The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
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page 241 of 464 (51%)
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Brie de Melun _France_ This Brie _véritable_ is made not only in the seasonal months, from November to May, but practically all the year around. It is not always prime. Summer Brie, called Maigre, is notably poor and thin. Spring Brie is merely Migras, half-fat, as against the fat autumn Gras that ripens until May. Brillat-Savarin _Normandy, France_ Soft, and available all year. Although the author of _Physiologie du Goût_ was not noted as a caseophile and wrote little on the subject beyond _Le Fondue_ (_see_ Chapter 6), this savory Normandy produce is named in his everlasting praise. Brina Dubreala _Rumania_ Semisoft, sheep, done in brine. Brindza _U.S.A._ Our imitation of this creamy sort of fresh, white Roquefort is as popular in foreign colonies in America as back in its Hungarian and Greek homelands. On New York's East Side several stores advertise "Brindza fresh daily," with an extra "d" crowded into the original |
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