tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post4695316659818311511..comments2024-03-28T14:32:46.209+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Le Chavignol, a goat cheeseKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13431439022353953512015-07-05T10:32:01.266+02:002015-07-05T10:32:01.266+02:00The Dubois Boulay building looks like a brand new ...The Dubois Boulay building looks like a brand new one to me, but I don't know the history. The sign does say the company has been in business for more than a century.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61101824243180158422015-07-05T10:31:11.119+02:002015-07-05T10:31:11.119+02:00We'll have to find a good cheese shop. I know ...We'll have to find a good cheese shop. I know one on the rue de Sèvres in the 6th. I'm sure there's a good one on the rue Montorgueil too.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44901038038201422092015-07-05T10:29:35.282+02:002015-07-05T10:29:35.282+02:00I've found it's easy to feel lost on the l...I've found it's easy to feel lost on the little roads that run up and down steep hills around Sancerre. But all is well that ends well.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71661309538921028202015-07-05T10:28:53.808+02:002015-07-05T10:28:53.808+02:00The Loire Valley goat cheeses don't smell or t...The Loire Valley goat cheeses don't smell or taste too "goaty" in my opinion. They're mild. And the crottin in my photos was a very hard, dry, crumbly one, not soft at all. Photos can be deceiving, I guess.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60050169951851192102015-07-05T10:23:11.832+02:002015-07-05T10:23:11.832+02:00Some of those translations can be hilarious.Some of those translations can be hilarious.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-414487123945840012015-07-05T10:22:54.727+02:002015-07-05T10:22:54.727+02:00Our heat wave seems to have ended for now. It'...Our heat wave seems to have ended for now. It's still a little muggy — it's raining. But the temperature is in the 20s rather than the 30s. No need for AC now.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44958379894763818942015-07-05T04:07:46.186+02:002015-07-05T04:07:46.186+02:00We ate in a village cafe once which had English tr...We ate in a village cafe once which had English translations on the menu and were amused to see "crottin de chevre en galette" translated as "droppings of goat on wafer" and "oeuf au cheval" as "egg with horse" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147710403556857768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77609197207015546152015-07-05T02:33:09.125+02:002015-07-05T02:33:09.125+02:00This makes me miss my husband. He loved goat chees...This makes me miss my husband. He loved goat cheese, he used to say, "the goatier the better" ... I always complained about the smell of the cheese :) Just this photo of the soft cheese, would make him sigh .. Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-45226464083707496762015-07-05T01:13:11.750+02:002015-07-05T01:13:11.750+02:00Re the heat and no air conditioning. A search for...Re the heat and no air conditioning. A search for "do it yourself air conditioning" on YouTube brings up a number of instruction videos for making clever and very cheap DIY air conditioners. Haven't tried any as we have ducted AC in Australia, but looks like it could work a treat, at least in the sort term. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147710403556857768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-84553254284131631942015-07-04T18:44:05.873+02:002015-07-04T18:44:05.873+02:00Hi Ken, I knew crotte was a variation of merde, lo...Hi Ken, I knew crotte was a variation of merde, lol, but I had to look up "bique." That made me laugh out loud with my coffee...it has several definitions. Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77191358882404510332015-07-04T16:34:54.283+02:002015-07-04T16:34:54.283+02:00I seem to remember driving around Chavignol and fa...I seem to remember driving around Chavignol and failing to find anywhere to park or buy cheese, too! We should have looked further afield, obviously. PaulineLe Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76683857054640408512015-07-04T16:17:56.176+02:002015-07-04T16:17:56.176+02:00I like the name crottin. I plan on tasting this ch...I like the name crottin. I plan on tasting this cheese next month. Miam, miam.