Roquefort Cheese
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About
A french, semi-soft blue cheese, tradtionally made from sheeps milk. Roquefort is named for the French village Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, this is in many ways the original blue cheese. In fact, the mold that gives blue cheese its color and flavor is called Penicillium roqueforti .
It contains very high levels of glutamate (an amino acid).
Information
Other names: French Blue Cheese, Roquefort
Translations: Roquefort siers, Rokforo sūrį, Roquefort Branza, Sir Roquefort, Ser Roquefort, Roquefort, रोकफोर पनीर, Roquefort, Рокфор, Τυρί ροκφόρ, جبنة روكفور, 로크 포로 치즈, Roquefort sýr, Rokpor Cheese, 羊乳干酪, Roquefort, Roquefort sira, Roquefort syr, Formaggio roquefort, גבינת רוקפור, Roquefort, Рокфор сира, ロックフォールチーズ, Roquefort, Roquefort Käse, Roquefort-ost, Roquefort, Roquefort, Рокфор, Roquefort, Сирене рокфор
Physical Description
Colors: White with veins of green mold.