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Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

the inca grew potatoes in their mountain terrace farms. with different varieties grown at different elevations. so it seemed the best guess.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

developed in the 1980s to market a variety of cheese; the alpine dish tartiflette is a gratin of potatoes, onion, bacon, cream and which soft cheese, made from unpasteurized cows' milk?

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby SnookerEd25

I came across a recipe for Tartiflette within the last couple of weeks, I bookmarked it as ‘one to make’ and ...

...I can’t remember the cheese involved <doh>

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

camembert is a delicious soft cow cheese. but it originates in north france in normandy, not the mountains.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

McManusFan wrote:Isn't it Taleggio? Might be misremembering though.


good guess, but not correct. a delightful product from lombardia in northern italy often used to enrich polenta.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

McManusFan wrote:Just reread the question, sounds like a more modern cheese. Boursin?


not boursin, a brand of gournay cheese also from the north of france.

the cheese in question is a traditional cheese, and is protected by aoc (appellation d'origine contrôlée) certfication.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby Iranu

HappyCamper wrote:
Iranu wrote:Brie


not brie, which is imaginatively from the brie region of northern france.

It was the best I had rofl

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby LDS

I actually had some nice posh chesses very recently, I think last November. I bought a whole load of the most expensive and weird looking cheeses from Marks and Spencer's international cheeses 'finest' shelf. It included a posh French cream cheese encased inside a little wooden rounded box, but I have already long since forgotten what it was called. It tasted lovely though.

Re: Never Ending General Knowledge

Postby HappyCamper

LDS wrote:
HappyCamper wrote:
LDS wrote:Primula?


i think that's a flower? unless it's a cheese too. in either case no.


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Looks like posh Dairylea in a tube.
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