Dorset Drum vs Lincolnshire Poacher
Dorset Drum
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Country
- United Kingdom
Dorset Drum is a cow's milk cheddar from Dorset in the United Kingdom. The name refers to a small cylindrical truckle, shaped like a drum, rather than to a herb or a blue mold. The farmhouse version was clothbound, with a firm paste and a medium-strong, savory taste. A black wax cheddar has also been sold under the same name, and it is a different product. The clothbound farmhouse cheese is the one older notes mean by Dorset Drum.
Lincolnshire Poacher
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Lincolnshire Poacher is a hard cheese from the United Kingdom, made with raw cow's milk and aged until the paste is firm and full of flavor. The name points to Lincolnshire in England, and the cheese itself is a farmhouse wheel rather than a plain factory block. The interior is pale gold and smooth, with a natural rind that turns brownish as it dries. It is a board cheese and a grating cheese, and it also melts in cooked dishes when the heat stays gentle.