Remoudou
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Remoudou, or in wallon
r'moûdou, is a Belgian
cheese from the Land of Herve
.
It derives its name from the use of milk removed 15 minutes after the usual milking
. Hence the wallon
verb
rimoûd meaning to re-milk. This cheese weighs 200 to 500g. When it is washed with salt it gets a strong taste, and when it is 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), is was stored fresh by Belgian merchants and sold in distant lands.
Remoudou was present at the Liepzig and Frankfurt
fairs in the 17th century, where it was traded by Herve men for Holstein cattle, and in Lorraine
where the Herve
merchants where called haverlings.
Walloon language
Walloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...
r'moûdou, is a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
cheese from the Land of Herve
Land of Herve
The Land of Herve is a 420 km² natural region of Wallonia located between the Vesdre and Meuse rivers and the borders separating Belgium from the Netherlands and Germany....
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It derives its name from the use of milk removed 15 minutes after the usual milking
Milking
Milking is the act of removing milk from the mammary glands of an animal, typically cows , water buffalo, goats, sheep and more rarely camels, horses and donkeys. Milking may be done by hand or by machine.-Hand milking:...
. Hence the wallon
Walloon language
Walloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...
verb
Verb
A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word that in syntax conveys an action , or a state of being . In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive...
rimoûd meaning to re-milk. This cheese weighs 200 to 500g. When it is washed with salt it gets a strong taste, and when it is 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), is was stored fresh by Belgian merchants and sold in distant lands.
Remoudou was present at the Liepzig and Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
fairs in the 17th century, where it was traded by Herve men for Holstein cattle, and in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
where the Herve
Herve
Herve is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Herve had a total population of 16,772. The total area is 56.84 km² which gives a population density of 295 inhabitants per km²....
merchants where called haverlings.