American Reacts to UK vs USA CHEESE Differences // What You Didn't Know!

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  • @TheDoctorFlay
    @TheDoctorFlay 23 дні тому +6

    There is an annual cheese rolling event in Gloucestershire, where people chase a cheese wheel down a steep hill in an attempt to win it (while trying not to break any limbs).
    The videos of that event will make you question the sanity of a nation where this is seen as fun, but by crikey that's what we are all about.

    • @rocketrabble6737
      @rocketrabble6737 21 день тому

      I always worried about what happens to those poor cheeses! 😢

    • @TheDoctorFlay
      @TheDoctorFlay 20 днів тому

      @@rocketrabble6737 Good point. Nobody ever wins it so what do they do with it. "shop soiled" hardly covers it.

  • @JanineCrainich-rj6sx
    @JanineCrainich-rj6sx 23 дні тому +7

    Yayee!
    Island Girl is back baby 💯🔥🥰
    Hit the LIKE button folks 👍🏼🥰🇬🇧

  • @stephenandrews8419
    @stephenandrews8419 18 днів тому +2

    Cheese in the UK in NOT mainly just eaten on it's own as wrongly stated in the video. 40% of cheese in the UK is actually eaten in sandwiches & the other 60% is divided up in use by every other method. Such as pizzas, burgers, flans, toppings for meals, cooking ingredients cheeseboards etc
    My favourite is an aged red leicester & yes most of the American cheese i have had is plastic. After saying all that, i do sometimes like a creamy processed cheese, just because of the soft texture

  • @richardbrown8966
    @richardbrown8966 23 дні тому +4

    When I make cheese on toast, I'm using Red Leicester, it melts just fine.

  • @PLuMUK54
    @PLuMUK54 23 дні тому +6

    UK cheese regularly wins gold awards in international cheese competitions. These are usually artisan cheeses, but even our typical factory made cheeses available in supermarkets are tasty.
    I love strong cheese, preferably one that opens the fridge door and grabs me as I walk past 😉 (I shall be honest though, my favourite is Italian, a Mountain Gorgonzola).
    I use strong cheese on anything but will also use American Cheese style on burgers because I like the way it melts. Red Leicester makes a great Mac 'n' Cheese or Cauliflower Cheese.

    • @chrisinwood464
      @chrisinwood464 22 дні тому

      My late mum who lived to be 96 loved a cheese "that bites you back"😂

    • @richardhargrave6082
      @richardhargrave6082 21 день тому

      @@chrisinwood464 Your mum was right (As they all are!)

  • @missharry5727
    @missharry5727 22 дні тому +2

    Halfway through this I was seized by an overpowering need for cheese and went to check what if any was in the fridge. Luckily there was some Manchego, which is a sheep's milk cheese from Spain, and currently my favourite. It has a very distinctive flavour.

  • @maudeboggins9834
    @maudeboggins9834 23 дні тому +19

    European cheese is the best, Swiss, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Greek Feta & of course British.

    • @dant-vj2gl
      @dant-vj2gl 23 дні тому

      Sprinkling dust 😂😂😂😂

    • @anthonyspurgatis5820
      @anthonyspurgatis5820 22 дні тому +1

      I'm not a fan of cheese not made from cow/ buffalo etc, but I do love feta with red watermelon, it just goes together

    • @maudeboggins9834
      @maudeboggins9834 22 дні тому +1

      @@anthonyspurgatis5820 Baked Feta with olive oil, cherry tomatoes & onion is delicious. Plus a warm baguette.

  • @johnp8131
    @johnp8131 23 дні тому +1

    We have at home currently: Stilton; mature Leicester; a creamy English Brie; a mature Cheddar and an extra mature farmhouse Cheddar still in it's cloth. And then some foreign cheses like an extra mature Gouda and an extra ripe Camembert both untouched from Christmas.
    We usually have tubs of soft cream cheese too but that's usually just for making sauces.

  • @coot1925
    @coot1925 23 дні тому +3

    Let me introduce you to Coots Piledriver.
    You will need some equipment & ingredients.
    Stilton cheese, Heinz baked beans, medium curry powder, 2 cans of draught Guinness, bread, butter. nose clip, saucepan, robust toilet bowel, toilet paper.
    Put 1 can of baked beans in saucepan
    add slices of stilton cheese & heat on medium setting on stove
    add about 4 table spoons of curry powder
    keep stirring until all the cheese is melted & becomes stringy
    toast 2 slices of bread & spread on plenty of butter
    pour cheesy beans over toast
    pour Guinness into glass & enjoy
    After some time place yourself in a well ventilated area away from naked flames, other people & pets, put on the nose clip but be close to a toilet.
    Tip: it may be advisable to put toilet roll in the fridge.

