Gorgonzola (Italy)

I have tasted Gorgonzola a  long time ago and I was so disappointing experience that whenever I noticed it the store I omitted it.  Last week I decided to give it another chance. It taste like pudding to me. I mean a home made pudding made with yolks, milk, sugar and starch. I haven't notice any piquancy or distinctive flavor. I can only assume that the piece I bought was young (Gorgonzola dolce), aged for 2-3 months.

White Stilton (Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire)

White Stilton is my favorite when I'm craving for something sweet. Rarely I eat chocolate or cakes, but cheese is my staple food (next to my own sourdough bread). There is so many cheeses  that one human life is not enough to try them all. 

White Stilton is young  cousin of Blue Stilton, which hasn't been enhanced with blue-mold starter cultures. It has mild taste which is flavored with dried fruits: blueberries, lemon peel, apple and pear (haven't tasted them yet), mango & ginger (very sweet), apricots (bland) and cranberries (delicious!)

• with mango and ginger : interesting but too sweet for my taste buds.

• with dried apricots: the fruit are for me too though and don't increase the flavor of the cheese

• with cranberries: my favorite cheese for fall; cheese and cranberries are like a harmonious marriage

Blue Stilton ( Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire)

When I tasted  Blue Silton for the first time, I was positively surprised by the mellow flavor and creamy and slightly crumbly texture with fine blue veining . Eating Blue Stilton is like enjoying an exquisite dark chocolate.They yellowish  rind around the cheese is marked with white patches  and becomes brown, coarse and crusty with age. Young Stilton has mild flavor but mature has strong aftertaste (and makes me thirsty).

Stilton is known as the King of English Cheese and it rightfully wears the dairy crown. It is the only British cheese graced with its own certification trademark.
Stilton is named after a village in Cambridgeshire where the cheese used to be made and sold to travelers at an in inn there. It was invented by a woman:  Mrs Frances Pawlett of Wymondham, near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. She was  a supreme cheese-maker and Stilton ( Britain's first blue cheese) constitutes a proof of her skills. I'm very happy to find out about  that woman. I had always connected the art of cheese making with men.

Spinach and Blue Stilton Tart recipe