese especially in cheese and onion sandwiches.

I used to buy the extra mature at Asda ... as in this one ...
https://groceries.asda.com/product/extra-mature-vintage-cheese/asda-extra-mature-cheddar-cheese/910002987750
crumbly with a hearty after taste ... until I became lazy, or should I say Iazier.

Actually I find cheese so addictive, which is not good, so I've had to add it to the list ...
cigarettes, whisky, wild wild women, extra mature cheddar 

Rosa_Damascena

YoungBlueEyes said:

Thanks dealyboy. We eat a lot of cheese in our house, so I'm forever buying big blocks of extra mature cheddar. I've found that marks' do a very good one, just about the same price too.

I think sometimes it's easy to write off some supermarkets as too dear/posh, but there can still be bargains in there. Value for money rather than just flat out cheapest.

How much is the M&S one per kilo? My guideline for value is around £5.

YoungBlueEyes

They’re £5 but not a kilo. I’ll take a pic. Lake District is 830g, West Country is 750g, smallest one is 550g. All good but the Marks ones are worth the extra money. They’re creamier without sacrificing the strength. Yummy. 

YoungBlueEyes

I think the little one was £3.50 (?) Can't remember now. I liked to keep a good stash of cheese in so it's OOD before I get to it. Makes it even yummier

dealyboy

Hello again @YoungBlueEyes ...

YoungBlueEyes said:

I think the little one was £3.50 (?) Can't remember now. I liked to keep a good stash of cheese in so it's OOD before I get to it. Makes it even yummier

... obviously ... and there's thinking I was addicted 

YoungBlueEyes

Ooh you have to get a good backlog going!

I'm not going to admit that those 3 are just the mature cheddars. I also have little 'flavoured' ones (stilton+apricot etc), parmesan for cooking, smoked ones for eating chunks of just because. I'm also not going to admit I have a whole shelf in my fridge just for cheese...  

Farway

YoungBlueEyes said:

Ooh you have to get a good backlog going!

I'm not going to admit that those 3 are just the mature cheddars. I also have little 'flavoured' ones (stilton+apricot etc), parmesan for cooking, smoked ones for eating chunks of just because. I'm also not going to admit I have a whole shelf in my fridge just for cheese...  

Try Asda Double Gloucester with onion & chives if you like "flavoured" ones

YoungBlueEyes

Ooh thanks Farway, I will.

I need to get my erse in gear cos Tuesday morning is food shopping morning and there's rain on the way. They say. I'll bob into asda and lift some of that