  • @JJ-of1ir
    @JJ-of1ir 23 дні тому +1

    Hi Island Girl - glad things are going well and she's doing all the right things to get better. Love from the UK xxx

  • @davidprocter3578
    @davidprocter3578 23 дні тому +2

    A traditional desert from the UK almost forgotten Apple pie, Custard , covered lightly with grated Cheddar cheese, English of course, strength to taste.

  • @frankparsons1629
    @frankparsons1629 23 дні тому +1

    Always before the main meal, thus fortified I can turn my attention to cooking a meal without dying of hunger!! And yes, I do love my cheeses (plural) with variety of suitable biscuits and crackers. Sometimes with a wee tot o Port which is a real close friend of any cheese. I bought various Cheddar cheeses last year from the Cheddar Cheese Company in Cheddar and it is aged in the Cheddar caves. Their Vintage Aged Cheddar both takes hold of your tongue and throws it around and it knocks off your socks! WOW - that is double TASTY and a half! Some mature or Vintage, Cheddar is described as "flinty" - it will break into pieces when cut and has "texture" and is a little "crunchy" - I'm not describing it very well, but Cheddar has a certain hardness to it, its the absolute opposite of plastic! Thank you Island Girl for this cheery reaction, as always. Take care, go safely and keep warm this time of the year.

  • @Chris-we7jx
    @Chris-we7jx 23 дні тому +1

    As mentioned below, not only do we have all those UK cheeses, but we are only an hour or so away from Europe. So we also have a massive choice of European cheeses too in the supermarkets. Cheese and 'cheese bicuits' with a small bunch of grapes is usually served after your pudding. Lovely jubbly. 😀

  • @grahvis
    @grahvis 23 дні тому +3

    In my fridge I have Blue Stilton, Double Gloucester with onion and chives and extra mature Cheddar.

  • @laserman9566
    @laserman9566 11 днів тому

    In our supermarkets (UK here) cheese on the shelf actually have a strengh rating between 1-5 so you can choose your level

  • @77MrRd
    @77MrRd 21 день тому

    Great video and good laugh , to add my bit to the story (for what it's worth) I recently came across a cheese called ''Shropshire Blue'' in England , if it does find its way across the Atlantic try it , let it melt in your mouth and if you love cheese like that , great , because you'll still taste it at the end of the night 😄

  • @tgsgardenmaintenance4627
    @tgsgardenmaintenance4627 21 день тому

    Stilton on a quality burger with a portobello mushroom is absolutely divine!

  • @TheDoctorFlay
    @TheDoctorFlay 23 дні тому +1

    We do have a lot of mild cheese, but we tend to use them for different things.
    If you want a cheese sandwich with a lot of cheese then mild is good.
    If you are melting or cooking it then strong cheese tends to work better.
    You have to adjust for the amount you use. Strong cheese will go a lot further in a cheese sauce. With mild cheese you need to grate half a pound before you'll taste it

  • @tonywood8755
    @tonywood8755 22 дні тому +1

    When I was in New York I went into a Subway store. I ordered a cheese salad roll and the staff looked at me in amazement

  • @kingsmegger4089
    @kingsmegger4089 23 дні тому +2

    Wensleydale Cheese with Cranberries very nice

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 17 днів тому

    My favourite cheese is a Norwegian one, Jarlsberg, but I love British cheeses too, using milk from cows, sheep or goats. You can get very strong cheeses or lovely, mild, subtle ones.

  • @terencecarroll1812
    @terencecarroll1812 22 дні тому +1

    Different region = Different farms = Different flowers and grasses = Different types of milk = Different flavours and wide variety of cheeses.
    Local farms mostly make and sell their own cheeses and sell at farmers markets. We also have goats, sheep's and buffalo cheeses

  • @user-TonyUK
    @user-TonyUK 23 дні тому +2

    As a single Guy who hates cooking I get through a lot of Cheddar Cheese, approx 1 KG a week, Cheese and chutney sandwiches, Cheese and Chilli sandwiches plain or Toasted.

