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How many types of cheese can you name? Where does milk for cheese come Bienvenue à la dégustation de fromage! Welcome to the cheese tasting! As you enter, please take B U T D O N O T E A T : 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

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Page 1: 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

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

Page 2: 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

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!

Page 3: 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

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

Page 4: 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

Boucheron

Loire valleyGoat’s milk

Ripens in 5-10 weeks

Page 5: 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

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)

Page 6: 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

Morbier

Named after the town of MorbierCow’s milk, layer of ash in the middle

Aged for 60 days (8 weeks)

Page 7: 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

Bleu d’Auvergne

Massif centralCow’s milk

Aged about 4 weeks

Page 8: 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

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

Page 9: 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

The last piece is a repeat…can you guess what it is?

Which was the best?

The worst?

Page 10: 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

Petit Ecolier

Popular cookie in FranceMeans “Little schoolboy”

(Look at the image in the chocolate)