July 19, 2006

Roquefort Cheese

Roquefort is a flavorful ewe's-milk blue cheese aged in the natural caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon; it is one of the most famous of all French cheeses. The cheese has distinctive veins of blue mold which give it its characteristic odor and flavor, with a notable taste of butyric acid. The mold is found in the soil of local caves. How did cheesemakers traditionally extract the mold and add it to the cheese?
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