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One class decided to do a food technology project on French cheeses; they soon discovered that there are more than 360 different types to try! Whilst some of the most well-known are soft creamy cheeses, like Camembert, there are other types that look and taste very different. |
 A whole round Camembert cheese from Normandy |
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Soft cheeses - e.g. Camembert Camembert comes from Normandie in northern France. It is made from raw cows' milk in round shapes (see picture). Inside the cheese is soft and creamy; its taste is slightly salty and a bit fruity. The outside - the "rind" - is soft velvetty-white, and is also eaten. The taste developes as the cheese is kept - called "maturing" - at its best, it's slightly runny in the middle. |
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Hard cheeses - e.g. Comte Made from cows' milk from the Jura mountains, this hard cheese is matured for a long period. It developes a golden-yellow hard crust, which you don't eat. Inside it has a nutty taste. |
 A slice of Comte hard cheese from the Jura mountains near Switzerland |
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Blue cheeses - e.g. Roquefort This is made from the milk of the ewes (female sheep).fed on the limestone plateaux in the Aveyron region. The cheese-makers add blue mold - "penicillium roqueforti" - to the curds, then ripen them in damp, airy natural limestone caves under the village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. Inside the white, slightly shiny surface, the cheese is crumbly with blue veins of mold. It tastes creamy and slightly salty. |
 Inside a Roquefort cheese, showing the blue mold |
 The "Frencheese" website has details of an A-Z of French cheeses ... |
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They used these websites to find out more about the cheeses: The second site has a good 'Cheese
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TYou may want to find out about British cheeses, too. Sschools can get a free "Say Cheese" teaching pack - contact enquiries@magentaonline.co.uk, giving your school address including postcode. |
 http://www.britishcheese.com |
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From Potato to Packet - a web site that tells 'the crisp story' ... http://www.esa.org.uk/education/index.htm One class used this free classroom resource as an opportunity to explore food technology through a food topic which engaged and motivated the children - crisps (potato chips in the US). |
 Explore how potaotoes are made into crisps ... |
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 They had to use their dictionary to find out what they were!. As a part of the project, both classes devised a new flavour of crisps, and designed the packets. |
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The History of Crisps They also found out how crisps had been invented in the USA by a chef who was desperate to please a picky millionaire businessman, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who kept on sending his fried potato chips back to the kitchen because they were too thick and too soggy. They discovered how crisps came to Europe, and how they are made by machines in factories, and packed to keep fresh. |
 Cornelius Vanderbilt - the man who demanded crisps? |
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