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Cheese Description:
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» Valencay «
It is said that Valencay was originally shaped like a perfect pyramid. On his return from the disastrous campaign in Egypt, Napoleon stopped at the castle of Valencay and seeing the cheese that reminded him of the Egyptian pyramids, he drew his sword and chopped the top of it. Coated with wood ash. When young, the white cheese can be seen through the ash. Gradually the colors merge and blue-gray moulds appear. It has a nutty flavour. The commercially produced version is known as Pyramide.
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