(Beware: Internet Jargon Ahead)
I hate "Top Ten" lists. They are just under researched bits of common clap trap shoved into an easy to scan bullet list with the primary goal of generating site traffic. "Top Ten Cheeses I Ate Last Week" "Top Ten Celebrity Snarks" "Ten Celebrities Who Snark About My Cheese Habit" Yuck! Who is filing up my internet with drivel??
However, thanks to the rise in social networks with link swapping agendas I can vote on things I believe to be unworthy of the net. So I do my best to Stumble "thumbs down", or "antiDigg" anything "article" that sports that lethal combo of trivial info and bullet points. Uh...except for this one: 10 Best English Cheeses of the South. I feel a certain chill in linking to a top ten list...(akin to the cold sweat I associate with forwarding a chain letter) but this list has got my attention.
Take number for 4 for example. Old Smales. I've never eaten. I just heard about it..."sits between Parmesan and an old Gouda" complete with crunch crystals (Oooo). And Mike Smales is a bit of locavore champion. He was awarded a grant in 2006 to champion local food to public sector organizations. A good cheese, a good story and a good cause. If the rest of this list that good, I maybe forced to eat my hat along with my cheese.