Can anyone suggest a UK Company who might ship cheese to Chile?
It may not be possible and certainly Paxton & Whitfield don't. It is not allowed to carry it in personally and quite serious to get caught trying.
However, there is a shop here which sells french cheeses, so I'm thinking there must be a way somehow.
Thoughts/suggestions welcome though...
Last edited by: No FM2R on Mon 21 Jan 13 at 15:21
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The French Cultural Attaché probably has it sent in weekly by diplomatic bag.
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Cheddar - probably the best cheese in the world!
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Odd that you cannot take cheese into Chile and yet you say some French cheese is available. Is the French cheese really French or made there like it would be in France?
You'll probably have to setup an anonymous mailbox somewhere and get one of us to post out blocks of cheese ;-) Or you could take up cheese making - you seem to have done everything else at some point in your life :-)
Last edited by: rtj70 on Mon 21 Jan 13 at 17:39
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I imagine it's a question of licensing. You can import biltong to the UK with the right paperwork, but not in your holiday luggage.
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Do Chilean Customs have cheese sniffer dogs?
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>>Do Chilean Customs have cheese sniffer dogs?
Actually, yes. Or at least, all-purpose food stuff sniffing dogs.
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>> >>Do Chilean Customs have cheese sniffer dogs?
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>> Actually, yes. Or at least, all-purpose food stuff sniffing dogs.
IS there any other kind of dog?
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>> IS there any other kind of dog?
YAY! 'Sniffer dog' is a tautology! Never liked the expression but never twigged why. Tee hee!
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>IS there any other kind of dog?
A fair point. I guess the difference is between the sort of dog that I have which will detect food and then try to sneak off with it, and the trained dog which will openly admit its found something.
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Exactly Mark - had an experience of that this weekend. A piece of crust left on the worktop for later feeding of the birdies - dogs were the named suspects in this particular piece of "disappearing" I suspect the Springer, the Cocker's body language was too positive to blame him...
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>> the sort of dog that I have which will detect food and then try to sneak off with it, and the trained dog
I've seen many a trained dog that will steal sausages or anything else and make off with them if they see the chance. They are in fact criminals because if you catch them at it they look guilty and flee. Usually though they get away with it and when you find out it's too late. They're trained after all.
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I have a very well trained dog, Utterly utterly obedient. If i threw a steak pie on the floor and told the dog not to touch it, it would still be there the next morning.
Outside, in the open air its a whole new kettle of fish. On a walk it found a piece of pizza outside the pub. A big bit. When it found the pizza, its eyes when funny, sneaky looking and would it give up or put down on command this bit of Pizza? no way Jose, She then proceeded to give me the "i'll fight you for this pizza and blood will flow" growl and show of teeth round the pepperoni mouthful.
I'm am 100% certain I could have faced her down and taken the pizza, but she had earned it and lord knows she needs the confidence of victory in a food prey battle.
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Wouldn't have had that with the Cocker - from when I had him, made a point of being able to remove anything from his mouth - never, ever had trouble with that. The Springer is a different animal, although I can remove any thing from him at home, catching him off the lead is another matter when he has anything to eat. Gruesomely was seen running away with a dead Swan's webbed foot in his mouth before Christmas, neither of us could get near him...
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No one, absolutely no person, could ever train a R/Rigeback to not eat a piece of meat left out, like Zero states.
R/R's are known as side-surfers, and you daren't leave any food about, or they'll have it.
I left 2 frozen turkey steaks out to thaw once (when I was an omnivore) and the monster ate them frozen!
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Seen some disturbing photos of sausages impaled with nails found in dog walking areas, being circulated - obviously some sickos out there.
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I've read on the Cyprus expat forum of dogs being poisoned by the locals, happens in Spain too, I hear.
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>> No one, absolutely no person, could ever train a R/Rigeback to not eat a piece
>> of meat left out, like Zero states.
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>> R/R's are known as side-surfers, and you daren't leave any food about, or they'll have
>> it.
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>> I left 2 frozen turkey steaks out to thaw once (when I was an omnivore)
>> and the monster ate them frozen!
