7 Day Stilton Cheese, Cheesy Dream Experiment
What is the satisfaction level of eating Stilton and crackers accompanied with Port every night?

You’d have to be crackers to turn your nose up at the opportunity to take part in a social experiment involving the consumption of a decent-sized wedge of Stilton cheese in a week.
Crackers, I know, cheesy pun, boom!
The intention is not to drag out the experiment. Like many of us, given a sufficient amount of crackers, a decent Port to add a bit of colour to the table, I would happily scoff the ripe wedge of Stilton cheese in the one sitting. However, it’s not a race or about how much cheese one individual can eat. It is concerned with what happens next, or at least when you get to bed and to sleep. Does eating Stilton, our choice of cheese, give you cheesy dreams?
If you’re not a lover of cheese, or you’ve not been fortunate enough to have ever tried Stilton, allow me to fill in a few gaps. Stilton is an English cheese made from cows milk and historically takes its name from the village of Stilton.
There are two variations: Blue, which has had Penicillium roqueforti added that generates the characteristic smell and taste, and White, which has not. Blue Stilton’s distinctive blue veins are created by piercing the cheese’s crust with stainless steel needles, allowing air into the core. The manufacturing and ripening process takes nine to twelve weeks.
The texture is semi-soft and crumbly; as it ages, it becomes creamier, and I would suggest a little stronger and has a bit more of a whiff- delicious! Both Stilton varieties have been granted a protected designation of origin (PDO) by the European Commission. This means only such cheese produced in the three counties in England, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, can be called “Stilton”.
Weirdly, Stilton cheese cannot be produced in Stilton village, which gave the cheese its name, because it is not in any of the three permitted counties but in the county of Cambridgeshire.
Cheesy Dream Experiment Results
I need to start with a waving of a red warning flag. I tried my hardest to ensure the week-long experiment was carried out under or as close to near scientific conditions. That my results were accurately recorded the following morning. That the mid-week change in cracker selection in no way diluted the result.
Stilton Cheese division
- Using a cheese knife and steady hand, the wedge was divided into seven pretty equal portions.
- Each portion was securely wrapped and placed in a fridge operating at a constant 5C.
- Individual mini Stilton wedges were removed from the fridge one hour before consumption and allowed to acclimatise in the same spot.
Seven Day Cheesy Dream Outcomes
I can report with some disappointment not to have experienced any weird, wonderfully out of the ordinary psychedelic, hallucination trance-like dreams.
I can report during the week, I had no issue at all sleeping. The Stilton, change of crackers, and Port did not in any way affect my sleep pattern.
Reviewing Dream Report
Each morning I diligently recorded the little I could remember from my deep and reinvigorating five to six hours sleep.
I woke around the same time each morning and only once registered what I thought might have been a cheesy dream sequence. However, on reflection, as it was on day one, I have a suspicion I might well have willed the dream into the front of my mind.
Take away Results
If you want to have the satisfaction of eating Stilton and crackers accompanied with Port every night for a week, guilt-free. The Seven Day Cheesy Dream Social Experiment could work for you. And don’t be disappointed with the results - I wasn’t!
Inspired, there is no time like the present to dig dip to support scientific exploration and plunge myself into the busy beer and cheesy snack market. A myriad of cheesy snacks fill our shelves, and as we know, too much choice can result in consumer apathy when it comes to the purchasing decision.
The general public, who spend their hard-earned cash on such snack and beer items, would benefit significantly from having a non-bias ranking and matching system for beer and cheesy snacks. It’s almost a public service!
