Primula Cheese
 

Has anyone tried bringing back Primula Cheese from UK? I've found the following:

Cheese- Solid cheese (hard or semi-soft, that does not contain meat); butter, butter oil, and cultured milk products such as yogurt and sour cream are not restricted. Feta cheese, Brie, Camembert, cheese in brine, Mozzarella and Buffalo Mozzarella are permissible (USDA Animal Product Manual, Table 3-14-6). Cheese in liquid (such as cottage cheese or ricotta cheese) and cheese that pours like heavy cream are not admissible from countries affected by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Cheese containing meat is not admissible depending on the country of origin.

I don't know if I'm reading that correctly, but it seems that it is permitted. However, it seems strange that I can't find it anywhere in the US. Any help, experience much appreciated.

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I'm not sure there's any actual cheese in Primula is there?! :lol:

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I have never seen it in the US, nor anything remotely like it, though I still look when I'm shopping for cheese. It would get used up so quickly I'm not sure I would bother trying to bring it back.

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Gouda and Cheddar, according to their website.

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I haven't seen it on any of the on-line food stores. Just thought since I'm going to Scotland at the end of April that I could stock up along with all the legal goodies.

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What is it? Valvetta in a tube? Or a something a bit posher?

Edit: Just looked...so it is just posh cheese out of a tube....well that's something different and a bit of a contradiction :D

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No idea, but if your smuggling it in I'll take a tube of the prawn flavor if they still do it and while your at at a tube of prawn cocktail pringles.

Primula = Posh eh No Bob, equivalent of cheese out a can but sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants...

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Yup, just posh cheese in a tube. The prawn one is the best. Brings back memories of when I was a wee bairn many moons ago.

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Well it's a wet cheese, so it won't be allowed, if you got caught.

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That's what I was afraid of. Must have been a reason why you can't get it here. I'll just have to fill up the suitcase with something else. Thanks.

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Claim it is cheese flavoured toothpaste?

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Now there's an idea

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Well they've got the minging orange stuff, so it's not an alien concept here...but cheese is a odd one around here.

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That's the question - if they can sell cr..p like Velveeta here, why not Primula?

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Firstly why?

Secondly, I vaguely think Ikea might sell something similar in the little food mart after the cashier.

Thirdly, Costplus world market?

Fourthly, Kraft cheese in a can?

Fifthly, no seriously why?

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Laughing cow? I know it's not squeezed but it can't taste all that different.

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Good grief. And yet it still tastes like plastic pretending to be cheese? That's quite impressive. :lol:

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the ones with meat and ham would for sure be against the meat import rules.

id eat primula any day - squeezed into a stalk of celery. but i will NEVER EVER in a gazillion billion years put Velveeta in my mouth.

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http://www.worldfiner.com/store.html

http://www.kavli.com/en/companies/in.../Products.aspx
Made by Kavli here and avaliable apparently.

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I hate you. :frown: Now I want some. :rolleyes:

Primula is what celery was made for, the almost white celery you get in the UK, not the bitter green stuff sold here. :unsure:

Unfortunately, if you follow the links, you discover that the US importer of Kavli products does not import all Kavli products, and, guess what, they don't import the tubes of cheese. :( .... In fact the only thing they import are the crisp breads.
That stuff is nasty, too soft to be hard, too hard to be soft, not much taste, and about the texture of a pencil eraser. :unsure:

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I thought this was about a long lost Troll:confused:

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I was trying to think of a way to describe it but you hit the nail on the head. .

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Nope, not a Troll. Who would have thought that a simple question about getting something through customs would have sparked this response.:(

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Thanks to everyone for their replies. It seems that if I want to get it through customs I'd have to take a chance. Plus either you love it or hate it, something like Marmite (which I love). Sorry, I didn't want to start a battle here. :)

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I think there was someone with Primula as a username who was a notorious troll here.

Well clearly you are wrong on both counts, let me know your POE and I will happily tip them off :-)

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It wasn't directed at you. A joke regarding a poster from a few years back.

I'd love a bit of primula on a cracker now, though. That or a Dairylea triangle. Gahhhhhhhh :lol:

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Sorry, POE will remain secret :D I've only been stopped once going through customs - that was in Philadelphia. I KNEW that the passport guy was going to make trouble, miserable old sod. He drew a big A on my customs form and I was directed to the customs officers. They only asked me if I had meat products (no) and then we had a very nice discussion regarding the merits of USA Cadburys (crap) and UK Cadburys. No sweat. However, I don't know if I'm going to risk it.

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Sorry! As others pointed out - Primula was a fun troll a while back. Not directed at you.

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Great. Now I want some Primula (the cheese product, that it)!!

My fave was the ham one, but I guess it's been well over 20 years since I had some.

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:eek::lol:..I knew that name sounded familiar:ohmy:

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She is about due for a comeback.

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Isn't that ironic :rofl:

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:lol:

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It's like ra-a-ain on your wedding day...

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Nope. That's just an unfortunate coincidence:zzz: