Well but the Wensleydale cranberry was truly bliss to eat with a slice of sweet-sour Nittany apple....

And jimmyt, thanks, I was going to say a bit about Italy (should come as no surprise to anyone.) Although I suspect my favorite Italian cheese, scamorza, is pretty much of an acquired taste (I acquired it when I was too young to know better....), like squid, which I also love, and which the over-critical might say it resembles.

Lots of other good cheeses there though. Italian Fontina is one, cacciacavallo another, never have tasted mascarpone. My family comes from around Naples, I don't know about that fancy Northern stuff.

Well here's hoping the tylenol has taken effect and I can get some sleep, have to be up at 7, and what am I doing typing into a BS thread anyway? Against my principles. Fun thread tho, but not enough varieties of opinion yet! ;-)

RF