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| | Sheepdog - Volume 16, Issue 5 |
 | | One good example is Munster cheese, invented by Benedictine monks, after they established a monastery in Alsace around the year 660. |
 | | In fact "Many typical European cheeses are named after Benedictine monasteries of the period: Belleaye, Chaligny, Beval, Briquebec, Champaneac, Chambarand, Citeax, Cluny, Conques, Igny, Laval, Mont-Des-Cats, Munster, Saint-Maur and Tamie." Maroilles is another cheese that was invented by a monastery, and also named after it, as were the cheeses Port Salut and Saint-Nectaire. |
 | | But more importantly we learn that while the poets don't talk a lot about cheese, they are the ones who invented a large percentage of the cheese that we eat today, and they most certainly laid the foundation of cheese development and production for us moderns. |
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