Is Stichelton cheese the same as Stilton cheese?
Stichelton cheese is a blue cheese very similar to Stilton cheese. In fact, it is Stilton cheese but made with raw milk rather than pasteurised milk. So why is it called Stichelton cheese?
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Sources
Donnelly, Catherine, ed. The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Hickman, Trevor. The History of Stilton Cheese. 2nd ed. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2005.
———. Historic Cheeses: Leicestershire, Stilton & Stichelton. Derby: DB Publishing, 2009.
———. Stilton Cheese: A History. Gloucestershire: Amberley, 2012.
Landy, Richard. "The Origins of Stilton." Petit Propos Culinaires 90 (2010).
Images
Blue Stilton by Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Stichelton cheese: Jeremy Keith from Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons and Stephanie Watson from Brighton, England, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
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