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    Just back from the local health food shop and noticed a tub of cubed Feta style Cheezly. Looks identical to the "normal" stuff floating in olive oil. Not sure if I'm brave enough to buy it yet!

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    I tasted that at the VIVA festival. Was pretty good actually. Bit greasy not surprisingly.
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    Oh, little pieces in a jar of oil? They used to do that a few years back and I liked it, but then they discontinued it. It was good for making "feta" and spinach pies with filo pastry. (Mind you their other cheeses work for that as well.)

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    I tried that at Viva show as well, I didn't realise it was new. (I just stood at Redwood stand with toothpicks spearing lots of different stuff.) It was really nice from what I remember.

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    Quote Aberbrothock View Post
    Just back from the local health food shop and noticed a tub of cubed Feta style Cheezly. Looks identical to the "normal" stuff floating in olive oil. Not sure if I'm brave enough to buy it yet!
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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    i thought it tasted just like their normal cheese, just covered in oil. not very reminiscent of feta imo.

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    i thought it tasted just like their normal cheese, just covered in oil.
    I think you might be on to something there

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    I tried this at bristol vegan festival but didnt like it (sorry).

    I just thought it was oily and tasted really flavourless - having said that I havent actually ever eaten real feta cheese so it may be a good likeness?
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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    I always thought feta either just tasted of salt (in a good way) or of salty rancid butter (not in such a good way). I never thought of it having much flavour apart from rancidity if I got a bad batch, so by making it flavourless Redwoods are probably being fairly true to the original

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    i thought it tasted just like their normal cheese, just covered in oil. not very reminiscent of feta imo.

    I always find your observations (especially food-related ones) highly amusing, Gorilla .

    Myself, I'm giving up all 'fake' cheeses forthwith because I cannot buy it without eating a whole block in one day and really its unnecessary and a bit disgusting .

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    lol thanks cobweb. i know what you mean about cheese subtitutes, they are a bit of a luxury item for me and i find they go mouldy if i don't eat them all at once, which is doubly annoying.

    i always thought feta was mostly just salty too twinkle, but i didn't think the Redwoods one came close to being salty enough, even though their regular cheese is fairly salty anyway. it's not crumbly enough either, it's too rubbery to have the feta-like texture.

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    I cannot buy it without eating a whole block in one day and really its unnecessary and a bit disgusting .
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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    hehe @ harpy

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    i thought it tasted just like their normal cheese, just covered in oil. not very reminiscent of feta imo.
    I completely agree. I tasted a cube at Viva! veggie show in London and thought it was greasy cheesly, until I saw that it was, well, floating greasy cheesly.

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    i find they go mouldy if i don't eat them all at once
    I have that problem too. Has anyone ever frozen excess cheese?
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    Marrers i did once ask Redwoods about freezing but they advised against it. I'd be intrigued to know if it works, though, might have to try it! .

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    Lol - so says the woman who can't even keep a block for one day!
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    at least if froze it i wouldn't be able to scoff it all so easily

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    Exactly - I thought why would anyone let vegan "cheese" go mouldy?
    I would eat it in one day myself ...cheese and crackers, celery and cheese sandwiches with plamil mayo, pizza topping etc...

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    phew, not just me, then
    if i have it it just calls my name from the fridge til i eat it - my favourite way is just squashed between 2 slices of hot toasted bread (mmmmmmm) or on a pizza (am hungry now!)

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    Lol cobweb, i have a vision of a whole slab of cheezly in between two slices of thin bread.

    I have never eaten feta cheese before either so have no idea what it is suppose to taste like but you lot have put me right of.

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    I used to love cheese - feta, halloumi, brie - the saltier and more unhealthy the better

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    Exactly - I thought why would anyone let vegan "cheese" go mouldy?
    I would eat it in one day myself ...cheese and crackers, celery and cheese sandwiches with plamil mayo, pizza topping etc...
    i only really buy it if i have a craving for it, but then once i've bought some and started eating it i remember i don't like it that much and have trouble finishing it. so if i do crave it i try to remind myself of the little bit that ends up going funny at the back of the fridge because i didn't want it.
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    it's not actually all that nice, is it, it's sooooo salty . I think it's the texture that i crave more than anything.........

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    CW - its the texture you miss - not the taste.
    (sorry if that sounds pervy )

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    Feta was the only goat-cheese I ever liked. Now that I'm vegan, I'm brainstorming ways to recreate a nice Greek salad without using real feta or fried kalamari. I may have to give the cheesly a try (that is, if I can even find any here) and see if it would suit for my salady purposes.

