Lanark Blue vs Strathdon Blue
Lanark Blue
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Lanark Blue is a Scottish blue cheese from the United Kingdom, made with raw sheep's milk. It is often set beside Roquefort in style, because both are sheep's milk cheeses with blue veins, but it is its own farmhouse wheel. The paste is creamy and ivory, with blue-green lines through it. A natural rind may show white, blue, and gray mold before the cheese is wrapped for sale. The taste is salty, rich, and tangy, and it changes with the season and the length of aging.
Strathdon Blue
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Strathdon Blue is a creamy blue cheese from Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is made from pasteurized cow's milk, and blue-green veins run through a pale, moist paste. The style takes its cue from Bleu d'Auvergne, so the texture stays softer than a dry, crumbly blue. The taste is tangy and full, with salt that can turn a little sweeter as the cheese matures. A clear blue note shows at the end of the bite.