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87940543235649173602015-07-04T15:00:53.606+02:002015-07-04T15:00:53.606+02:00I have a feeling that the DUBOIS-BOULAY facility w...I have a feeling that the DUBOIS-BOULAY facility was not at that location when we were in Chavignol 30+ years ago. I seem to remember a producer, maybe it was this one, right in the center of the village, and not so modern-looking.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75279172894806403142015-07-04T10:05:59.985+02:002015-07-04T10:05:59.985+02:00That croustillant or friandise (or whatever they c...That <i>croustillant</i> or <i>friandise</i> (or whatever they call it) made with goat cheese sounds delicious. I think it would be good made with any of the Centre-Val de Loire goat cheeses.<br /><br />I should have added that <i>crottin</i> describes a very small goat's cheese, like the ones made in Chavignol. A <i>crottin</i> can be made outside the Chavignol area and can be called a <i>crottin</i> but not <i>crottin de Chavignol</i> of course.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-67009882784586079292015-07-04T10:00:05.174+02:002015-07-04T10:00:05.174+02:00And D., the word crotte is used as an exclamation ...And D., the word <i>crotte</i> is used as an exclamation in French. It's a euphemism for <i>merde</i>. <i>Crottin</i> derives from <i>crotte</i> but the origin of <i>crotte</i> is given as <i>incertain</i> in the Robert dictionary. <i>Crotte de bique</i> is an expression I've heard. And a person who is hopelessly dumb, thick, or unrefined can be describes as <i>indécrottable</i>Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48477411728850311282015-07-04T09:51:56.249+02:002015-07-04T09:51:56.249+02:00I skimmed through the Selles-sur-Cher cahier des c...I skimmed through the Selles-sur-Cher <i>cahier des charges</i> and it talks about the use of frozen goat's milk being allowed. Maybe the practice is not common these days — that I don't know.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75600287782534189792015-07-04T09:29:32.620+02:002015-07-04T09:29:32.620+02:00That's exactly what I plan to do with the hard...That's exactly what I plan to do with the hard Chavignols, Diogenes. I'll grate them like parmesan and use them in salad dressings or over pasta and sauce. I've done that before with great success — goat cheese with a cream sauce over pasta is excellent.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-39613099975759950542015-07-04T09:27:36.927+02:002015-07-04T09:27:36.927+02:00There are 233 communes in the Valençay production ...There are 233 communes in the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valen%C3%A7ay_%28fromage%29" rel="nofollow">Valençay production zone</a>! I also saw an article saying that much more Sainte-Maure cheese is produced than Chavignol, and that Chavignol and Selles-sur-Cher are produced in about the same amounts.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40867852562443205462015-07-04T09:20:51.996+02:002015-07-04T09:20:51.996+02:00When I've talked to the cheese specialists we ...When I've talked to the cheese specialists we know they all rate Chavignol highly. According to Rodolphe le Meunier in total tonnage Chavignol is not as big as Selles or Ste Maure, but in numbers of cheeses considerably more (because the individual cheeses are smaller). I'm <b>very</b> surprised to hear that you can use frozen or powdered milk and still be AOC for Selles and Ste Maure. I'll try to remember to check that with Rodolphe or Jean-Luc Bilien (Selles and Ste Maure producer in Pontlevoy) next time I see them. Maybe you can use frozen or powdered for the reason of seasonality that you suggest, but nobody does these days -- they put the goats into offset cycles so they get milk from half the herd all year round.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31693780704437023082015-07-04T09:16:15.613+02:002015-07-04T09:16:15.613+02:00The map is quite helpful.
