Baguette laonnaise vs Munster
Baguette laonnaise
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
Baguette laonnaise is a washed-rind cow's milk cheese from France. The piece is a small loaf or a brick, which is why the name begins with baguette. The rind is orange-brown, moist, and ridged from washing. Under that rind the paste is supple and dense, with a few small openings. The smell is strong, and the flavor is spicy and persistent, in the same broad taste group as Maroilles.
Munster
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Alsace and the Vosges
- Status
- PDO
Munster is a washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from Alsace and the Vosges, and a protected name. The rind is orange. The smell is strong. The paste is softer and milder than the smell suggests.