UK supermarkets.

I don't know what supermarkets are like in other countries but the main stream supermarkets in the UK, whilst good at most things, are universally bad at anything that requires a modicum of patience.  In the meat line they are good with pork and chicken but when it comes to beef they are very poor.  The beef on display usually looks bright red which suggests that it hasn't been hung for long enough or possibly not at all.  Strangely enough at least of half of the beef products on display in Liddle does show working of patience, especially some of the stake which is a deep red plum colour showing it has been correctly aged and the quality shines through in the cooking and eating.  What has really started me off on this rant is cheese, in particular blue Stilton.  In my view good correctly ripened Stilton is certainly one of the worlds great cheeses and possibly the best in the world.  The sample I bought from my local Morrison's was enough to put anyone trying it for the first time off the cheese for good.  The sample was lacking any of the full flavoured tang that I expect and all I got was a bland chalk taste.  This was especially disappointing as I had purchased what purported to be "Mature Stilton."   The only way I have found to eat blue Stilton or Shropshire blue from a supermarket is to place it in the fridge and leave it for at least a month past its sell by date.  I find it offensive that when I purchase what is supposed to be mature cheese it is anything but.  I haven't found a good cheese shop in the area yet, and the delicatessen in the local town shows supermarket impatience as well.  Please, if anyone from a UK supermarket reads this learn a little patience and sell properly mature cheese, stop selling soggy chalk and calling it mature cheese.