"Steve Pope" > wrote in message ...
| pltrgyst > wrote:
|
| > We had a new (to us) Stilton from Whole Foods this week --
| > Borough Market Stilton.
|
| That's a fakey sounding name. Borough Market is the name
| of a farmers' market; there is a Neal's Yard Dairy right
| next to Borough Market; and Neal's Yard carries famous Stiltons
| such as those from Colston Basset. Also, respected dairies
| sell their cheeses in Borough Market proper.
|
| "Borough Market Stilton" sounds to me like a way of alluding
| to Stiltons of desirable origin without actually paying for one.

Well, almost. Neal's Yard has done immense service to the
British cheese industries by subsidizing, perfecting and marketing
the superb British cheeses. Colston Basset is another player
in the game, not nearly as fine nor with the amazing financial
encouragement that Neal's Yard offers the cheesemakers.

My impression is that Neal's Yard in some way offended His
Holiness John Mackey, the owner of Whole Foods. All of a sudden
we were discouraged from buying Neal's Yard cheeses; without
alternative. Then Borough Market started seeping in as the
required cheese type (In theory we could buy what we felt best,
but we were constantly reminded of the Financial Benefits of
buying the Borough Market Cheeses. They are not bad, but
not at all in Neal's Yard's class, and in no way the supporters
and encouragers of artisanal cheeses in Britain that Neal's Yard
is. The Financial Benefits, btw, were that we could charge about
a buck less per pound for the Burough Market cheeses than the
Neal's Yard, regardless of the fact that we were buying it for $5
or more per pound less. Got the picture?

pavane