Re: cheese

We are coming over shortly and I was wondering ...are we allowed to bring hard cheese in our hand luggage .?

Love spanish food but  have  not found a mature cheese that i like .

Delaine

Of course you can bring cheese in your hand luggage

 I have not found a decent spanish cheese but you can find english cheese in the supers at a good price.

So if anyone has found a decent spanish cheese please let us know

Delaine/Janie:

I find the Manchego "curado" excellent.  The semi-curado is good too.   There are also some hard cheeses from the Asturias region.

Delaine:

I think it would be best to get the cheese vacuum-packed and put in your suitcase.  In any case it is probably colder in the hold of the plane than elsewhere.   I know that I have brought Stilton to Spain that way. 

Patricia

 Hi Patricia i have been recomended manchego cheese but oddly have never seen it here, yet i just googled and found Sainsbury sell it in the UK!!

Yes have to agree put the cheese in your suitcase it will stay colder.  I remember years ago when I used to take cheese and bacon I used to freeze it before we went. I do not know if you are supposed to or not but it worked at the time.

 We go to super value and they do seem to be getting more of a range of cheeses.

A neighbour I know she fills her suitcase up with different things when she goes back to the UK.  Not many clothes and shoes, just food she makes me laugh.

Patricia

 What "hard" cheese are you trying to find?  Most supermarkets now stock loads of brands of Cheddar (Pilgrims Choice, Eden Vale, Kerrygold and others) as cheap, if not cheaper, than UK.  If  you are talking about the Red Leicesters and Double Gloucesters etc then you will be hard pushed to find them but they do have speciality shops (many to be found on the markets) which are comparable to UK.  Our local supermarket stocks Double Gloucester plus others like Halloumi (mmmm).  Virtually all the places stock hard cheeses like Edam, Gouda etc.  If you're talking about the really hard cheeses (Parmesan, Grano Pedano etc) then these are also easy to find.

My wife actually likes the non-cured Spanish cheeses as they are very creamy although I do find those a bit tasteless although the Gran Capitan semi-cured is very nice.  

And, although it seems a bad word on here, Iceland stock all the UK type cheeses as well.

Yes, Patricia.  I do take back Spanish specialities in my suitcase to friends who put in requests.  Chorizo (particularly the serranitos), Manchego cheese, and the jamón de jabugo.  At Christmas I used to take back marzipan.

Patricia (campana)

Thanks to you all for replying ,Last year I took 4 tins of John West salmon and they were taken from us as they said about the juice (liguid ).

I like seriously strong cheese  that we get in U K . Thanks for all the tips and ideas.