June: Bread vs Crackers: The Eternal Debate

Oh, wow, what a prompt for this month. Do you have your cheese with crackers or bread?

Crackers?
Crackers are ace! Especially when they're the quality of our house brand, Zeal from Asterisk Kitchens. Buttery enough to compliment blue cheese, mild enough to not interfere with the cheese, strong enough to not shatter when spread, perfect. 

Bread?
Bread, especially high quality sourdough or fruit loaf or dark rye are equally as good. Crusty, fluffy baguettes are incredible with cheese, almost like they were made for it. Nothing better than spreading some marmalade on a baguette with a couple of slabs of camembert and some rocket and calling that lunch. Pair it with a Sancerre, boom, best lunch ever!

Got Lots Of People Coming Over?
For events we love to grab the fluffiest bread we can get our hands on. Our secret weapon for neutral texture, good flavour and availability is the Panne di Casa from Baker’s Delight. Don’t knock it before you try! It can't be beaten for availability either.

On A Platter?
Options, options, options!!! Crackers, bread and anything else you want to add is always the way! Remember, you are catering for others, not just what you prefer, so alongside the hard, soft and blue cheeses on any cheese platter, pop in some cracker, bread, even sliced fruit!

But NO Bread Or Crackers Is The “Right” Way?

Yes and no. If you are a professional cheesemonger then no bread because you are assessing a product…but that’s just a work thing. We recommend no bread or crackers to fully experience the texture of hard cheese - so forgo the cracker, forgo the bread and just eat a piece of cheese. 

Final Thought….

Essentially, like anything, there is no “correct way”, as long as you are eating cheese, that’s the main thing!!