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Little Hereford Cheese, British artisan raw milk hard cheese
Little Hereford Cheese, British artisan raw milk hard cheese
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Little Hereford cheese is handmade at a local dairy at Monkland A hard raw milk cheese, the unpasteusrised cow's milk give the cheese a lovely medium mature flavour. It is made to Helen Yeld's original recipe, who was Herefordshire's chief dairy maid in the 19th Century.
One of our customers who was in her 90s when we first took over mousetrap remembered Ellen, who used to ride around on her bike selling cheese from the basket on the front, always wearing a huge hat with an enormous feather in and lovely full length dresses, not the image I had in my mind of a dairy maid! The cheese itself is medium strength but has a nice lingering flavour, matured for 4 months it still has a freshness about it that mixes with the hard but slightly crumbly texture of the cheese, melting into a pleasant creamy mouthful as you get going. Made with unpasteurised milk and traditional rennet.
This makes a beautiful base to a wedding cheese as you can see on the Connie.
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Very enjoyable hard cheese - strong, nutty flavour, would definitely buy again.
I’m having a special party this weekend so decided to order some special cheese for my guests. We spent at least half an hour selecting the best deal for Parmesan online and chose Mousetrap for the advertised price of £45.02 for 2 kilos and duly paid last week. This afternoon I received a call to advise that they’d made a mistake and the price should have been £90.04. I was given the option of paying the new price or cancelling the order. I was not allowed the option of an apology and they would absorb the discrepancy for their error. It is now too late to order a replacement elsewhere so my guests will have to forego the treat. This is dreadful customer service and future possible clients should be aware of this potential issue on any orders! One ⭐ is too generous!
Hi John,
Unfortunately mistakes can happen, we uploaded the price incorrectly in a web update which we are very sorry about and Laura did apologise to you profusely on the phone. I also apologised when I emailed you when we realised the issue last weekend, but you didn't reply which is why we rang you too today. You were given the option of having 1kg of parmesan as you had paid for that amount so you could still have had a good amount of cheese.
We really do try to do the best by our customers and had you been slightly reasonable about it we'd have sorted you out with a nice generous lump of parmesan as we realise it was our error that caused the problem. I'm sorry you're so unhappy, but typo's can happen. With over 3000 pieces of cheese on the website, issues like this are thankfully rare but can happen and unfortunately we're not in a position to be able to give you £40 worth of free cheese for it.
As its only Tuesday I hope you have time enough to sort out a replacement, if you change your mind, we can still send it by Thursday for friday delivery.
Little Hereford from Monkland Cheese Dairy is a hard farmhouse cheese that’s quickly become a cheeseboard favourite. Not a traditional Cheddar, it’s a cross between Caerphilly and Cheddar, made from raw cow’s milk and matured for 4 months. It has a slightly crumbly texture and a medium-strength, full-bodied flavour — nutty, tangy, and satisfying with every bite. Perfect on its own or paired with crusty bread, crackers, apples, chutney, or a crisp cider. Bold, distinctive, and always a hit with cheese lovers.
Delivery was on time and as expected. Cheese was lovely. If we were nearer we would visit the shop every week
A very enjoyable raw milk cheese, highly recommended.