The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
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page 339 of 464 (73%)
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Goat; in season from February to September and not eaten in fall or winter months. Lescin _Caucasus_ Curious because the sheep's milk that makes it is milked directly into a sack of skin. It is made in the usual way, rennet added, curd broken up, whey drained off, curd put into forms and pressed lightly. But after that it is wrapped in leaves and ropes of grass. After curing two weeks in the leaves, they are discarded, the cheese salted and wrapped up in leaves again for another ripening period. The use of a skin sack again points the association of cheese and wine in a region where wine is still drunk from skin bags with nozzles, as in many wild and mountainous parts. Les Petits Bressans _Bresse, France_ Small goat cheeses named from food-famous Bresse, of the plump pullets, and often stimulated with brandy before being wrapped in fresh vine leaves, like Les Petits Banons. Les Petits Fromages _see_ Petits Fromages and Thiviers. Le Vacherin Name given to two entirely different varieties: |
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