SC - Charlemagne's Cheese [long]

[Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir]

>> At any rate, he has either been an extremely uncritical user of
>> secondary sources that involved a great deal of invention, or he
>> has been an enthusiastic inventor himself (including the
>> invention of the quote attributed to Charlemagne).


Well, neither story originates with Toussaint-Samat (who is a she, BTW, not
a he). Larousse Gastronomique says in the entry for roquefort: "it was
Charlemagne´s favourite cheese", and in the entry for brie: "Brie appears to
have been in existence in the time of Charlemagne, who is said to have eaten
it at the priory of Rueil-en-Brie."

Nanna


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