Is chedder cheese the greatest food of all time?

[Kirkland Laing]

The problem is camemberts are refrigerated when you buy them and if you leave them out straight away after a few days when they're ready to eat the inside of the cheese hasn't all turned runny, there's still a big lump of solid stuff. So you need to let it gradually rot in the fridge till its expiry date then speed the process up at room temperature for a few days after that. Even better would be to find a supplier of camemberts made with unpasteurised milk but they don't export them outside France.

The inside of the cheese should look like this when you break the rind :




If you don't let it mature and start it well before expiry date it looks like this when you open it :




and it doesn't have the wonderful smell you get when it's ripe.

I get the feeling you'd be one of the few people who'd enjoy working with old socks.

If you buy cheese from a supermarket , then yes they are refrigerated , go to the makers direct and you will find a better product. Also have you tried SMOKED CAMEMBERT ? IT HAS A WONDERFUL FLAVOUR WHEN MATURED.

I had smoked stuff one time but it wasn't mature. If I see some smoked stuff I'll buy it and let it get smelly.

It's a bit of a trek from Sunderland to Normandy just to get some cheese.

(The British version isn't on.)