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  Emmental cheese -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emmentaler, Emmenthal, or Emmental cheese is a (Hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland) Swiss cheese.
Hence, Emmental of other origin, especially from (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France and (A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory) Bavaria, is widely available.
Emmental is a yellow, rather hard cheese, with characteristic large holes.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/em/emmental_cheese.htm   (258 words)

  
 Emmental cheese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emmentaler, Emmenthal, or Emmental cheese is a Swiss cheese.
Hence, Emmental of other origin, especially from France and Bavaria, is widely available.
Emmental is a yellow, rather hard cheese, with characteristic large holes in size of wood-nut.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emmental_cheese   (169 words)

  
 Swiss cheese or Emmental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Genuine Emmental is made in wheels as large as 110 kilograms, though they can be as small as 85 kilograms.
A typical wheel is 80 to 90 centimeters in diameter and 17 to 24 centimeters thick.
Mild Emmental is made in a “flat type” 17 to 19 centimeters thick and a “high type” 20 to 24 centimeters thick.
www.sizes.com /food/emmental.htm   (219 words)

  
 iGourmet.com - Encyclopedia of Cheese
Emmental: More commonly reffered to as "Swiss Cheese", Emmental is immitated by many cheese producing countries.
Emmental is considered to be one of the most difficult cheeses to successfully manufacture because of its complicated, hole-forming fermentation process.
Emmental can be used as a table cheese, dessert cheese or sandwich cheese.
www.igourmet.com /st_encyclopedia.asp   (3506 words)

  
 Président Emmental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emmental takes its name from the river “Emme”, near Bern on the French border and “tal” which means valley in German.
Président selects its Emmental portions from the heart of Emmental wheel, because this is the part with the best aroma and the fruity taste of the Emmental cheese.
The Président Emmental is matured during two months in caves, which helps to develop its tasty and sweet aroma.
www.lactalis.co.uk /everyday_more_special/emmental.asp   (279 words)

  
 Emmental - french cheese   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As early as the 13th century, Emmental was made in so-called fruitières where cheese is made in a single dairy with milk provided by members of the cooperative.
Emmental is made from cow’s milk and belongs to the cooked, pressed cheese category.
Emmental supposedly takes its name after the fact that French cheese-makers driven out of Switerland during the Wars of Religion had once found refuge in the valley of Emme (Switzerland).
www.france-gourmet.fr /Cheese/Emmental.html   (555 words)

  
 The Emmental Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A local nineteenth-century clergyman-writer celebrated the sturdiness and moral rectitude of Emmentaler dairy farmers in a series of famous novels under the pseudonym Jeremias Gotthelf; since then the place has gathered to itself an atmosphere of earnest rural stability and honesty.
Emmentaler architecture is distinctive, the local timber-built inns and dairies crowned by huge roofs with overarching eaves, ringed by wooden balconies, and encrusted with rows of tiny windows, each with its window box and neatly tied-back set of net curtains.
Emmentaler cooking, featuring cheese or cream with everything, is renowned around the country, and in 1999, some forty local inns and restaurants got together to regulate the quality of cuisine on offer in the region.
switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/mittelland/emmental.html   (299 words)

  
 ABC News: Biggest Swiss Cheese Looks to Protect Name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although the effort to limit use of the name Emmental is unlikely to make a difference in North America where it has long been loved simply as "Swiss cheese" the campaign is causing a meltdown among producers across Europe.
Emmental refers to the valley along the Emme River in central Switzerland, but the government's definition of the Emmental region generously includes much of the country.
A cheese from the valley was cited in a 1273 document in the village of Burgdorf, but the term "Emmentaler cheese" was used for the first time in 1542, in a document describing a donation from the bailiff of Aarburg.
abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=250694   (835 words)

  
 Emmental Cheese - Glossary from Hormel Foods
Emmental is a variety that is characterized by the large holes found throughout the cheese that grow in size as it ages.
And, it is often used in cold sandwiches with meat, as a cheese grated over vegetables, soups and salads, or as a dessert cheese.
Emmental, which may also be called Emmenthaler, is commonly referred to as "Swiss" cheese in the U.S. However, the U.S. version is typically made with pasteurized cow's milk instead of raw milk.
www.hormel.com /kitchen/glossary.asp?id=33274&catitemid=   (224 words)

  
 Emmental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emmental is a familiar Swiss cheese with large holes and takes its name from that of the Emmen valley near Bern.
All this favours the growth of the proprionic acid-producing bacteria that give many Swiss cheeses their characteristic flavour and, by producing carbon dioxide, the holes within the cheese.
The eyes in Emmental are numerous and may be as large as a walnut, whereas those of Gruyère are fewer and smaller.
www.theyummyco.com /ingredients/milkdairy/emmental.htm   (141 words)

  
 Emmental - Food Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Emmental is usually called Swiss cheese outside of Europe.
Emmental is probably the best known cheese produced in Switzerland.
Swiss Emmental is imitated by many cheese producing countries, with varying degrees of success, but as with most things, the original stands head and shoulders above the rest, with its characteristic sweet and nutty flavour and fragrant aroma, obviously the most distinctive aspect being the many holes which are formed during fermentation.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /food/emmental   (216 words)