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    I have frozen it before and it was okI like it but dont buy it so often, or I would be the size of a house!

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    i only really buy it if i have a craving for it, but then once i've bought some and started eating it i remember i don't like it that much and have trouble finishing it. so if i do crave it i try to remind myself of the little bit that ends up going funny at the back of the fridge because i didn't want it.


    heh heh, yes, that little wrapped parcel at the back of the fridge that you don't throw away till it's mouldy then you HAVE to throw it as you can't eat it. if i throw things before they're bad i feel like i'm wasting it, but if it's bad...

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    never gets bad in our house, if i don't want something the dog eats it!

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    Mine doesn't usually seem to go mouldy if I shove a half-eaten package in the fridge, loosely wrapped in a plastic bag. I try to use it within a few days though.

    Imported Memory, firm tofu might do in your salad if you marinated it right, although Greek salads are pretty nice without feta as long as the other ingredients are good. I have never had a Greek salad with kalamari in it in Greece so I think that must be a variant local to where you are

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    oh lorrrrrd, has anyone tried the redwood feta? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
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    i REALLY like the new feta! yes it's a bit oily (it comes in oil!) but when i've had it i've put it in a big green salad with some nuts and tomatoes....any oil you get with the cheese acts like a dressing.

    aphrodite - i really used to like halloumi too!

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    I don't really miss cheese and the few times I have got a cheese alternative, I was not very impressed - I threw out a chedder style one because I couldn't stand it - but I would love to have a vegan halloumi! Ah well, I can dream...

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    Redwood is not too bad, rarely buy it though. I have seen the feta but not tried it yet. Did taste a 'cheese' once, or was it soap coz i sure tasted that way.

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    I don't really miss cheese and the few times I have got a cheese alternative, I was not very impressed - I threw out a chedder style one because I couldn't stand it - but I would love to have a vegan halloumi! Ah well, I can dream...
    Oh I used to love halloumi.

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    - but I would love to have a vegan halloumi! Ah well, I can dream...
    I'm right there with you on that one..

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    The Joanne Stepaniak uncheese cookbook has recipes for feta - but I've never made it. Has anyone tried it, and is it any good?

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    i used to absolutely love feta cheese... one of the main reasons why it took me so damn long to go vegan!! i saw some of the "floating in oil fake feta" in the health food shop the other day woooo! was going to buy it but unfortunately it was a bit too expensive- i only had so much money on me and it was a choice between that or something else.

    cant wait to try it though

    im the same as other people- i dont often buy fake cheese, normally due to the hassle and expense, lol and when i do buy it i scoff looooads!!

    i love the bute island cheshire sheese... mmmmmmm ate that with oatcakes and caramelised red onion chutney

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    i have a recipe for tofu 'feta' if anyone wants to try it - i think basically you boil the tofu for like a minute or something, then marinate it in lemon juice, water and salt. let me know if you want the proper recipe.

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    i tried the feta style cheezly... its not really like feta, although it is nice
    very very very oily though!!!

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    I used it at Christmas to make volauvont ( sorry cant spell that) fillings with chilli sauce and olives. very good. I think it would be really good in a salad but will wait for summer to try that. Need something more warming right now.

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    i tried it at the london vegan fest - bleugh!!

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    What in volauvents? Great minds etc! Still wouldnt expect to invent anything radically new. tasted ok tho.

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    I know that Joanne Stepaniak has a recipe for "Better Feta" in her "Uncheese Cookbook", although I have not yet made this myself. Other uncheeses in the book are really good, though.

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    I completely agree. I tasted a cube at Viva! veggie show in London and thought it was greasy cheesly, until I saw that it was, well, floating greasy cheesly.
    HAHAHAHAHA funniest thing I've read all day I just laughed so much. Thanks. Ahh just thought I'd share that

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    Can someone tell me...is this Feta product available in Canada???

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    Default Re: Redwoods new cubed Feta style Cheezly

    Cheese like chocolate, olives, avocados and vegemite on toast I'm addicted too, to name a few. (Not all at the same time, but it's worth trying out!)

    I buy loads of vegan cheese and have eaten a tub of the Feta style in on sitting. My excuse? Ummm, I haven't got one.

    Did I mention that I'm addicted to cheese?
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