  • @Pomdownuder
    @Pomdownuder 22 дні тому +1

    3 year aged chilli cheddar on digestive biscuits
    Cheese on toast with Worcester sauce.

  • @JonPerry-m8r
    @JonPerry-m8r 23 дні тому +1

    We have mild cheese too

  • @flea1683
    @flea1683 23 дні тому +5

    I eat Lancashire crumbley mostly mmm

  • @angelawalker8615
    @angelawalker8615 23 дні тому +2

    We have over taken French cheese with the number of varieties and quantity. The cheese nerds in NY , Italy ,Madrid, and Paris rate English cheese very highly.

  • @richarddavies4322
    @richarddavies4322 23 дні тому +1

    She nailed Gloucester 🎉🎉🎉 and British chocolate is grass fed as well 😊

  • @PeterDay81
    @PeterDay81 23 дні тому +2

    Have a look at How traditional British Cheddar is made in Somerset.You and yours stay safe young lady. One thing don't try Stinking Bishop (cheese).All the best from England.

  • @steveaga4683
    @steveaga4683 22 дні тому +1

    Cheese at the end of a meal is logical. The cheese counteracts the acids in your food and protect your teeth

  • @windsorSJ
    @windsorSJ 22 дні тому +1

    I've just had a Eureka moment. The FDA has obviously approved the individual additives that are used in US food. But I wonder if the additives have been researched for how they react with each other when they are in your system? Anyone with a basic knowledge of chemistry knows that chemicals react differently when combined with other chemicals.

  • @jobucknall1408
    @jobucknall1408 22 дні тому +1

    In my fridge is British mature cheddar and French Doux De Montagne

  • @seijika46
    @seijika46 23 дні тому +1

    Well worth checking out our great tradition of Cheese Rolling.

  • @tedb4355
    @tedb4355 21 день тому

    On my various trips to the USA, I thought ordering a meal without cheese was illegal. No matter what I ordered, the first question was, "Do you want cheese on that?" Unless they just added it without asking.

  • @JohnResalb
    @JohnResalb 22 дні тому +1

    Well I must say one thing in all honesty.
    I never tasted plastic cheese ever in my life until one day I thought I'd try a breakfast burger in McBonald's.
    Europeans pride themselves on their selection of delicious cheeses, so it may be that I'm spoilt. But I really can't stomach plastic, especially first thing in the morning.

  • @windycity1828
    @windycity1828 22 дні тому +1

    🎉🧀Hi Island Girl.

  • @roddavis2876
    @roddavis2876 21 день тому

    A cheese board is put on the table as a replacement for dessert in a meal.

  • @spursgog835
    @spursgog835 23 дні тому +1

    Blue Stilton is my favourite. I’ve just paused the video to eat some.

    • @missharry5727
      @missharry5727 21 день тому

      @spursgog835 Strange how just reading about cheese gets you that way. Time to go and make my lunch cheese sandwich (Manchego).

  • @TheDoctorFlay
    @TheDoctorFlay 23 дні тому +1

    The variety of cheese is due to the small local dairies that kept their local cheese recipe alive, and also since the past 20 years or so where we have seen a lot of new cheeses.
    It is unfair to say that American cheese is bad because of the mass produced rubbish. There are traditional cheese makers that still have pride in their local produce so it is around but it is now a luxury item.

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 17 днів тому

    Our cheese is mostly better because of the way we farm. Our dairy animals are living on rich, green pasture, not feedlots. This makes the milk rich and full of good fats.
    It's the same reason why our butter is yellow and delicious and American butter is white and flavourless.

  • @anthonyspurgatis5820
    @anthonyspurgatis5820 22 дні тому +2

    Island girl, remember when you watched the cheese rolling from UK, well I bet Americans would do it if the prize was a giant block of English cheddar

  • @lindathomas5500
    @lindathomas5500 22 дні тому +2

    It’s because your tastebuds have been ruined by the amount of sugar that is added to all your foods! I mean the amount of sugar that is in your bread is ridiculous! Hence why your tastebuds prefer milder and sweeter flavours!

  • @andrionusthemage1016
    @andrionusthemage1016 23 дні тому +1

    one of and there are many pet hates from America is the use of the word breading for battered items such as fish and chips are battered not breaded (you can get breaded but easy too tell the difference ) Yorkshire pudding are made from batter not breading , this would be a good video too educate the difference between bread and batter .

