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Philadelphia is probably one of the better known cheese spread brands, and apparently its got good cause to be - as a brand name its been around since 1880, when the cream cheese was named 'Philadelphia' after the american city that was, at the time, thought to be the heart of fine dining and fine foods .
Well, fine dining Philadelphia is not - but it is yummy . Coming in rectangular plastic containers, this creamy, thick, soft white cheese has a lovely mild flavour that tastes wonderful on toast, smoothed down the middle of a celery stick, or spread on top of a hot beefburger. Taste wise, its creamy and nice, but maybe a little bland . With this being a light version , it perhaps feels a little less sinful than the full fat version but theres no noticeable taste difference .
However, its this blandness that makes Philadelphia so versatile - it goes with anything. I'm sure you've all seen adverts on TV with the angels smearing it on everything - I've tried cooking with Philadelphia myself , using it to make yummy icing for cakes, and stirring it into a pasta sauce .
Its readily available - sold in most major supermarkets . However, this is where maybe one negative point comes in - most major suepermarkets have their own philadelphia -style cheese, which is usually just as good and nearly always cheaper. While I love Philly, I'll tend to plump for the cheaper own brand substitute to save a few pennies .
My 300g tub cost me a quid sixty, and a 30 serving of this contains 47 calories and 3.5g of fat, which isn't too bad.
Overall, I would recommend this - its good spread on just about anything, and there are so many ways to use it . www.philadelphia.co.uk has loads of recipe suggestions . However, I feel it loses one star simply because supermarkets have equally good, cheaper, own brand alternatives .
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