Friends Wrexham way have a Damnation Dalmatian that eats anything in reach.
Outing to Delamere forest with me on Brommy, teens on MTB and other adults on foot.
Off lead da dog spies a kid with sandwich. Lollops towards him and Mum/Dad say 'oh look kids a lovely spotty dog'. Dog's tongue grabs sandwich - no teeth involved - and goes on it's way munch munch
Kid throws wobbler and loud Scouse Father gets very bolshy with me and instructs me to control MY dog!!
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The dog and I were walking along the tow path of the canal. And there was a toddler dipping his hand in the bread bag, swinging his hand backwards underarm, and throwing bits of bread into canal.
Happens a few times till toddler swings his hand and arm backwards underarm, then forwards to throw to ducks, but no bread comes out.
meanwhile lab standing behind boy is licking its lips.....
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Dobermanns are the same eat anything frozen or not.
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I know Dutchie, I had one in the 80's, nice one he was, from Tavey blood lines, his name was Rio.
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>>I have a very well trained dog
Me too, unless I can't see him.
The steak pie would be gone in a flash, the dog would have returned to his rug and be asleep with a look of innocence.
No evidence. No pie.
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The Springer has got previous for that.....wife's sandwich as she was preparing to go to work on an early turn...must remember to present evidence of bad character.
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Some years ago, we took in a field spaniel who was even greedier than the two labs we've had since. A couple of days after we'd had him, my wife rang me at work to say that he'd found his way under the kitchen sink to the pots & pans and had drunk over a litre of oil out of the chip pan. I told her to take him outside onto the lawn and tether him.
I called home at lunchtime to see the sorry of sight of long feathery spaniel ears covered in oil and a dog firing in all directions from both ends. After that incident, we moved the chip pan to a higher cupboard; I doubt very much that he'd learned any lessons.
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Probably had a chip on his shoulder after that. Spaniels are notorious for stuff like that - I have a photo of my old Spaniel somewhere caught in the act of robbing a carrot.
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www.flickr.com/photos/67389469@N02/8402587469/in/set-72157631896359673
Shopping left unattended for a moment - my old Spaniel had a thing about carrots.
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Our lab shows similar traits when it comes to food. In fact I can make him lick his mouth just by putting a treat down and saying wait!
We have a routine that when we come in from a walk he gets 3 treats. I hide them in the living room and he then finds them. When he finds each one he will sit by it, look me in the eyes and stare at me until I tell him to take it.
Once, after treat 2, a mate came to the door to show his new car. I was out for about half an hour, came back in and he was still sitting by the treat waiting.
Oh and he can detect cheese. I can go in and out of the fridge all day long but as soon as I lift the perspex tray in the door where the cheese is, he is by my side like a shot!
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>> I have a very well trained dog, Utterly utterly obedient.
So did I, poor old thing is in the butcher's shop in the sky now, although she made it to 17.5 which wasn't too bad.
She was very well trained.....ish.
One night I came in well late after a very long shift at work, put my bacon double cheeseburger and fries on the sofa..and realised i'd left the drink in the kitchen...so
...you can guess the rest.
She ate it so quick, it was like a cross between wood going through a sawmill and something having a convulsion. It can't have touched the sides she was do desperate to get it in their before I got back.
I was starving as well, saw the last remnants of my meal disappearing as I rushed back in thinking 'that wasn't wise'.
Only time she ever did that, temptation must have got the better of her.
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She must have known it was wrong..
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>> She must have known it was wrong..
Oh definitely.
The sideways look of panic, the face that says 'heck what is he going to do now' and then the low skulk out of the room, with a little look back when she'd nearly made it.
I was a tad vexed of course.
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Years ago my friend had knackered his back. Had to lie flat out on the floor for two days, unable to move.
Caring wife, before she went to work, laid out a plate of sandwiches beside him.
They had a lab.
You can guess the rest!!
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>> Years ago my friend had knackered his back. Had to lie flat out on the
>> floor for two days, unable to move.
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>> Caring wife, before she went to work, laid out a plate of sandwiches beside him.
