I think it's time we had a cheese thread. I love cheese and find the cheese here very good, especially some of the Tassie stuff. I do miss some of the spectacular cheeses to be had from Europe though. Many can be had here but cost big cojones!! I saw a chunk of Papillion Roquefort in a deli in Toombul for $132 yesterday! Couldn't have been bigger than 2 kg, probably less.

$132 for cheese?? for cheese?? Whack a bit of Laughing Cow on a Ritz cracker...done! Not very sophisticated am I?

Now give me patè anyday... Yummy!

It was a huge chunk and that particular cheese is even expensive in France!

Mmmmm cheese.. Went to Mudgee for Easter Weekend and got some fabulous cheeses from http://www.highvalley.com.au/. Finished the jar of chilli feta we bought there yesterday and I wanted to lick my plate - it was just soooo good.

Also got a fab vintage cheedar which was so tasty and their blue cheese so so stinky it was just gorgeous. Also got a cheese plate at this winery - https://www.loganwines.com.au - which I think actually included some Tassie cheese and it was delish.

With blue, the stinkier the better! I had a mate who worked in a good deli in town and we used to get some cheeses past the sell by! I remember one Gorgonzola that stunk the house out for 3 weeks but it was fabulous!

We had a Mennonite market about an hour from our house where we would go to buy the best cheese and what my kids called stinky meat (keilbassa or salami). Nothing better than going directly to the cheese factory and buying curds so fresh they squeak when you bite into them.

Sacre bleu (fromage).

In 2005 that Roquefort was £17.69 per Kg ($45) in Sainsbury's.

I was looking at the price of Gruyere the other day, it was a bit expensive $40kg. I stuck with Jarlsberg at $28 kg.

Blimey that's a lot. I used to be able to get Roquefort for about 10 euros per kilo.

Mind you that was Papillon. I prefer Le Vieux Berger or Carles personally.

Somerset vintage cheese - yummy

I will have to cut back, I will be a poor student next year. Coon and cleanskins.....

Sounds awful.

Some of the cleanskins are very good but cheap cheese is shite.........

Roquefort is usually about $90/kg here. At least it was last time I looked, before I found a way of getting it for around $60/kg Yum! I only buy it occasionally as $60/kg is still expensive, but as a stinky French garlic eater, I gotta have stinky cheese too!

Can you still have cheese? I thought cheese was a no-no after gall bladder surgery.