Last weekend of May was incredible! The best couple in the world, Kasia and Daniel, came from faraway Toulouse to visit me. Their journey took 13 hours by bus but when I saw them in Vila Real on Friday noon they were as joyful as always.
Before they arrived the only thing I asked them to bring was French cheese. By the way, in the nearest supermarket here - Pingo Doce - most of the cheese comes from Poland. So while I expected Kasia and Dani to bring 2 or 3 cheeses, they've filled one of their backpacks with cheese! It made some of my flatmates very unhappy - after opening the fridge the only sentence I could hear was "uhhhhhh something stinks!". To avoid any kind of tragedy that could take place, we decided to eat the most smelly ones as soon as possible and did an evening picnic.
The consumption of cheese was supported by Calem's Ruby Port wine. It matched just perfect!
First cheese we've tried is called Valencay and produced from goat's milk. It used to have a pirdamide shape, but after Napoleon's unsuccessful visit to Egypt, the top of it was cut off not to remind him about the failure. It tastes much more delicate then it smells. It really smells!
Second cheese was Forez, made of mixed milk (goat's and cow's) and brick shaped. It is very soft and somehow similar to Camember.
That's all folks! I got hungry...
Before they arrived the only thing I asked them to bring was French cheese. By the way, in the nearest supermarket here - Pingo Doce - most of the cheese comes from Poland. So while I expected Kasia and Dani to bring 2 or 3 cheeses, they've filled one of their backpacks with cheese! It made some of my flatmates very unhappy - after opening the fridge the only sentence I could hear was "uhhhhhh something stinks!". To avoid any kind of tragedy that could take place, we decided to eat the most smelly ones as soon as possible and did an evening picnic.
The consumption of cheese was supported by Calem's Ruby Port wine. It matched just perfect!
First cheese we've tried is called Valencay and produced from goat's milk. It used to have a pirdamide shape, but after Napoleon's unsuccessful visit to Egypt, the top of it was cut off not to remind him about the failure. It tastes much more delicate then it smells. It really smells!
Second cheese was Forez, made of mixed milk (goat's and cow's) and brick shaped. It is very soft and somehow similar to Camember.
That's all folks! I got hungry...
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