Even though this is not a classic cheese, I bought this one
with high hopes. It was one of those situations when you inwardly prepare
yourself for a rush of enjoyment. After all, I LOVE Marmite, and I
LUUUUUURRRVVVEEE [Yahoo! Boom!! Brrrat-brat-brat! Boiiinngggg!!] cheese! (I’m
sure you didn’t need me to impart that knowledge again!)
They say that when you eat Marmite, you either love or you
hate it. My mum used to find me sitting on the side with my legs crossed and a
tub in front of me, eating the gloopy black goodness with a spoon. I’d look up,
twitching on a yeast high, “I know… I’m naughty…” my return glance would seem
to say. To me it’s like black gold (thick black gold), Texas tea (I’m guessing
they drink tea black in Texas). Throughout the years in between then and now, I
have used it on dippy soldiers with my soft boiled eggs and in numerous
sandwich combinations and it has never failed to improve what it was added to. 
My presumption was obvious then. Marmite and Cheddar cheese fused
together would more than equal the sum of its parts and create a new British beauty –
just like the blue cheese flavours dispersed through a brie-like cheese gives
you something like the Cambozola. This apparently is not always correct. Something not
so perfect happens when they come together like this. It’s not that I hated or
even disliked the cheese, but I would much rather jam a wedge of cheddar and a
splodge [good word!] of Marmite into a bun. It is made with a mild cheddar from Somerset and I can imagine tastes very good melted in toasties, but I think needs to be 'suited' in that way. That said, when it was introduced to the British public during Christmas 2009 as a gimmic, it proved a great success, so don't just take my word for it!
That said, it was worth the try,
and I would still probably give it a 5/10 on the basis that I love Marmite so much. The cheese puritans out there are probably laughing and saying “I told you so”.
Well you win this round ‘pureys’! But some of these new blends give the ancient cheeses a run for their money. And I will seek and find them - mark my words...
Oh, how I agree with you! I did not like the cheese as it tasted too sweet and felt that mixing Marmite with it was not a good idea. Like you, I'd rather have some nice strong plain Cheddar and just spread some Marmite on the bread.
ReplyDeleteI see you have also tried Vieux Lille. Got some of that arriving today and looking forward to trying it :-)