Stilton
Country of origin	England
Region, town	Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire Download high resolution version (903x700, 76 KB) Blue Stilton cheese. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...
Source of milk	Cows
Pasteurised	Yes
Texture	semi-soft, crumbly, creamier with increasing age COW is an acronym for a number of things: Can of worms The COW programming language, an esoteric programming language. ...
Aging time	9 weeks minimum
Certification	PDO

Stilton is a cheese of England. It is produced in two varieties: the well-known blue and the lesser-known white. Both have been granted the status of a protected designation of origin by the European Commission. Only cheese produced in the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire – and made according to a strict code – may be called "Stilton". A protected designation origin is a term generally applied to food products characteristic of and generally associated with a particular region, with an eye to ensuring that only products genuinely orginating in that region are allowed in commerce as such. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Protected geographical indications in the European Union. ... Berlaymont, the Commissions seat The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...

History

The pioneer of blue Stilton was Cooper Thornhill, owner of the Bell Inn on the Great North Road, in the village of Stilton. In 1730, Thornhill discovered a distinctive blue cheese while visiting a small farm in rural Leicestershire. He fell in love with the cheese and made a business arrangement that granted the Bell Inn exclusive marketing rights to blue Stilton. Soon thereafter, wagon loads of cheese were being delivered to the inn. Since the main stagecoach routes from London to Northern England passed through the village of Stilton he was able to promote the sale of this cheese and the legend of Stilton rapidly spread. Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire The A1, at 409 miles (658 km) long, is the longest numbered British road. ... Stilton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, south of the city of Peterborough. ... Stagecoach in Switzerland A stagecoach is a type of four-wheeled enclosed passenger and/or mail coach, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, widely used before the introduction of railway transport. ... The north, the midlands and the south Northern England, The North or North of England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. ...

Manufacture and PDO status

Ironically, Stilton cheese cannot legally be made in the village that gave the cheese its name. Stilton cheese never was made in the village of Stilton. Stilton village is now in Cambridgeshire, in the former county of Huntingdonshire. There are currently just six dairies licensed to make Stilton, each being subject to regular audit by an independent inspection agency accredited to European Standard EN 45011. At present, all but one of the licenced dairies are based in the Vale of Belvoir, which straddles the Nottinghamshire-Leicestershire border. This area is commonly regarded as the heartland of Stilton production, with dairies located in the town of Melton Mowbray and the villages of Colston Bassett, Cropwell Bishop and Long Clawson. The only current dairy producing Stilton elsewhere (at Hartington in Derbyshire) owes this fact to a native of the Vale who bought the dairy over a century ago. Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... A dairy farm near Oxford, New York in the United States. ... A plate from Joness Views (1819), showing Belvoir Castles dominant position overlooking the Vale of Belvoir. ... , Melton Mowbray (known locally as Melton) is a town within the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. ... Colston Bassett is a small picturesque village in the south-east of Nottinghamshire. ... Cropwell Bishop is a village in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, two miles to the east of the A46 in the NG12 postcode. ... Long Clawson is a small village in Leicestershire, England. ... Hartington Disambiguation: you may be looking for the place Hartington, Nebraska. ...

To be called blue Stilton, a cheese must:

• Be made only in the three counties from local milk, which is pasteurised before use.
• Be made only in a traditional cylindrical shape.
• Be allowed to form its own crust or coat.
• Be unpressed.
• Have delicate blue veins radiating from the centre.
• Have a "taste profile typical of Stilton"

Stilton has a typical fat content of ~35%, and protein content of ~23%. Danish Blue is made in a similar way to Stilton and also possesses the distinctive blue veins. The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... A glass of cows milk. ... Pasteurization (or pasteurisation) is the process of heating liquids for the purpose of destroying viruses and harmful organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. ... A right circular cylinder An elliptic cylinder In mathematics, a cylinder is a quadric surface, with the following equation in Cartesian coordinates: This equation is for an elliptic cylinder, a generalization of the ordinary, circular cylinder (a = b). ... Country of origin  Denmark Region, town Source of milk Cows Pasteurised Texture semi-soft Aging time 8-12 weeks Certification Danish Blue cheese, also known as Danablu if it is made in Denmark, is a light, blue-veined cheese. ...

Stilton consumption

Blueberry white Stilton

Blue Stilton is often eaten with celery. It is also commonly added as a flavouring to vegetable soup, most noteably to cream of celery or broccoli. Alternatively it is eaten with various crackers, biscuits and bread. Traditionally, port is drunk with blue Stilton. The cheese is traditionally eaten at Christmas, leading to an advertising campaign in the 1990s, in which a person (in March) said "it's traditional to eat Stilton at Christmas", before eating some stilton and announcing "Merry Christmas".^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stilton (cheese) ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stilton (cheese) ... Binomial name L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... For other uses, see Soup (disambiguation). ... Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). ... A glass of tawny port. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ...

White Stilton has not had the Penicillium roqueforti mold introduced into it which would otherwise lead to the blue veining normally associated with Stilton. It is often blended with other materials, such as chocolate or dried fruit. Otherwise it is often served with fruit cake. Binomial name Penicillium roqueforti Penicillium roqueforti is a common saprotrophic fungus, that is widespread in nature and can be isolated from soil, decaying organic substances and plant parts. ... For other uses, see Chocolate (disambiguation). ... Dried fruit is fruit that has been dried, either naturally or through use of a machine, such as a dehydrator. ... Fruitcake is a heavy cake made of dried or candied fruits and nuts that are soaked in brandy or rum, often used in the celebration of weddings and Christmas. ...

Huntsman cheese is made with both blue Stilton and Double Gloucester. Huntsman cheese is a combination of two English cheeses: Stilton and Double Gloucester. ... Double Gloucester cheese is a traditional, unpasteurized, semi-hard cheese which has been made in Gloucestershire in England, since the sixteenth century. ...

Bizarre dreams

A 2005 study carried out by the British Cheese Board discovered that when it came to dream types, Stilton cheese seemed to cause odd dreams, with 75% of men and 85% of women experiencing bizarre and vivid dreams after eating a 20g piece of the cheese 30 minutes before going to sleep. ^[1]

Stilton in poetry

Well known British author G. K. Chesterton wrote a couple of essays on cheese, specifically on the absence of cheese in art. In one of his essays he recalls a time when he, by chance, visited a small town in the fenlands of England, which turned out to be Stilton. His experience in Stilton left a deep impression on him, which he expressed through poetry in his Sonnet to a Stilton Cheese: Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. ...

- G.K. Chesterton

This is in part a parody of Wordsworth's sonnet London, 1802, opening line: Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour. Wordsworth, an underground hip hop MC from Brooklyn. ... For other persons named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). ...

References

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External links

• Stilton Cheesemakers' Association
• "Nightmare is over as study says cheese doesn't cause bad dreams"