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March 22, 2004

Some French cheeses


This weekend, to the Cheese Vixen's house (who, it turns out, buys from fromages.com, flying in the (unpasteurized) good stuff direct from the home country via FedEx International). The vixen served

Fondant de Brebis
Selles sur Cher, AOC
Crottin de Chavignol
Saint Marcellin
Saint Felicien
Tomme de Savoie
Camembert de Normandie, AOC
Reblochon, AOC
Epoisses de Bourgogne, AOC
Saint-Nectaire, AOC
Comte, AOC
Bleu d'Auvergne, AOC
Roquefort, AOC

Too much cheese? Maybe. Still, it was all tasty, and I was hungry, having skipped most of lunch and dinner.

If my wine-beclouded notes are to be trusted, I liked the Crottin and Saint Fellicien the best. I also faithfully recorded that Saint-Nectaire is a "picnic cheese" that "keeps well," that Comte is the most popular cheese of France, and that whereas Saint Marcellin is readily "available here," Saint Felicien can be "hard to find." Looks like I gave the Camembert three stars too.

The Roquefort was great. I learned it's the King of Cheeses."

Posted by tplambeck at 12:04 AM

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