Buying cheese on Christmas Eve

[Bob Buzzard]

My brother wants us to go to the Cheese Block on Christmas Eve morning to buy some cheese for Christmas. Does anyone have any idea what the queues will be like then? Or should we just go to Waitrose or our local farm shop before Christmas Eve (thus avoiding any potential queues).

[Angelina]

chock-a-block

[teddyboy23]

Queue will be round the block

[Help-Ma-Boab]

It will be busy. Ementalentry dear Bob, Ementalentry.

[siousxiesue]

It will be like the last chance to buy cheese. EVER

[Alan Medic]

Why not camp outside overnight and beat the queues?

[Loz]

Cheese goes off so quickly. I had to throw my Stilton out last year - full of mould, it was.

[Seabag]

I've had some cheese in my 'cheese store' since last December

Amazingly i'm still alive and the cheese is good

But, if you feel the need to wait in line for 'fresh stuff' then crack on

[dbboy]

Do you know what cheese you want, why not phone up and pre-order what you would like and amounts, other shops also sell cheese.

[Bob Buzzard]

dbboy Wrote:

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> Do you know what cheese you want, why not phone up

> and pre-order what you would like and amounts,

> other shops also sell cheese.

Some Black Boomer and a ripe tallegio. Will we have to queue though on Christmas Eve morning?

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Bob, if you plan Caerphilly you should be able to beat the queue.

[Loz]

I had to ask my Greek friend to stop buying me so much cheese. I was getting feta and feta.

[rendelharris]

Can we stop with the cheese related puns? I Camembert them.

[Loz]

I think they're good. And mine are Gouda.

[DovertheRoad]

Big lolz Bob. The daft xmas eve Cheese Block queue is an annual ED tradition which highlights poor upfront planning and says a lot about the cheese buying habits of your average punter. I would go several days before these lemmings ideally when the shop opens.

[dbboy]

I dolcelatte about the queue.

[Louisa]

The Brie all and end all of cheesy threads.

Louisa.

[Bob Buzzard]

Mmm...I may cheese not to go there then

[Seabag]

Bob Buzzard Wrote:

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> Mmm...I may cheese not to go there then

Whey not Bob?

[Jah Lush]

Bob Buzzard Wrote:

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> Mmm...I may cheese not to go there then.

Good idea. You don't want to get stuck in a fromage frais.

[Pugwash]

last time I went to the Cheese Block (in Christmas week) for some more unusual cheeses for my son in law, shop was so crowded I could not see most of the displays, people pushing and shoving to see the groceries on shelves, only 2 or 3 servers who seemed very annoyed that I only wanted small amounts (250 grams) of some cheeses . Ended up spending around ?20 - but have not set foot in the shop since.

[Angelina]

There's defo something about Cheese that I'm missing.

Borough market cheese event was rammed - according to the metro

[Beej]

Have to say I always end up at the Cheese Block once a year at Christmas, and always regret doing so due to their sour, moody, rude and generally unwelcoming disposition. But hey, the cheese is good...

this year I've ordered from Dukeshill and they're still taking orders up until 20th Dec, and if it's good enough for the Queen...

[titch juicy]

One of my christmas traditions is queuing at Neals Yard on Christmas Eve out of choice. It's fun. There's a lovely chatty atmosphere in the queue and often staff wander up and down with cheese to try.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Little baby cheeses Titch?

titch juicy Wrote:

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> One of my christmas traditions is queuing at Neals

> Yard on Christmas Eve out of choice. It's fun.

> There's a lovely chatty atmosphere in the queue

> and often staff wander up and down with cheese to

> try.