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Potential dates for the diary: We will be sharing our love of plantbased surplus cooking with our Pitch in Kitchen - Friday, April 7, 6pm to 9pm at Mint Lane Café, join us to prepare a social surplus feast.

We’re Jammin Social - Tuesday, April 18 at Mint Lane Café, 4pm to 7pm.

Our first Storytelling Supper ClubFriday, May 5 from 6pm to 9pm at Mint Lane Café. Keep an eye on socials for dates and even more events coming up.

For how to get involved please contact amie@lincolnshirefood partnerhsip.org or on 07875407997

Cheese Choice Appleby’s Farmhouse Cheshire

A pale apricot-coloured handmade, unpasteurised, farmhouse Cheshire, with a loose, crumbly texture and salty, tangy flavour which is said to emanate from the salt deposits beneath the Nantwich meadows. Cheshire is considered to be the oldest British cheese in existence, probably dating back to Roman times and indeed is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.

The flavour is buttery with slightly acidic notes and a warm mellow on the finish. Delicious crumbled-over roasted tomatoes on toast where it starts to slowly melt.

The dairy and farm are part of the rhythm of family life at Hawkstone Abbey Farm. Its desire to have a more harmonious relationship with the biodynamics of the land has prompted a recent change.

The farm has undergone a conversion towards a more regenerative and sustainable way of farming. Each cloth-bound Cheshire encapsulates a moment in time – the soil, the traditional grass pastures, the gentle cows, the weather, and the season. The fresh, raw milk is the master ingredient, to which we add traditional cultures, rennet, salt from the Cheshire Plains and the extract of the annatto seed, which gives our coloured Cheshire its warm sunrise colour. These time capsules are matured in old barns with Napoleonic timbers. The provenance and flora of our natural surroundings give our Appleby’s cheeses a flavour that is totally unique.

The future of British Territorial cheeses like Appleby’s is exciting. Small traditional farmhouse dairies making delicious, thought-provoking cheeses from a herd of grazing animals that give people pleasure as they eat would be a marvellous legacy for farmers and cheesemakers over the centuries.

Key Facts

Age 3 months

Country of Origin England

Milk Type Cows

Organic No

Pasteurisation Unpasteurised Region

Style of Cheese Crumbly

Vegetarian Yes

For a fantastic range of cheeses from around the world contact Lucie Nock, The Cheese Society, 1 St Martin’s Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1HY. Tel: 01522 511003, www.thecheesesociety.co.uk