Talk:Red Leicester

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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)[reply]

--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).

"Even though it is called Red Leicester, there is no white or purple or yellow Leicester — all Leicester is red."

Vandalism? Kind of stating the obvious there, aren't you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.170.30.182 (talk) 13:12, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Name

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)[reply]

I had the same thought and moved the article to Red Leicester. Skomorokh 03:17, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheese Shop sketch

Why is it not appropriate to state that Red Leicester was mentioned in the Cheese Shop sketch?Mtsmallwood (talk) 16:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The cheese shop sketch mentions 42 different cheeses. What possible value does it add to wikipedia to add that information to 42 separate cheese articles? Go read [[WP:POPCULTURE] and you will see that adding it here isn't relevant because it (the cheese shop sketch) has nothing more than a passing reference to this cheese i.e. it is about cheese(s) in general, not about this specific type of cheese. --Simple Bob (talk) 17:08, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but this is the original cheese that he wanted in the sketch. Also of significance is that he specifies "RED Leicester". John Cleese opens with Red Leicester. So, it should be mentioned.

Is it really crumbly?

The opening of this article says that it is made in a similar way to Cheddar cheese, but that it is crumblier. In my experience, it is not crumbly at all. It is certainly not as crumbly as some other well-known British cheeses, such as Wensleydale cheese, Cheshire cheese, Caerphilly cheese or Lancashire cheese. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:40, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]