Raclette of an open fire, with the big piece of cheese facing the heat. One then regularly scrapes off the melting side. Or by a specific oven. It is accompanied by small firm potatoes (Bintje, Charlotte or Raclette varieties), cornichons (gherkins), pickled onions, and dried meat, such as jambon cru/cuit, salami, and "viande des Grisons", and to drink, Kirsch, herbal tea or white wine from a swiss vineyard a Fendant (wine from the Chasselas grape). A modern way of serving raclette involves an electric table-top grill with small pans, known as "coupelles", in which to melt slices of raclette cheese. This
Cheddar cheese not protected by the European Union, though the name "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar" has an EU protected designation of origin, and may only be produced in Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, using milk sourced from those counties. Cheddar is usually sold as mild, medium, mature, extra mature or vintage. Mature cheddar is the best-selling variety in the UK. Cheddar produced in Orkney is registered as an EU protected geographical indication under the name "Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar". The state of Wisconsin produces the most cheddar cheese in the United States; other centres of production include: California, Idaho, Upstate New York,