Cheese of the week Pt.3

Next week would be a though week again for me, so i'm sorry if i don't have much to post.

This wee, we look at brie, a cheese I have never tasted before but still, it sounds tasty =9

Brie is a soft, cows' cheese named after Brie, the French province in which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern département of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in colour with a slight greyish tinge under crusty white mould; very soft and savoury with a hint of ammonia. The white mouldy rind is edible, and is not intended to be separated from the cheese during consumption.

The region in France that gave its name to this cheese (Brie) is, in the French language, feminine: La Brie, but French products take the gender of their general category; in this case cheese (Le fromage) is masculine, and so Brie is also masculine, Le Brie.

According to legend, during the 8th century, Charlemagne had his first taste of Brie cheese, and immediately fell in love with it.