Talk:Leicester cheese
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"there is no other well known Leicester cheese of another colour to so distinguish it by"
yes - but do not not forget that stilton is more a leicester cheese than 'red leicester' due to the conrtol of geographical manufacturing - of course no distinction is necessary, but it certainly is a well known leicester cheese!
- Yes. I couldn't find a sensible way to phrase that bit so I deleted it. Certainly there isn't a Green Leicester cheese, but the lack of disambiguative value in the word "red" didn't seem particularly notable to me. Also red leicester is by far the most common name. I get 1,180 google hits for "leicester cheese" -"red leicester" versus 38,700 for "red leicester" cheese. Slogby 21:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
--dAve:
Back in 2005, I had a cheese sandwich that I bought in London that was basically grated red leicester and (a grated white medium-soft cheese, similar to monterey or white cheddar), mixed with "a dressing" that was basically mayonnaise. It was SO good, and I've always tried to recreate it here in the states as leicester is hard to locate. Even gourmet cheese shops give you a double-take when you inquire about it (perhaps the operative word here is "gourmet" -- I suspect that leicester is not gourmet, but has a character that does not offend nevertheless).
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If the cheese is usually called "Red Leicester", then why is the article at Leicester cheese? Shouldn't it be at Red Leicester cheese? 217.34.39.123 12:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
