North and South

[shewhomust]

From the Guardian travel section, cutting edge Nordic cuisine in the Faroe islands: I'm more attracted by the scenery than the food, which is not like me, but I liked this quotation from John Gynther from the experimental cheese division ("really", says the writer) of a Danish dairy products company: "The humidity here is perfect for maturing cheeses, but nobody has tried it before... If it's successful, I hope some of the best restaurants in the world will give it to their guests. It'll be the true taste of the north Atlantic, expressed in a cheese."

The true taste of the north Atlantic, expressed in a cheese: isn't that what we've all been waiting for?

Via sovay, photographs from Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 - 1917 Ross Sea Party, which spent time living in Scott’s hut after being stranded on Ross Island when their ship blew out to sea. Conservators found and processed the exposed cellulose nitrate negatives. The Antarctic Heritage Trust website is a bit shaky, but worth persevering with.

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Hasn't anyone told him that they produce some pretty damn good cheese on Orkney as I'm sure you know.

Mmm..........Grimbister

[sovay]

The true taste of the north Atlantic, expressed in a cheese: isn't that what we've all been waiting for?

I would actually try a cheese marketed under that description, although if it did not taste damp and salt and faintly of petrels, I might be disappointed.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I find Orkney cheese disappointing; mostly mass-produced cheddar. Grimbister's about the best, but doesn't compare to what's available around here...

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Well, quite; fishy and slightly off. But in a good way.