I heard that word they&...The map is quite helpful.<br /><br />I heard that word they're trying to change used often in Montreal, Maybe it is a variation of grotto or grotte?<br /><br />If the cheese is dry and hard, is it in texture like a Parmesan that has to be shaved?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55610636774010180002015-07-04T09:05:54.431+02:002015-07-04T09:05:54.431+02:00Our boulanger does a very nice savoury puff-pastry...Our boulanger does a very nice savoury puff-pastry flap.... <br />filled with Crottin de Chavignol... not one of their cheaper buys....<br />but superbly tasty nontheless!!<br />And it proudly says the full name of the cheese on the label...<br />I think they might have a long road ahead to change it!<br /><br />TimLe Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38746127657572578342015-07-04T08:47:17.383+02:002015-07-04T08:47:17.383+02:00I finally found this map of the Selles-sur-Cher pr...I finally found this <a href="http://www.loir-et-cher.chambagri.fr/connaitre-le-loir-et-cher/lalimentation-et-la-qualite/le-selles-sur-cher.html" rel="nofollow">map of the Selles-sur-Cher production zone</a>. I knew I had seen one before.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-73213240373533907612015-07-04T08:44:30.467+02:002015-07-04T08:44:30.467+02:00Look at this list of the communes where Selles-sur...Look at this list of the communes where Selles-sur-Cher goat cheeses can be made.<br /><br />DÉLIMITATION DE L’AIRE GÉOGRAPHIQUE<br />La production du lait, la congélation du caillé, la fabrication et l’affinage des fromages doivent être effectués dans l’aire géographique.<br /><br />Département du Cher (18) : Brinay, Cerbois, Chéry, Dampierre-en-Graçay, Genouilly, Graçay, Lazenay, Limeux, Lury-sur-Arnon, Massay, Méreau, Méry-sur-Cher, Nohant-en-Graçay, Preuilly, Quincy, Saint-Georges-surla-Prée, Saint-Hilaire-de-Court, Saint-Outrille, Thénioux, Vignoux-sur-Barangeon<br /><br />Département de l'Indre (36) : Aize, Anjouin, Bagneux, (Les) Bordes, Buxeuil, Chabris, (La) Champenoise, (La) Chapelle-Saint-Laurian, Diou, Dun-le-Poëlier, Faverolles, Fontenay, Fontguenand, Giroux, Guilly, Issoudun, Langé, Liniez, Lizeray, Luçay-le-Libre, Luçay-le-Mâle, Lye, Menetou-sur-Nahon, Ménétréols-sous-Vatan, Meunet-sur-Vatan, Migny, Orville, Parpeçay, Paudy, Poulaines, Reboursin, Reuilly, Saint-Aoustrille, Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle, Saint-Florentin, Saint-Georges-sur-Arnon, Saint-Pierre-de-Jards, Saint-Valentin, Sainte-Cécile, Sainte-Lizaigne, Sembleçay, Valençay, Varennes-sur-Fouzon, Vatan, (La) Vernelle, Veuil, Vicq-sur-Nahon, Villentrois<br /><br />Département du Loir-et-Cher (41) : Angé, Billy, Bourré, Candé-sur-Beuvron, (La) Chapelle-Montmartin, Châteauvieux, Châtillon-sur-Cher, Châtres-sur-Cher, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chémery, Cheverny, Chissay-en-Touraine, Chitenay, Choussy, Contres, Cormeray, Couddes, Couffy, Cour-Cheverny, Courmemin, Faverolles-sur-Cher, Feings, Fougères-sur-Bièvre, Fresnes, Gièvres, Gy-en-Sologne, Langon, Lassay-sur-Croisne, Loreux, Maray, Mareuil-sur-Cher, Méhers, Mennetou-sur-Cher, Meusnes, Millançay, Monthou-sur-Bièvre, Monthou-sur-Cher, (Les) Montils, Montrichard, Mur-de-Sologne, Noyers-sur-Cher, Oisly, Ouchamps, Pontlevoy, Pouillé, Pruniers-en-Sologne, Rilly-sur-Loire, Romorantin-Lanthenay, Rougeou, Saint-Aignan, Saint-Georges-sur-Cher, Saint-Julien-de-Chédon, Saint-Julien-sur-Cher, Saint-Loup, Saint-Romain-sur-Cher, Sambin, Sassay, Seigy, Selles-sur-Cher, Seur, Soings-en-Sologne, Thenay, Thésée, Valaire, Vallières-les-Grandes, Veilleins, Vernou-en-Sologne, Villefranche-sur-Cher, VilleherviersKen Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87146024544651184962015-07-04T08:42:23.825+02:002015-07-04T08:42:23.825+02:00Yumm! :)Yumm! :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44566342878284523512015-07-04T08:37:15.810+02:002015-07-04T08:37:15.810+02:00Geographically, I think, the Selles-sur-Cher, Vale...Geographically, I think, the Selles-sur-Cher, Valençay, and Ste-Maure-de-Touraine production zones are as big or even bigger.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.com