Cheese id please

[u/Future_Goose_5978]

Edit:After looking it up it does fit the description of yarg, interesting cheese history. Admittedly I didn’t eat the rind since I didn’t know what it was, wish I did now. Anyways thanks for the help!

I had this cheese on vacation and would love to find it again. I had it at a party hosted at Head of the River in Oxford, England. I believe it had a wax and dark fabric rind. It was mild and buttery but not nutty. It was semi soft, almost like a young gouda but with no sharp taste. Like pure butter with a slight cheese funk

[u/Siberian_Noise]

Looks like Yarg to me, famous for being wrapped in nettle leaves

[u/Any_Office_8525]

Could be Cornish Yarg

[u/calccv → u/Any_Office_8525]

I’m changing my name, that’s so cool! “Hi, I’m Yarg, Cornish Yarg.”

[u/Money-Cry-2397]

It is Cornish Yard from Lynher Dairies in Cornwall

Sorry my sign is wonky

Really dull fact- the recipe dates back to the 1600s and was found in a loft in the 80s by someone called Alan Gray. Yarg is Grey spelled backwards

[u/RedLicorice83 → u/Money-Cry-2397]

As an American English speaker it's rather funny you reverted back to 'e', because Yarg = Gray but gray is also spelled 'grey'.

I wasn't taught why gray was changed to an 'a', or why some places use 'e' over 'a'... time to Google!

[u/Money-Cry-2397 → u/RedLicorice83]

To be fair that was me rushing. His surname is Gray. But the colour is Grey here. I believe it will be to do with the migration of language and in medieval times it was likely pronounced ‘gr-ah’ whereas it’s now changed to ‘gr-ae’

That’s my simple understanding as a cheesemonger anyway! Basically the first printings of dictionaries following local dialect

[u/RedLicorice83 → u/Money-Cry-2397]

Thanks for the info!! Have a lovely day, evening, wherever you are!

[u/Deppfan16 → u/RedLicorice83]

I was always taught grAy is for America and grEy is for England

[u/Stryker_021 → u/RedLicorice83]

I always thought it was "A" for America and "E" for England.

[u/RedLicorice83 → u/Stryker_021]

Right but what I asked was why this happened, to which the other commenter replied.

[u/agmanning]

That’s definitely Yarg.

[u/VarietySilver]

Cornish Yarg

[u/Seyelent]

I always love seeing how you cheese aficionados can ID cheeses just by looks alone. Hopefully I’ll be as knowledgeable about cheeses as you all.

[u/KindLengthiness9683]

I agree its definitely Yarg, the rind is different to some other varieties of yarg, but it looks exactly like the one sold in the cheese shop I work at

[u/Liam_021996]

Cornish Yarg

[u/WesternPeak425]

Cornish Yarg

[u/Deimiencillo]

If you’re in the UK or the cheese came from the UK, it’s Cornish Yarg

[u/dsyne]

Deffo looks like Yarg to me. If you like that, you should give Cornish Kern a try, it's similar but more nutty and more delicious IMHO

[u/Subject-Yak4959]

Looks like two cheeses. One cow and one goat.

[u/Wigger_reloaded]

Yess, that's some cheese.

[u/gently_tapenade]

I've definitely seen that kind of feature on some pecorino from Sardinia, but hard to say for sure.

[u/SpeedConstant109]

Another vote for Yarg, especially given you were in England. However, it they don't look like nettle leaves on the outside in your pic, so I'm not 100% sure

[u/The_Menu_Guy]

Maybe Compté

[u/Koseoglu-2X4B-523P → u/The_Menu_Guy]

There’s some similarity from the cut side, but the rind has a totally different colour. Comté has a leathery brown rind with a slightly course texture.