CHEESE QUOTES

Our guidebook has another practical section entitled "Cheese Quotes" and includes such quotes as...

"A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere"

- WH Auden (1907-1973)

"The moone is made of a greene cheese"

- John Heywood (1497-1580)

...as well as a somewhat irrelevant transcript from Pulp Fiction:


Vincent: You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?

Jules: They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

Vincent: No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what a Quarter Pounder is.



But my favourite cheese quote is this one:


"How do you govern a country that has 246 varieties of cheese?"

- French general Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)

It captures the essence at the heart of this cheese-lover in attempting to explore the world of cheese. I mean, how do you even begin to summarise what is, as I have discovered, a gastronomic universe of it's own? In embarking on this Cheesepedition, I've found that the more I've discovered about cheese, the more I realised I have to discover about cheese. Friends, a Cheesepedition is a lifelong journey.

We will revisit my personal Cheesepedition from time to time, but now, here is a simple but amazing entree a food-loving friend of mine made for Christmas lunch one year (or something very close to it). It's ridiculous.


Baked Camembert with White Wine
Serves 4-6

A round of Camembert or Brie cheese
1 garlic clove, cut in half
2 tablespoons white wine
1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano

Score cheese all over with a sharp knife and rub with garlic clove.
Place whole cheese in a lightly greased baking dish, pour wine over and scatter with oregano.
Bake 10 minutes in hot oven or until cheese has softened. Serve with crusty bread.