Roquefort Cheese

One of the best-known of all French cheeses, Roquefort comes from ewe’s milk aged in the caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in the south of France. Though similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, European law dictates that only those cheeses aged in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon’s caves may bear the name “Roquefort.” Distinctive veins of blue mold, found in the caves’ soil, give the cheese its characteristic odor and strong taste of butyric acid. According to legend, how was this mold discovered? Discuss

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