Roquefort: a blue cheese from a small village with a long history

Roquefort has a long history, having been around for at least 1000 years. It comes from a small village in southern France, with impressive caves that are ideal for aging cheese, and has become renowned all over the world.

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Images
Brie cheese (https://pixabay.com/photos/brie-de-me...)
Congress of Vienna (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Public domain)
Coronation of Charles IV of France, by Jean Fouquet (1455-1460) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... public domain)
Notker the Stammerer, 10th century (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., public domain)
Roquefort, by Thesupermat via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Louis-Félix Amiel, Charlemagne, empereur d’Occident (742-814), (1837 or 1838) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... public domain)

00:00 Introduction
01:27 Possible Roman Origins?
03:12 Favored by Charlemagne?
07:47 Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
12:41 Bread, Mold, and Caves
16:11 A Sheep’s Milk Cheese
17:49 Outro

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