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So you think you’ve been to Provence? Probably not. Most travelers to this region have only been to the Var or Alpes-Maritimes regions. The latter is where Nice, Cannes and St. Tropez are, to name a...
View ArticleSummer blues, Devon blue
It’s summer even though it is not all that much reminding me of that particular fact. Nature is one thing, the calendar something else. So when it comes to summer cheese, the calender rules like it...
View ArticleChèvre frais
I was actually on the look out for some farmstead Norwegian cheese today, but the selection was rather poor. A single fresh chèvre caught my eye, though. Chèvre frais in French. Cornilly from the Berry...
View ArticleHeading for Portugal
We’re heading to Portugal for a few days. And I am going to explore Portuguese cheese. They have quite a few good ones, a lot with DOP (or AOP) protection. I found an article about Portuguese cheese,...
View ArticleCrottin de Chavignol fried in bacon fat
Bought a little cheese yesterday. Nothing much, a piece of Brillat-Savarin and a chèvre that we shared between us last night. The Brilliat-Savarin was on my daughter’s demand; excellent as always. On...
View ArticleThe Hidden Cheese Heaven
It could of course just be me. Even though I don’t think so. I am above average interested in cheese and was not aware of the hidden cheese heaven Portugal is. Know they make cheese here, yes, but not...
View ArticleScalloway Hotel
Scalloway is the former capital of Shetland, a nicely nestled haven on the west coast of the Shetland mainland. My ‘relationship’ to Scalloway is the hotel, Scalloway hotel where I have stayed only...
View ArticleSerra da Estrela
Commonly regarded as Portugal’s best cheese. And Serra da Estrela is really a treat if you can stand a slight hint of barn yard. The older it gets, the richer as well. This cheese is on the soft side,...
View ArticleBrie Le Fougerus
Perhaps not one of the most famous of the Bries, which one is that, by the way? But still a Brie. A real Brie, bloomy rind and all, not all of Brie style cheeses are Brie, though. Brie Le Fougerus is a...
View ArticleCopy cats
I wonder, just a little bit, though, but I still wonder how many lawyers would sit on my back if I started to make a Mac, developed some new programming and called it Office, peanut butter called Jif,...
View ArticleIt’s a Shame
My wife has been in San Francisco, CA, all week. Returning tomorrow and not allowed to bring back as much as an iota of cheese. It’s a shame. If you travel within EU/EEC you can bring back anything you...
View ArticleHappy Easter!
The Norwegian name for this daffodil flower is Easter lilly. Could be therefore Easter in Norway is everything yellow. However, there will be no yellow cheese on my Easter table. They’re all white. Now...
View ArticleGod jul
Jeg ønsker alle mine lesere, ostefolk, kjære og kjente en riktig god jul🎄 The post God jul appeared first on OSTEPERLER®.
View ArticleGodt nytt år!
Jeg ønsker alle mine lesere og følgere et på alle måter riktig godt nytt år. Håper det blir flott og spennende på en god måte. For egen del tror jeg store ting vil skje. Noen turer; nye spennende...
View ArticleMont d’Or – er det den du trenger nå?
Julen er over og vi har knapt begynt på et nytt år, så kanskje er det tid for å varme opp en Mont d’Or for å kose seg litt? Nå har vi bak oss en periode som, til tross for at det ble mørkere for hver...
View ArticleEndringer og overganger
Du tenker kanskje at endringer og overganger bare er for store bedrifter? Slik er det ikke, det er for alle, inklusiv privatlivet. Livet er fullt av overganger enten de er forårsaket av jobben,...
View ArticleCaciocavallo -syditaliensk hesteost?
Caciocavallo tilhører nok en gruppe oster som er forholdsvis lite tilgjengelig i Norge. Bare for å ha plassert den med en gang, så er dette en pasta filata-ost på samme måte som mozzarella og...
View ArticleBleu de Termignon – slik det startet?
Har du smakt Bleu de Termignon? Hvis ikke så bør du det. Det blir en slags blåmuggostens dannelsesreise. Det er en ekte, naturlig blåmuggost som ystes på noen få gårder høyt oppe i Savoie i Frankrike....
View ArticleValentindagen – to oster og..
Valentindagen trenger bare to oster. Og et glass champagne, eller en flaske; dere skal nå være to da :-). Det er mange som som synes at Valentindagen er noe tull, men så er det en del av oss som liker...
View ArticleLøype og løpe
De brukes litt om hverandre, løype og løpe. Skal man gå til opprinnelsen, i dette tilfellet norrønt språk, så er vel ordet løype nærmest originalen; hleypa. Selv bruker jeg nok de to om en annen. Som...
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