Stilton

[ stil-tn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Trademark.

Stilton

/ ˈstɪltən /

noun

either of two rich cheeses made from whole milk, blue-veined ( blue Stilton ) or white ( white Stilton ), both very strong in flavour

Origin of Stilton¹

First recorded in 1730–40; after Stilton, England, where it was first sold

Origin of Stilton¹

C18: named after Stilton, Cambridgeshire, where it was originally sold

Thus the butter and the curd remain intermixed, and the rich cheese of Stilton is the result.

The Stilton that we get here, clouted in tin-foil, is monstrous poor stuff, hardly better than our American sort.

Had the railway touched here, things would have worn a very different aspect at Stilton to-day.

He brought cold fowl and a salad, and produced a bit of Stilton of unmistakable authenticity.

Stilton, to a small degree at least, has followed the English to the many lands they inhabit.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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