This post is more for La Reine de vin et de fromage (Teri) and her lady in waiting (Cathleen) than anyone else.
Somehow I have been made a charter member of "Club Fromage" by the Cheeses of France Marketing Council. They have a fairly extensive website devoted to all things French and cheesey. I'm not sure how I ended up on the list, but there's a lot of good research material for anyone who wants to get a little more basic knowledge about the French cheeses we'll be consuming. Of course the best way to research French cheeses is to taste them.
Here's the link to that Cheeses of France website.
I'm sure you've all heard this story, but it bears retelling here. Teri's very first "real" communication in French in France revolved around cheese. She was served a bit of cheese at a cafe. It was love at first bite and she was determined to find out what it was. "Quelle nom du fromage?" she asked the waiter in her incredibly American accent. I think we were all surprised that the waiter understood what she wanted to know.
Turns out the cheese in question was cantel, still a favorite in the Henley house when we can get it and the budget allows for it.
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What an interesting site!! Are there any cheese making places near one of our stops??? Might make for a fun day trip!!! I would love to see the process.
The first thing I thought of when looking at this site was of all the wonderful French cheeses under glass at Martin's.
The late French President Charles de Gaulle once said "How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"
So yeah, I expect we might be close to somewhere where cheese is made along the route.
Don't forget that one of the best parts of this being a charter just for our group is that if we ask the crew to arrange a tour of a cheese manufacturer, I expect that it will happen.
Perhaps La Reine de vin et de fromage might select a spot to investigate??
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