  • @jasonsmart3482
    @jasonsmart3482 23 дні тому +3

    Sorry USA but yes, having lived in the USA for a couple of years, your supermarket cheese is awful. You can buy more artisan cheeses but they are very expensive. We did find a couple of very good cheddar producers in NC which didn't feel that cheddar should be orange. I live near Dover and often pop over to France for the day. One of my favourite destination there is the cheese shop in boulogne-sur-mer, amazing.

  • @ChrisShelley-v2g
    @ChrisShelley-v2g 23 дні тому

    Yes we love our cheese in the UK, you could say that we put our faith in Cheeses 🙏
    In my fridge right now is French soft cheese, British cheddar with chive, French brie, hard vintage cheddar for grating to add flavour to smoked fish with broccoli, another soft French garlic goats cheese and many others, I love cheese, I use it to add umami, Google it, it adds even more flavour.

  • @anthonyspurgatis5820
    @anthonyspurgatis5820 22 дні тому +1

    Also I'm not a fan of blue cheese, smells like my dad's feet, but I love it in sassauge and homemade burgers. , it takes them to the next level

    • @WideCuriosity
      @WideCuriosity 22 дні тому +1

      I'm not overly keen on the texture of cheese with mould. However cooking with it is a wholly different experience. Steak & stilton pie, for example, is a taste sensation.

  • @allanheslop4493
    @allanheslop4493 23 дні тому +5

    The French being French believe we only have one good cheese Stilton, how snobbish can they get

    • @susanford2388
      @susanford2388 23 дні тому +2

      Cheddar I believe is the most popular cheese globally.

    • @Tyu-f1s
      @Tyu-f1s 23 дні тому

      No one in france think that
      You have NO good cheese !

    • @russcattell955i
      @russcattell955i 23 дні тому +2

      I'm British and worked in a cheese factory in France for 16 years until retirement. Cheddar is known and liked by some natives Stilton not so much.

    • @illyaedwards7188
      @illyaedwards7188 22 дні тому

      ​@@Tyu-f1sBritain has the best cheese in the world

  • @Nardia-ob9rn
    @Nardia-ob9rn 22 дні тому

    Island Girl you done know say our Jamaican tastee cheese is the best😊

  • @clemstevenson
    @clemstevenson 23 дні тому +2

    If your engine is rattling, US cheese might help keep it quiet 🚙🚙🤣

  • @robertjohnsontaylor3187
    @robertjohnsontaylor3187 12 днів тому

    Has anyone tried the cheese “stinking bishop”?

  • @gracesmith3726
    @gracesmith3726 23 дні тому +1

    Baron Bigod 😋

  • @capablancauk
    @capablancauk 22 дні тому +1

    Stilton beef burger with real stilton and real beef.

  • @Jack-pu4rf
    @Jack-pu4rf 21 день тому

    Not all British cheese is stronger we do have mild cheddars and soft cottage cheese, I personally like Wensleydale cheese with blueberries,

  • @andrewwood8706
    @andrewwood8706 22 дні тому +1

    american cheddar is not cheddar as its got to come from cheddar if that makes sense

  • @sugarynugs
    @sugarynugs 23 дні тому +1

    ❤🙏

  • @williamwhitty7243
    @williamwhitty7243 23 дні тому +1

    over 700 differnt cheeses and not one comes in a can

  • @dazparry1580
    @dazparry1580 20 днів тому

    Hope cheese makes you laugh, only reason I clicked. 😄

  • @seeker1432
    @seeker1432 22 дні тому +1

    I am Born in Lancashire, Theres a cheese called Lancashire cheese. I have never tried it. Its supposed to be really expensive and i am only a minion.

    • @missharry5727
      @missharry5727 22 дні тому

      It's not that difficult to find, bigger supermarkets have it. It's a crumbly white cheese not unlike Cheshire, which is not surprising as Lancashire and Cheshire are close, as is Yorkshire's Wensleydale, favoured by Wallace and Gromit.

    • @mattking5936
      @mattking5936 21 день тому +1

      Do you still live in Lancashire? Just go to Bury Market and try some for free. It's not too expensive to buy either.

    • @seeker1432
      @seeker1432 21 день тому +1

      @@mattking5936 I am bordering Liverpool. Some miles away. But thanks for that, When on my travels i will check that out.

    • @mattking5936
      @mattking5936 21 день тому

      @seeker1432 I'm sure you can get it on Fleetwood market as well. A bit closer maybe?

