13 Stinky French Cheeses

13 Stinky French Cheeses

As one might expect, moving to France required me to learn a few things.  First of all, I've had to learn to speak French - which I don't do all that well.  However, I've also had to learn about hundreds of stinky cheeses.  My French speaking may need some work, but I do speak "fromage" very well... & let's face it - here in France, that might actually be more important. * * * 1 - Bleu d'Auvergne Bleu d'Auvergne is produced in the Massif Central between Puy-de-Dôme and Cantal.  A cheese producer back in 1854 found some mold on his bread & thought to himself, "Hey, I bet this shit would be great if I mixed it with some cheese."  Kind of like the chocolate & peanut butter guy, but with mold instead of chocolate & cheese instead of peanut butter.2 - Cantal Cantal is hard to semi-hard cheese from the Cantal region of France.  It's one of the oldest cheeses in France...
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