According to legend, it was created when a shepherd left a piece of cheese in a cave for several weeks
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BLUE-VEINED CHEESES - THE EXPANDING CHOICES - NYTimes ...  Jun 23, 1982 ... For years blue-veined cheeses, especially Roquefort, were regarded more as ... According to legend, Roquefort first occurred when a lovestruck gaulois shepherd left his lunch and bread at the mouth of a cave while he went chasing a shepherdess. ... Large pieces of cheese can be kept for many weeks.
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Distant Cheeses, Local Farmers - culture: the word on cheese  Jan 24, 2013 ... Also, each week you'll have a chance to win an issue of culture: the ... As the story goes, the first Roquefort was created when a shepherd ... When he returned a few months later, the mold in the cave had turned his cheese into Roquefort. ... Roquefort cheese slice on left; Combalou area of France on right.
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Cheese Jeopardy! Quiz - By THEJMAN - Sporcle  Can you name the questions to these actual cheese-related answers from Jeopardy!? - a quiz by THEJMAN. ... processed cheese. $500: According to legend, it was created when a shepherd left a piece of cheese in a cave for several weeks...
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The Use of Fungi in the Production of Food Products  1: Unleavened bread (left) and leavened bread (right) .... to some legends, before molds and other microorganisms were added to cheese for flavor. ... The origin of Roquefort Cheese, according to Roquefort publicists, long ago, a young ... It would be several weeks before he would return, to that particular cave, to find that...
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Roquefort cheese - Wikipedia  Roquefort is a sheep milk blue cheese from the south of France, and together with Bleu d'Auvergne, Stilton, and Gorgonzola is one of the world's best known blue cheeses. Though similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, EU law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves ... Legend has it that the cheese was discovered when a youth, eating his lunch...
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Historians' Explosive Claim: They've Found the Holy Grail - TheBlaze  Mar 31, 2014 ... Spanish historians claim they've discovered the 2000-year-old Holy Chalice, the biblical cup that Jesus Christ used during the Last Supper.
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Bucur (legendary shepherd) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Bucur is the legendary Romanian shepherd who is said to have founded Bucharest, giving its name to it. While the legend about the shepherd is probably...
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Historical facts about Bulgarian yoghurt - History and religion -   Sep 18, 2013 ... There are many legends about the Bulgarian yoghurt which became ... by the Bulgarians or it was merely a variety of this dairy product started. ... One of them claims that the proto-Bulgarians who came to Europe ... The Bulgarian captives used to make yoghurt from sheep milk which was their only food.
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Roquefort - Cheese.com  ... is a popular French cheese, reported to be a favorite of Emperor Charlemagne. ... Made from unpasteurized sheep's milk; Country of origin: France; Region: region ... Roquefort-sur-Soulzon; Family: Blue; Type: semi-soft, artisan, blue-veined...
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A Brief History of "American Cheese," from Colonial Cheddar to Kraft ...  Jan 7, 2009 ... It was the pilgrims who brought cheese and cows with them on the Mayflower ... Williams created the first American cheese factory in 1851, in New York. ... so common that Americans simply called it "store cheese," or "yellow cheese. ... in the U.S. was Kraft's -- and that was in spite of its relatively high price.
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Shepherd Life; The Care of Sheep and Goat - Baptist Bible Believers  these is available it is utilized as a sheepcote. During stormy weather, and at night, the sheep retreat into the cave, but at other times they are kept in the...
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Pennsylvania Haunts & History: Leigh Master - The Ghost Of ...  Jan 22, 2010 ... Master had told his buds that he was coming "to the new country to make ... One of our readers wrote in to say that the legends are more than just old tales: ... the walls of the barn would be removed and laying all over the grounds. ... seeing Master riding on a fire-snorting gray steed, seeking penance and...
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Roquefort cheese - Wikipedia  Roquefort is a sheep milk blue cheese from the south of France, and together with Bleu d'Auvergne, Stilton, and Gorgonzola is one of the world's best known blue cheeses. Though similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, EU law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves ... cheeses whose ripening occurred in the natural caves of Mont Combalou in...
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BLUE CHEESE MAKES TASTY LOW-FAT DRESSING | Deseret News  Oct 24, 1995 ... One of my favorite salad dressings is made from blue cheese. ... limestone caverns of Mount Combalou near the village of Roquefort in southwestern France, this "true blue" cheese has been enjoyed since Roman times. In fact, this cheese is so special that if the cheese is not aged in the caverns of Mount...
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Blue cheese - Wikipedia  Blue cheese is a general classification of cheeses that have had cultures of the mold Penicillium added so that the final product is spotted or veined throughout with blue, or blue-grey mold and carries a distinct smell, either from that or various ... According to legend, Roquefort was discovered when a youth, eating a lunch of...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls - Discovery and Publication  The discovery of these ancient treasures initiated a modern-day adventure into the past, ... As the story goes, a shepherd of the Ta'amireh tribe left his flock of sheep and goats ...   Upon entering the cave, the young Bedouin found a mysterious Bedouin ... Opening the Scrolls, he was amazed to see Hebrew manuscripts, one...
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Talking Cheese: The Green Cheese Moon - culture: the word on ...  May 6, 2014 ... People have been saying the moon is made of green cheese for quite a ... made of green cheese, or even the history of the word cheese itself. ... favorite movie, the 1990 Wallace and Gromit film A Grand Day Out. ... The idea was probably best outlined by John Wilkins, an English philosopher, in 1638: You...
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Parmesan, Pecorino, Asiago, Romano? - Talk Of Tomatoes  Jul 29, 2010 ... And processing, and animal-that-contributed-milk, and aging... and a few more things. ... Pecorino: a hard, hearty sheep's milk cheese, aged for about 8 months, ... (p.s. apparently there is a 'Romano' cheese made in the US;...
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One Night in a Cave that Changed History Forever | Qur'anic Studies  Oct 11, 2007 ... One year, corresponding to 610 CE, the Prophet had retreated in Hira' in the ... According to Ibn Hisham, Gabriel appeared to Muhammad in his sleep, carrying a book. ... until suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the Cave of Hira'. ... [The Messenger of Allah] said: I went to stay in Hira'.
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1 Samuel 6:1 Commentaries: Now the ark of the LORD had been in ...  The ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months  So long they ... and, with the common pagan superstition, imagined that some local bad luck ... monthsNotwithstanding the calamities which its presence had brought on the country and the people, the Philistine lords were unwilling to relinquish such a prize,...
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Blog - Bob Lipinski  At the Congress of Vienna (18141815) a jury of ambassadors each brought a cheese ... and after a vote, the conference delegates proclaimed it the King of Cheeses. Brie, which is a double-crme, cow's milk cheese is made in the French province of ... For centuries wines have been bottled in glass containers (bottles) and...