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|  13-12-2020, 11:42 AM | #1 | |||
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			Yay or nay. Has to be Wensleydale to be authentic. Never thought of it as a local tradition until daughter went to uni and then lived in Brighton. She has converted loads of her southern friends to this delicious treat. | |||
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|  13-12-2020, 11:51 AM | #3 | |||
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			Just when you think Christmas cake couldn't possibly be any worse, along comes Smudgie to blow that notion out of the water.
		 
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|  13-12-2020, 11:52 AM | #4 | |||
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| Quand il pleut, il pleut | 
			
			...Smudgie, you crazy northerner...we gave you Christmas and look what you did with it...I’m not a huge Christmas Cake fan or a huge Wensleydale fan...but may that Wensleydale snow on your cake and ice it beautifully...  .. ...(..I am actually a northerner but have never heard of that combination before...)... 
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|  13-12-2020, 11:58 AM | #5 | |||
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			i love christmas cake ..... but noooooooot with cheese    | |||
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|  13-12-2020, 12:00 PM | #7 | |||
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| Quand il pleut, il pleut | 
			
			...that’s definitely a Southern thing, I think...Northerners just laugh and say No...
		 
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|  13-12-2020, 12:01 PM | #8 | |||
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			I don't think its a whole Northern thing....I've never heard of it.  Must be a North East thing. I don't even understand what you mean....is it a bit of cake then a bite of cheese? Or both at the same time 
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|  13-12-2020, 12:02 PM | #9 | |||
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| Quand il pleut, il pleut | 
			
			...I’m from the North East, I’ve never known such an oddity, Annie...it’s a most curious thing...
		 
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|  13-12-2020, 12:04 PM | #10 | |||
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| Quand il pleut, il pleut | 
			
			...Matt, don’t open the link...there is a graphic pic... https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/artic...7-34bc8735e6f3 
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|  13-12-2020, 12:06 PM | #11 | |||
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			It's a Victorian thing I think, they ate cheese after rich food to aid digestion.
		 
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|  13-12-2020, 12:06 PM | #12 | ||
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			I assumed melted cheese like custard.    | ||
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|  13-12-2020, 12:08 PM | #13 | |||
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|  13-12-2020, 12:09 PM | #14 | |||
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| Quand il pleut, il pleut | 
			
			...it actually gets worse, not better...
		 
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|  13-12-2020, 12:10 PM | #15 | |||
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|  13-12-2020, 01:04 PM | #16 | |||
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			Had cheese with fruit cake before but not christmas cake. Was alright actually!
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|  13-12-2020, 01:08 PM | #18 | |||
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			North Yorkshire thing then.  Nice slice of fruit cake with a good slice of Wensleydale, layer them then eat both together in a bite. A Yorkshire apple pie has a layer of Wensleydale cheese across the apples under the pie top. Delicious, Wensleydale cheese does not melt. Last edited by smudgie; 13-12-2020 at 01:09 PM. | |||
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|  13-12-2020, 01:15 PM | #19 | |||
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			Can’t stand Christmas/fruit cake in the first place so it’s a no from me
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|  13-12-2020, 02:18 PM | #20 | ||
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|  13-12-2020, 02:28 PM | #21 | ||
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			I don't eat cheese but when I did, I doubt I would have combined those things. I think it might work though, people eat dried fruit with cheese all the time.
		 
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|  13-12-2020, 03:10 PM | #22 | |||
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			what is christmas cake? oh wait, our traditional christmas food is similar to in germany, stollen  this one is traditional christmas cake in france/belgium/switzerland, french canada, luxembourg, lebanon  buche de noel  this is Japan's version of christmas cake, a very light sponge 
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|  13-12-2020, 03:23 PM | #23 | |||
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|  13-12-2020, 03:26 PM | #24 | |||
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 The more marzipan, cherries and almond flakes the better. But I eat too much of it so only buy a couple of big ones a year.   | |||
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|  13-12-2020, 04:02 PM | #25 | |||
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			I'd rather have my cheese on a cream cracker with a bit on Branston pickle. I take my cake with a cuppa tea. | |||
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