Look. I may be lactose intolerant but I don’t care.
When it comes to French cheese I’m happy to endure the post-prandial hardships. And anyway, as Stephen Fry says: “At my age travelling broadens the Behind”
Allow me to list my favourites for you – I miss them (Ils me manquent)
- Brillat Savarin the king of cheeses pure cholesterol
- Livarot: has a barnyard, fecal smell and orange rind colour
- Epoisses smells like stinky bad BREATH luckily doesn’t taste like it so much
- Crottin de chevignol goats cheese – delicieux
- Bucheron or niche de chèvre – encore, delicieux
- Soft ripened goats -cabecou – delightful on a “salade de chevre chaud“: – (bed of lettuce with warm melted goat’s cheese)
- Saint Marcellin – oh my god creamy and lovely
- Saint Nectaire – the more aged it is it becomes more runny and creamy the naughty thing!
- Pont l’Eveque from Normandy: creamy and soft with a yucky rind
Of course there are many others – infact over 300 – but these are some of my faves – mes fromages préfèrés
Check out this wonderful website on cheeses everywhere: http://www.gourmetcheesedetective.com/French-cheeses-A-to-L.html The Gourmetcheesedetective
Brillat Savarin
Saint Marcellin
Livarot
une salade de chevre chaud
Saint Nectaire
Pont L’Eveque
Epoisses
melty crottin de chevre
Cabecou
This is the second cheese post to appear in my reader: they were back-to-back no less. I wonder what the universe is trying to tell me? 😉
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