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>> They had a lab.
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>> You can guess the rest!!
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She became a widow?
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Years ago I knackered my back and used to lay flat out on the floor every night, unable to move.
My then young R/Ridgeback used to jump on my stomach!!
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I wont tell you the tale of the Blind woman, her lab guide dog and the fridge door.
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>> >> She must have known it was wrong..
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>> Oh definitely.
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>> The sideways look of panic, the face that says 'heck what is he going to
>> do now' and then the low skulk out of the room, with a little look
>> back when she'd nearly made it.
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>> I was a tad vexed of course.
Mine has "other black lab" syndrome. There are two Labs living in our house, the good one and the bad one that hides away Anything that happens is *always* the other hidden one, "so why are you telling me off"
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Funny you should say that the Cocker has the "it wasn't me" syndrom.
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MIL had a lab that loved oranges of any sort. Peel one and it would be at your side with an ever-growing lake of saliva at its feet. One segment and it was happy.
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Our old Springer managed to filch a baking tin containing the uncooked mixed ingredients for a 10 inch Christmas cake......ate the lot.
When we found her she was lying on her back squealing. Careful removal to the patio was the next job, taking care to make sure the exit valve was pointing away.
Ted
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Yes - there are bottom sniffing dogs, and a lot of them!:<{)
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Explosives Sniffer Dogs are trained not to attempt to dismantle the device themselves, but to call in someone with the correct qualifications.
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Its so stuff can be traced to source.
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>>you seem to have done everything else at some point in your life :-)
I've certainly done a lot. I think we're all old here, but if a young person sneaks in then I have one piece of very important advice;
The one mistake I have ever made is to fail to realise how good something was while I was doing it. Looking back, I know how great some of it was. But so many times I failed to revel in it whilst it was current.
So enjoy it while you're living it, because you'll spend a lot of time thinking back to it..
Back on the subject, I have considered just getting some cheese sent to a mailbox. And it is Cheddar I'm after.
I just thought I'd exhaust the legal first.
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The one mistake I have ever made is to fail to realise how good something was while I was doing it. Looking back, I know how great some of it was. But so many times I failed to revel in it whilst it was current.
Been there and done that - at one particular point I actually realized how lucky I was - grab today for who knows what tomorrow may bring !
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>Thoughts/suggestions welcome though...
>I just thought I'd exhaust the legal first.
Forget it or find someone in Chile who already imports the stuff. Too much hassle and expense to import a few kg of cheddar legally.
>Back on the subject, I have considered just getting some cheese sent to a mailbox. And it is Cheddar I'm after.
Why am I not surprised that you think the rules don't apply to you personally?
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>>Why am I not surprised that you think the rules don't apply to you personally?
I don't know; or indeed care.
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>I don't know; or indeed care.
Yeah, we knew that already.
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Age eh? When you were younger it would more likely have been cannabis, not cheddar ;-)
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>>When you were younger it would more likely have been cannabis, not cheddar
Mortifying, isn't it.
I was once arrested for picketing a police station where a friend had been "unfairly" arrested.
These days a bit of determined scowling at the newscaster is about my limit.
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This goes well with a glass of Chile-d wine: www.lynherdairies.co.uk/cornish-yarg/
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One of these might do the trick. Return load maybe :)
tinyurl.com/6ha3qe5
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>> This goes well with a glass of Chile-d wine: www.lynherdairies.co.uk/cornish-yarg/
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I'm partial to a nice bit of Yarg now and again - nice :-). You've reminded me I haven't bought any for a while!!
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>>I'm partial to a nice bit of Yarg now and again - nice :-). You've reminded me I haven't bought any for a while!!<<
"Yarg is simply Gray spelt backwards, after Allan and Jenny Gray, the couple who gave the recipe to Pengreep Farm in the 1970s"
I only learnt that last week, and I've lived in Cornwall for 16 years!
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>> This goes well with a glass of Chile-d wine: www.lynherdairies.co.uk/cornish-yarg/
I've met a woman who picks the nettles they wrap that stuff in. She swears it's cured her arthritis.
