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The Normande is a dual-purpose dairy breed, kept principally for its milk. Annual yield is 6595 litres in a lactation of 316 days. The milk has 4.4% fat and 3.6% protein. It is particularly suitable for making butter and cheese. [3] The meat has good flavour and is marbled with fat. [3]
It is a soft, pungent, washed rind cheese made from Normande cow's milk. The normal weight for a round of Livarot is 450 g, though it also comes in other weights. It is sold in cylindrical form with the orangish rind wrapped in 3 to 5 rings of dried reedmace (Typha latifolia). For this reason, it has been referred to as 'colonel', as the rings ...
Neufchâtel is the oldest of the Norman cheeses, having likely been made as early as the 6th century, [3] and known to have been made between 1050 [4] and 1543. [3] For the end-of-year festivals during the Hundred Years' War, stories say that young girls offered heart-shaped cheeses to English soldiers to show their affection.
The first camembert was made from unpasteurized milk, and the AOC variety "Camembert de Normandie" (approximately 10% of the production) is required by law to be made only with unpasteurized milk. Many modern cheesemakers outside of Normandy, France, however, use pasteurized milk for reasons of safety, compliance with regulations, or convenience.
In the past, it produced 5,000 kg [18] of milk per lactation for local consumption, and this delicious milk contributed to the reputation of Charente-Poitou butter. It was also used as a working animal. Today, their milk is used almost exclusively for calf rearing, and there was only one dairy farm in 2004.
Gail Borden Jr. (November 9, 1801 – January 11, 1874) was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829 (then part of Mexico), where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur.
The Froment du Léon is a dairy breed. Milk production is around 3500 kg [3] in a lactation of 305 days. [3] The milk is rich in beta-carotene, which gives it a yellow colour. It has a high fat content, almost 5.5%, which makes it particularly suitable for butter-making. [2]: 179
Tomme (French pronunciation: ⓘ), occasionally spelled Tome, is a class of cheeses produced mainly in the French Alps and in Switzerland. [1] It can be made from cow's, ewe's, or goat's milk. [1]