Bleu de Bresse vs Lymeswold
Bleu de Bresse
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
Bleu de Bresse is a soft French blue cheese made from cow's milk. The name refers to Bresse, but the cheese is a creamery blue sold across France rather than a single farmhouse wheel from one village. A white bloomy rind covers a creamy paste, and blue-green mold is scattered through the interior. The flavor is mild, buttery, and lightly mushroomy, with a gentle blue note. Small rounds are the usual form, and they are soft enough to spread when ripe.
Lymeswold
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- United Kingdom
Lymeswold was a soft blue cheese from the United Kingdom, made from cow's milk. It had a white edible rind, like a Brie, and a creamy interior with blue veins. The taste was mild rather than sharp, so it was aimed at people who found traditional blue cheeses too strong. The name sounds like an old place, but it was chosen for the market and does not mark a cheesemaking village. Shops do not sell it now, because production stopped and it never returned as a regular cheese.