Hi there!
I am a Chilean living in the UK. By far the best thing for me about the UK is the cheddar cheese
. Unfortunately, there is no such cheese, or closely related cheese in Chile
. Because cheddar is by far my all time favourite cheese, I would like to somehow get it in my home country, when I move back, in a few years. I am considering the following options:
1) Importing it from the UK
2) Making it myself
Regarding 1), this cannot be done via airplane baggage, because the Custom agency in Chile is very very strict about importing food. It will be taken away from me (and if not declared, penalties go from fines to jail). So the only option on this respect is to use a company to do so. However, I have not been able to find companies specialising in importing low scale level of refrigerated food for personal use. Are you aware of such companies?
Method 1, if possible, might be quite expensive, given that I do not plan to buy a ton of cheese.
Thus, method 2 seems the best. But, as someone who has never produced cheese, sounds daunting. But who knows, might well be rewarding! Would it be however much cheaper? Given all the tools, energy and time involved. And might not be good tasting after all.
What would you recommend? Is there a third option that I might be missing?
Thanks!
Perico.