  • @jimbo116252
    @jimbo116252 21 день тому

    I like orkney cheddar

  • @karenblackadder1183
    @karenblackadder1183 23 дні тому +2

    If I want a quick snack of cheese on toast, I'll definitely use the plastic variety. Most British supermarkets carry it.
    However for 'proper' cheese I meet my local cheesemonger at the Farmers' Market in Hexham (northern England) I'll hand him maybe £25-£30 and ask for a selection. He will then weigh out portions of different cheeses up to that total. It can consist of cheeses made from (all exclusively grass fed and free ranging) cattle, goat and sheep milk. They can all be mixed with various fruits and herbs.
    There are also the strong blue marbled cheeses. Each has mould spores deliberately injected into them.
    The main 4 are Danish Blue, Gorgonzola, Stilton and, of course, Stinking Bishop!!😀

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 17 днів тому

    There is nothing Brits will not do for cheese.

  • @grahamcheetham2146
    @grahamcheetham2146 23 дні тому +2

    Stilton gorgonzola mmmm

  • @matthewhenery4834
    @matthewhenery4834 22 дні тому

    Awe Cheesus lol 😂
    Watch the Gloucester Cheese Rolling competition lol, it's possible you will wet yourself or at least break something... 😂
    🤭😆✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🎠🎠🎠🍌🐎🤪

  • @SeanGelarden
    @SeanGelarden 18 днів тому

    Like everyone else we have good cheese , Europeans choose to critique the stuff that comes in a can

  • @dirkspatz3692
    @dirkspatz3692 13 днів тому

    One Question - Is there some UK Law (threthed with death penalty or so) that only Cheddar is allowed.
    Every time a YT Video about UK and Chesse it is Cheddar, Cheddar, Cheddar and nothing else. Do you not know Gouda, Camenbert, Rocheford, Feta,...?

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 17 днів тому

    I could be wrong, but I think all British cohws are grassfed. Grain feeding is cruel. Fairly sure it would be illegal here.

  • @richardhargrave6082
    @richardhargrave6082 21 день тому

    Kraft have ruined many things, cheese being one of them

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 17 днів тому

    Our cheese slices are much better than theirs.

  • @andyf4292
    @andyf4292 21 день тому

    American cheese,,, may as well eat mastic or crayons

  • @terencecarroll1812
    @terencecarroll1812 22 дні тому +1

    Quantity = More fat = less healthy

  • @andyf4292
    @andyf4292 21 день тому

    quantity over quality,,, I've seen them, they eat like starving paupers

  • @enemde3025
    @enemde3025 23 дні тому +1

    " more cheese Gromit? ". 🧀
    I like a REALLY strong cheddar that tickles your tonsils when you eat it. 🧀
    Eating cheese AFTER a meal helps your teeth, as it neutralises the acidity from food.
    American " cheese" is coloured , toxic plastic or out of a can ! 🤮☢☣
    Certain British cheeses HAVE to be made in a designated geographical area like STILTON.
    Each county may have it's own cheese.
    Does America allow "BLUE" cheeses ?
    Pizza " cheese" isn't real cheese. It's called ANALOGUE CHEESE . It's artificial.
    Deep fried cheese....how very American !! 🤦‍♂
    We don't have grilled cheese sandwiches. We have CHEESE ON TOAST. Completely different.

    • @georgedyson9754
      @georgedyson9754 23 дні тому

      I'm with you on the sharp strong Cheddar but here in Canada it is not always that easy to find. Strangely enough, one of my preferred Strong Cheddar cheeses is the no name Supermarket brand - but I do worry that it is always the same shape which means it must have been at least partially processed!
      There is a generally reasonable ranged of cheeses from several European countries as well, but they are more expensive than local products.
      Here, Quebec is the place known for cheese although they wrestle with the regulations as some of it is made from raw milk..

    • @missharry5727
      @missharry5727 21 день тому

      @enemde3025 Of course Wallace and Gromit, being from Yorkshire, like Wensleydale.

  • @chrislawley6801
    @chrislawley6801 22 дні тому

    In US Cheese before a meal where you call the main course the entree ( French for starter ) please ammericans dont try to explain how & when to eat cheese

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 17 днів тому

    Frankly, I don't know how mac and cheese is a thing. It looks awful.

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 17 днів тому

    American cheddar is not real Cheddar.

  • @nige4287
    @nige4287 23 дні тому +1

    I hate cheese with a vengence.