Phil's girl 0 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Wasn't Colwick cheese a victim of the "salmonella scare" some years ago? It used to be an occasional treat in our house, I think Wheldon's dairy sold it, as our local milkman (Jack Paling from Lowdham) got his milk from there.I vaguely remember seeing something in the Evening Post about production being stopped due to the inevitable "Elf and Safety" stuff. Seem to remember also it came in a round packet, wrapped in some sort of muslin stuff, with red writing on it. I asked our local greengrocer if she stocked it recently and she said it has been banned....like you say due to health and safety as it is made with unpasturised milk...such a shame, was great stuff!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joy James 10 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 I used to really like Colwick Cheese. I haven't heard anybody mention it for years and was beginning to think it was a product of my imagination. :-)I recall they used to sell it on a stall on Victoria Market, at the south end upstairs facing the record stall. Take one pint of full cream milk amd let it go sour. Strain it through a piece of cloth - an old sock is ideal but I BEG YOU TO WASH IT FIRST - put the solids into a bowl and mix in a little salt (I also add black pepper) and put it in the fridge to solidify and there you have a passable Colwick Cheese! Mind, if you buy the Frech Boursin its infinitely better! Du Panne, Du Boursin Du BLISS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broadsword49 0 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 hi, there, i always liked, colwick cheese.the nearest, i have found to the taste, is the greek fetta cheese. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RockitRon 2 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 I remember Colwick Cheese - my dad used to sell it in his shop on Colwick Road. I believe it was made from unpasteurised milk, and fell foul of EC prohibition, once we joined up in 1973. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I remember Colwick Cheese - my dad used to sell it in his shop on Colwick Road. I believe it was made from unpasteurised milk, and fell foul of EC prohibition, once we joined up in 1973. Eyup Ron, sorry this is off-topic but do you by chance inhabit the R2OK board as well? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RockitRon 2 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Guilty as charged, m'lud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Small world this internet thingy in't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I was walking along the road the other day and some chav chucked a big lump of cheese at me. I thought that's not very mature. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mavisbaker 7 Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 Hi... I used to love Colwick cheese on a sandwich with cress,,,yummy. What shop did you have on St Anns WEll Rd? I used to live not far from Donkey Hill on St Anns Well Rd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 It looks like colwick cheese may be available soon, as a food historian is trying to get it made again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13724561 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Nice bump Ray, just noticed it was 3 years ago today since Ann (Tutanic) left us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I used to love a bit of Colwick Cheese too , glad to see it could be making a come back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carltongal 101 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Loved it with a bit of pepper on as for tripe yuk, yuk and yuk again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Found this, an interesting snippet..... Colwick Cheese Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Good to see you back Scriv, where ya bin? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John boy 1 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Colwick Cheese the only cheese i don't like the old cottage were it was made is still there. It was made by a Mrs Brown and she sold it in the market square she died in 1805. As for as i know it is still made by a butcher on Maperley Top. John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 I used to love Colwick Cheese when I was young. When I left Notts. I started making my own imitation but sometimes I ended up with a bag of mould. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Mother used to buy it whenever she went in Burtons under the Council House.Didn't they stop making it because the process didn't meet modern standards with regard to the bacteria formed in the manufacture? Funny how our grandparents didn't all drop dead after eating it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'm still alive - I think :o) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LongJohn 20 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 When I lived in Colwick (about 1962), I used to knock about on motorbikes with a lad called Trevor Shuttleworth. He lived in one of a group of really ancient looking tumbledown cottages. They are long gone, but they used to be on the site of the car park, situated where Sluice Gates Road meets the loop road. He had a rumour (no more than that), that Colwick cheese used to be made in those cottages. I give you this for what it's worth! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Thanks LongJohn. I am sure someone will have a map showing those Cottages somewhere? Or perhaps even a photo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Not sure if this is the cottages in question, but I know they were completely refurbished and are now one private residence. Corner of River road, Mile end road Colwick https://goo.gl/maps/ipsjb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Atoadja dinta? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Gave Wetherspoons a miss today,went in late yesterday morning,full of kids,(mostly my Grandkids) so had Colwick cheese substitute at home,Philly on pyclets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Which Spoons? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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