  
 Trans Swiss Trail Emmental
HIKE THE EMMENTAL ON THE TRANS SWISS TRAIL
Day 3: The hike up to the "Lüderenalp" offers a superb glimpse into farmers live in the Emmental, where the cheese with its famous holes is produced.
Emmental and the rocky snowpeaks of Bernese Oberland.
www.foruminternational.com /hemmental.shtml   (224 words)

  
 The Gerber Ancestry Gateway
The Emmental is "The Valley of the Emme".
This region is famous for the Emmentaler cheese, known as "Swiss Cheese" to Americans.
It was during this time that my ancestor, Peter Leeman, born in 1735, left the Emmental for the Jura which was under the Bishop of Basel and not part of Canton Bern at that time.
spaceformusic.com /ancestshock.html   (5741 words)

  
 Emmental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Emmental is a valley and a landscape in the swiss canton of Bern.
The famous Emmental cheese is originally produced here.
This page was last modified 15:17, 30 September 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emmental   (48 words)

  
 Swiss Cave Aged Emmental by Di Bruno Bros.
Appenzeller, Emmental, and Swiss Gruyere represent traditional cheesemaking styles and these durable, meaty, "big cheeses" have had a profound impact on Swiss culture and all production is regionally controlled.
Emmental has a subtle and nutty-sweet flavor finishing with a firm tangy bite.
Admirable melting cheese for gratins, toasts, and sandwiches.
www.dibruno.com /Detail.bok?no=460   (124 words)

  
 Swiss Rose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For centuries, artisans near the River Emme in Switzerland made Emmental.
Depending on how long it is aged, Emmental can range anywhere from rather mild and nutty to a strong full-bodied flavor.
This popular "name controlled" cheese is considered by cheese crafters to be one of the most difficult cheeses to make because of the complex fermentation process that produces the large characteristic holes that have become icons of cheese worldwide.
www.swissrose.com /pages/j301_a1790.html   (151 words)

  
 Photo Essay of Switzerland 1998 - Langnau im Emmental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Farmland in the Emmental on the way to Langnau, my village of family origin.
The Emmental valley is where Langnau is located.
Langnau means "Long Hills" and Emmental is "The Emme Valley".
www.spaceformusic.com /switzerland/langnau.html   (223 words)

  
 Gourmet Retailer: Emmental. (All Cheese Considered).@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Most of the people who inhabit the Emmental Valley named for the great Emme River are still farmers in this German-speaking corner of Switzerland.
The lush, verdant pastures and steep hills that swell up from the valley hint at the magnificent Alps that lie only minutes away.
Every day, the rich, unpasteurized Alpine milk is taken to the many village cooperatives and transformed into what is most assuredly the world's most recognized cheese, Emmental.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:92801673&...   (199 words)

  
 Emmental Home Page on the Xibalba BAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emmental, so called for historical reasons, is a tenement flat in Edinburgh.
We've been losing flatmates a lot these last few years, under circumstances that range from farcical to tragic.
While I'm sure there's more I could add about the vaguely pleasing sociopolitical implications of this kind of residential web community, it doesn't look like I'll get round to it any time soon.
www.xibalba.demon.co.uk /ban   (105 words)

  
 Potato and Emmental Soup
Put back in casserole, add vinegar, marjoram and the cream, heat well and pour into 4 pre-heated plates.
Sprinkle on top the vegetables you set aside, a little Emmental and the marjoram.
Serve the rest of the grated Emmental on a separate dish.
www.switzerlandcheese.ca /en/en-recettes001.html   (138 words)

  
 All about Emmental cheese on The Worldwide Gourmet
All about Emmental cheese on The Worldwide Gourmet
The "nutty" flavoured, mild cheese form the Emme valley in Switzerland
Here the mild is delivered fresh twice daily: over 1000 litres of pure, untreated milk are required to make one wheel of cheese weighing approximately 80 kilos.
www.theworldwidegourmet.com /cheeses/swiss/emmental.htm   (239 words)

  
 Cheese Test: You are emmental cheese!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emmental, also called emmenthaler, cheese is produced in the central cantons of Switzerland.
It is a traditional, unpasteurized, hard cheese made from cow's milk.
Cheese Test: What type of cheese are you?
cupped-expressions.net /cheese/quiz/emmental.html   (204 words)

  
 Hasle in the Emmental Valley of Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Like many towns in the Emmental Valley, Hasle is composed of several villages.
In the background you can see the white buildings of Lützelflüh.
This photo is a good example of the countryside in the Emmental with a typical mixture of small villages and farmland.
www.iseli.org /en/hasle.htm   (202 words)

  
 Emmental
Emmental, valley of the Emme River, W central Switzerland.
In a region devoted to farming, cattle raising, and dairying, it produces emmenthaler, also called Swiss cheese.
and house, Emmental, Switzerland (Index Stock Photography, Inc.)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0817270.html   (80 words)

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