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Article: pounds 125 Stilton Xmas hamper must be won.(Features)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- December 12, 2006
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Byline: By SARAH BATLEY
L ONG known as The King of Cheeses, blue Stilton is one of a handful of British cheeses granted the status of a "protected designation origin" by the European Commission, much like fine wines.
Only cheese produced in the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and made according to a strict code may be called Stilton, and there are just six dairies licensed to make it.
However it has never been made in Stilton itself. Now in Cambridgeshire, in the 18th century the town was a staging post for coaches travelling from London to York. Cooper Thornhill, landlord at the famous Bell Inn, introduced these travellers to a soft, ...
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