Okay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history. More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain. This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵

a cartoon character in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera and saying cheese .

Alt: animated gif: wallace from wallace and gromit being very excited about cheese.

I was NOT ready! Thank you for sharing a great story and a great message.

Great history!

OK. Wallace is not a cartoon character. He has a name. Does Tenor have a single properly described GIF?

Blue Vinney was also saved by an enthusiast www.dorsetblue.com/history

Histoy of Dorst Blue Vinny Cheese | Sturminster Newton | DT10 2BD

Dorset Blue Vinny has a very unique history, it was once made in every farmhouse kitchen in Dorset. Dorset Blue Vinny was extinct until the early 1980s when Michael Davies resurrected a 300 year old r...

So today's Wensleydale is the real deal or are we stuck with the austerity version?

Love it. And I just got back from buying two lots of new to me cheese 😁

Follow up question, given it made "The List" what happend to Dunlop?

I don't know how you made Wensleydale tense but well done, you certainly have. Can't stand it myself but it's a thrilling story!

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Always ready for some cheestory! That was fascinating- thanks for sharing!