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How many types of cheese can you name?
Where does milk for cheese come from?
Bienvenue à la dégustation de fromage! Welcome to the cheese tasting!
As you enter, please take BUT DO NOT EAT:
1. A plate of cheese, “petits toasts,” and a petit écolier
2. Two slices of bread
3. Grapes
4. The beverage of your choice (water, grape juice)
5. Napkins
Today, you will receive a brief background on each cheese and then we will sample
them together, one at a time, in a specific order.
We will share our thoughts on each cheese and then vote for the best and worst at the
end!
Brie de Meaux
Known as the “queen of cheeses”Meaux = the town where it is made
Cow’s milk, ripens for 6-8 weeksYou can eat the white rind
Boucheron
Loire valleyGoat’s milk
Ripens in 5-10 weeks
Ossau Iraty
Southwest France, Basque countryOne of only 2 sheep’s milk cheeses with
AOC statusRaw, unpasteurized sheep’s milk
Aged for 90 days (12 weeks)
Morbier
Named after the town of MorbierCow’s milk, layer of ash in the middle
Aged for 60 days (8 weeks)
Bleu d’Auvergne
Massif centralCow’s milk
Aged about 4 weeks
Pont l’Évêque
Basse-Normandie region of FranceCow’s milk
Milk must come from controlled area around the town of Pont l’Évêque
Aged 2-6 weeks
The last piece is a repeat…can you guess what it is?
Which was the best?
The worst?
Petit Ecolier
Popular cookie in FranceMeans “Little schoolboy”
(Look at the image in the chocolate)