Christmas Cake? (1 Viewer)

[Yorick]

Over the years I've converted a few southern heathens to the northern way of eating Christmas cake with cheese on top.

If you ain't tried it, then give it a go. Dead scrummy.

How do you eat yours?

 

[EX51SSS]

That depends how northern you are.

 

[Yorick]

That depends how northern you are.

Only a proper northerner knows where north starts

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[Kingham]

Only a proper northerner knows where north starts

I am obviously in need of some education, being born and bred pretty far north and being a lover of both Christmas cake and cheese, I've never heard of having them together.... Yuk !!

 

[buttons]

With a cup of tea.......

 

[CWH]

Always with cheese, preferably a nice crumbly Wensleydale.
And tea.
Had a relation who had cheese AND PICKLED ONION!!!!!

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[EX51SSS]

Only a proper northerner knows where north starts

Well I am a northerner but front the proper side of the Pennines. I've heard of it and tried it but I prefer mustard with my cheese and Christmas cake is pleasure enough. However, Christmas pudding is something else.

 

[pappajohn]

However, Christmas pudding is something else.

what, with cheese !!!!

even i draw the line at that.

nice bit of Cheddar or red Leicester wiv me Christmas cake.....after i've eaten the icing and marzipan of course.
tried a blue stilton but too bitter with sweet cake.

 

[bellabee]

It's got to be Wensleydale with Christmas cake.

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[jollyrodger]

Without the icing and marzipan ,clotted cream and a cup of tea

 

[EX51SSS]

what, with cheese !!!!

even i draw the line at that.

nice bit of Cheddar or red Leicester wiv me Christmas cake.....after i've eaten the icing and marzipan of course.
tried a blue stilton but too bitter with sweet cake.

Nooooooooo. Not Christmas pudding with cheese. I'm not that bloody northern.
Good matured Christmas pudding.
Doesn't need anything else except years of maturing nd real alcohol

 

[Chris]

I eat fruit cake with cheese all the time.

I don't eat Christmas cake though because I hate marzipan and icing.

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[Carol]

That's a new one on me.

 

[chesterfield hooligan]

I had some Christmas cake with the wife yesterday

 

[Hollyberry]

Always eaten Christmas cake with Wensleydale, don't think any other cheese would work. For years I thought everyone did.

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[EX51SSS]

I had some Christmas cake with the wife yesterday

I'm hoping that wasn't too much information

 

[EX51SSS]

Always eaten Christmas cake with Wensleydale, don't think any other cheese would work. For years I thought everyone did.

Apparently you must be real northern.

 

[gus-lopez]

Only a proper northerner knows where north starts

Anyone North of where I am is a Northerner.

Without the icing and marzipan ,clotted cream and a cup of tea

I'll have the marzipan & icing please.

I eat fruit cake with cheese all the time.

I don't eat Christmas cake though because I hate marzipan and icing.

& yours !

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[MillieMoocher]

Always with cheese. For years cheese of choice was Wensleydale but a few years ago discovered how well Stilton goes with it.

The saltiness of the Stilton against the sweet richness of the cake is to my palate a delight.

Also love bacon, pancakes and maple syrup for the same reason. A coomon combo in the States and sounds awful but would recommend anyone to give it a go!

 

[Tkly]

With a good strong Lancashire or Wensleydale with the cake, Rum Butter/ cream with Xmas Pudding. All home made of course.

 

[RidersofRohan]

I have often found that the peoples living to the West of the Pennines are unaccustomed to good culinary practice. They are also a little daunted when in the presence of a Yorkshireman, but especially at this time of the year I try to be kind and compassionate, and offer up to them Wensleydale and Christmas Cake.
Once they have summoned the courage to taste they are invariably passionate converts and beg for further culinary advice and Yorkshire produce.

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[trophychap]

For me its pleasure enough on its own with a nice cup of tea, with perhaps a drop of scotch in is even better.

 

[klaatu]

It's actually illegal to eat Christmas cake without Wensleydale. Little known fact.

 

[bellabee]

Christmas cake with Wensleydale brings memories of Boxing Day at my grandma's house in Leeds in the 50's and 60's. There was always a plate of Wensleydale cubes, laid out on the scrubbed wooden table next to grandma's home made Christmas cake. I remember it as the best Christmas cake ever - but sadly the recipe was never written down. She kept it in her head, and it went to the grave with her.

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[peterc10]

Only a proper northerner knows where north starts

But even us bloody southerners know it does not start anywhere near Lanzarote .............

 

[Teuchter]

Only a proper northerner knows where north starts

Being a Teuchter from Tain in the far North of Scotland then anyone South of Inverness is a Southerner to me!!

 

[EX51SSS]

I have often found that the peoples living to the West of the Pennines are unaccustomed to good culinary practice. They are also a little daunted when in the presence of a Yorkshireman, but especially at this time of the year I try to be kind and compassionate, and offer up to them Wensleydale and Christmas Cake.
Once they have summoned the courage to taste they are invariably passionate converts and beg for further culinary advice and Yorkshire produce.

Ah yes, the world renown Yorkshire culinary expertise.
Yes I've had a few 'yorkshire' delights but I respect my body and bodily functions to experiment any more.
No, in all fairness, I have tried with a variety of cheeses on Christmas cake but I can edge towards Stilton and it's fairly nice with Wensleydale but I think it takes away from a decent Christmas cake. If the cake is not of superior quality then it's probably best with cheese but with icing and marzipan removed so a rich fruit cake with cheese.
However, if that's the best of Yorkshire!

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[EX51SSS]

It's actually illegal to eat Christmas cake without Wensleydale. Little known fact.

Bread and butter with peaches and evaporated milk. Argghhhhhh.

 

[Yorick]

But even us bloody southerners know it does not start anywhere near Lanzarote .............

I'm doing missionary work here

 

[Yorick]

The missus did another roasty tonight and there was some gravy left over.

She knows what I like and she fetched me some bread to mop it up with.

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