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>>I've met a woman who picks the nettles they wrap that stuff in. She swears it's cured her arthritis<<
"Arthritic joints were traditionally treated by whipping the joint with a branch of stinging nettles. The theory was that it stimulated the adrenals and thus reduced swelling and pain in the joint. Various studies support the effectiveness of this treatment.
Various types of Nettle have been studied for their effects on prostate hypertrophy, diabetes mellitus, rheumatic disease, hypertension, gastrointestinal symptoms, osteoarthritis, diarrhea, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation, pain, constipation, gastrointestinal disease, headache, nausea, common cold, arthritis, asthma, bleeding, respiratory tract disease, allergic rhinitis, kidney disease, prostate cancer, skin disease and urinary tract disease.[5][verification needed][unreliable source?] In terms of allergies, nettle contains properties of an antihistamine to be used for treating reactions associated with the respiratory system.[6][unreliable source?] Nettles can also be used to make a tisane known as "nettle tea".
~Wiki
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My doctor suggested nettle tea for my gout...
Not sure it helps, but it quite nice and not that expensive either.
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There's a shop in Bath that does mail order in the UK and has a number f distributors world wide. We used them when n Japan - not terribly convenient since they were in Osaka and we lived in Yokohama!! Still, it was worth it for decent cheese. Chutney and Carrs water biscuits were available in Shin Yokohama :-)
www.finecheese.co.uk/cheese-export
Even more inconvenient for you since they only have one distributor in South America and it's not in Chile. Still, being on the right continent is a start!! It indicates they are seeking enquiries for distributors in other countries as well - perhaps you could explore that route...
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Excellent Peter, thanks. I've dropped them an email since even if they can't help, they might know a man that can.
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>> www.finecheese.co.uk/cheese-export
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>> Even more inconvenient for you
Convenient for me though - only 200yds from our office. Will have to investigate... :)
Last edited by: Focusless on Tue 22 Jan 13 at 07:09
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Excellent cheese based motoring link.
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With a side doffing to Monty Python ?
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The trapped motorists were heard to be shouting "Lets gouda here"
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ooh ooh, cheese jokes, I like those....
Which cheese do you use to disguise a small horse?
Mascarpone.
Which cheese do you use as bait to encourage Yogi out of the woods?
Camembert.
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Which cheese will turn a 19th century French novelist to stone?
Gorgonzola.
Which cheese sums up the atmosphere in a Russian military hut when the troops remove their tarred felt boots and unwind their foot-cloths?
Fetta.
Which cheese sounds like American fast food made only from the leanest meat?
Limburger.
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>> ooh ooh, cheese jokes, I like those....
Can you Edam and Eve it. I bet you haven't felt grater.
For cheese a jolly good fellow.
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>> The trapped motorists were heard to be shouting "Lets gouda here"
One said "we need to call for help"
"Here, will this fondue?"
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One said "we need to call for help"
And the other said I have prayed to Cheeses of Nazareth for our deliverance.
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You can't beat a bit of Edam.Very tasty.
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Emmentalery, my dear Watson.
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There's a story about Freud and some cheese. Either he or his pupil and associate Karl Abraham was on a boat fishing on a Swiss (I think) lake, Garda perhaps. One of the two boatmen was eyeing some bread on which was spread some incredibly reeking, runny, horrible over-the-top cheese. The other cried encouragingly: 'Coraggio, Casimiro!'
Freud and Abraham, a distinguished analyst in his own right who analysed Melanie Klein, would quote this remark to each other jokily for the rest of their lives. Don't ask me why though. Ask an analyst, but don't expect a straight answer. If I were to hazard a guess I would suggest something to do with the reeking depths of the human psyche.
Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Tue 22 Jan 13 at 20:27
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These jokes are going down the paneer - and everywhere else, I think.
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>> These jokes are going down the paneer,
... he matared bad-temperedly
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A bit less Norwegian Brunost
Doggy stuff cheese!!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21141244
300m record?
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I don't like soft cheese, it's just a curd to me...
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Blessed are the Cheese Makers... - Armel Coussine
