I really DO like your standard replies !!!!

Advocatus Diaboli wrote:I really DO like your standard replies !!!!

I think your need to constantly stalk and bait me shows the sadness and loneliness in your life, and I truly pity you that Frances.

What is that with you all the time ? Wines with a cap and fake cheeses are shit - that's all what I'm saying. Period.

High quality corks help, but there's been a huge expansion in the number of wineries with only a small corresponding expansion in the amount of cork. There is a 30 year lag time until plantings can be harvested. Even with high quality, the cork can still be tainted with TCA, and as a semi-permeable barrier any TCA in the winery during ageing can be transferred to the bottle. The wines I sold ranged from $10 to $100 per bottle wholesale and the problem was found in all with a cork eventually.

wackyjacky wrote:High quality corks help, but there's been a huge expansion in the number of wineries with only a small corresponding expansion in the amount of cork. There is a 30 year lag time until plantings can be harvested. Even with high quality, the cork can still be tainted with TCA, and as a semi-permeable barrier any TCA in the winery during ageing can be transferred to the bottle. The wines I sold ranged from $10 to $100 per bottle wholesale and the problem was found in all with a cork eventually.

I seem to recall a cork harvest being destroyed a couple of decades ago due to a certain parasite rendering the cork unusable - I think it was about then that Australia changed to plastic/foam corks and caps.

Advocatus Diaboli wrote:Got a picture with label on it ???

I lied about the price it's not $16, it's actually $11.50 a kilo

and before you start no its not up to Wyke Farms standard but its an ok general purpose Englsh cheddar

Cheddar from Arla is produced in the small village of Kvibille in Sweden, aswell as in several renowned Arla dairies in the UK; Lockerbie, Llandyrnog, and Taw Vally - Devon.

and Arla is a Cooperative democracy
12,256 (Jan. 2013) milk producers in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, The UK, Luxemburg and Belgium are joint owners of Arla Foods. The company takes the form of a representative democracy with one vote for each cooperative member. Support the workers! Vlad you better buy some

I find that " Original British" seal a bit suspicious . Have a photo from the back of the pack saying something about the ingredients ?

Advocatus Diaboli wrote:I find that " Original British" seal a bit suspicious . Have a photo from the back of the pack saying something about the ingredients ?

the cheese comes in 2.5 kg blocks and I buy half. the nutrition and etc info is on the lower half. will check next time I buy. Here is a pic of a full block taken from the CiboAmanti italian deli shop in Hong Kong http://www.ciboamante.hk/?p=17&s=6ce3cb ... 94&lang=en

Advocatus Diaboli wrote:I find that " Original British" seal a bit suspicious . Have a photo from the back of the pack saying something about the ingredients ?

No need to fret. they're legit. I'll look for 'em next trip up to PP. LINK: http://www.arlafoods.co.uk/

ARLA is such a multi national giant like Kraft. Has been involved in several scandals, produces a lot of artificial stuff through their company "Arla Ingredients", but difficult to find something on quality. Their sliced "cheeses" and "Pizza cheeses" appear to be analogue cheeses. A good warning is always when the package says somewhere "for vegetarians" or "contains milk" (cheese does not "contain" milk but is made from 100 % milk").

Therefore: