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Remoudou, or in wallon ''r'moûdou'', is a Belgian cheese from the
Remoudou, or in wallon ''r'moûdou'', is a Belgian cheese from the Land of Herve
The (''Land of Herve'') is a 420 km2 natural region of Wallonia, between the rivers Vesdre and Meuse and the borders separating Belgium from the Netherlands and Germany.
The region is named after the ancient town of Herve, which is at its ...
.
It derives its name from the use of milk from a second milking
Milking is the act of removing milk from the mammary glands of cattle, water buffalo, humans, goats, sheep, and, more rarely, camels, horses and donkeys. Milking may be done by hand or by machine, and requires the animal to be currently or recen ...
performed 15 minutes after the usual milking. Hence the Wallon verb
A verb () is a word (part of speech) that in syntax generally conveys an action (''bring'', ''read'', ''walk'', ''run'', ''learn''), an occurrence (''happen'', ''become''), or a state of being (''be'', ''exist'', ''stand''). In the usual descri ...
''rimoûd'' meaning "to re-milk". This cheese weighs 200 to 500 g. When it is washed with salt it gets a strong taste, and when washed with milk it keeps a mild taste. It is often sold in pieces.
It used to be called ''angelot'' and was offered as a gift. Sometimes called ''Fromage de Herve'' (cheese of Herve), it was stored fresh by Belgian merchants and sold in distant lands.
Remoudou was present at the Leipzig
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and Frankfurt
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fairs in the 17th century, where it was traded by Herve men for Holstein cattle, and in Lorraine where the Herve merchants were called ''haverlings''. Vieillevoe, F-G. "Les Marchants Herviens vendaient plusieurs sortes de fromage", ''Grand Calendrier de Herve'', p. 52, 1792.
See also
* Floreffe, a cheese similar to Remoudou *List of cheeses
This is a list of cheeses by place of origin. Cheese is a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms. Hundreds of types of cheese from various countries are produced. Their styles, textures and flavors depe ...
Notes and references
{{Reflist Belgian cheeses Walloon culture Liège Province