Le Douanier vs Pied-de-Vent
Le Douanier
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Canada
- Place
- Quebec
Le Douanier is a semi-firm cheese from Quebec, Canada, made from pasteurised cow's milk. A washed rind covers a supple, pale yellow paste, and a thin line of edible vegetable ash runs through the middle. The French name means the customs officer. Makers use the ash line as a picture of the border between Canada and the United States, near the area where the cheese is produced. The taste moves from creamy and nutty toward a light spice as the rind develops.
Pied-de-Vent
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Canada
- Place
- Quebec
Pied-de-Vent is a semi-soft cheese from Quebec, Canada, made from raw cow's milk. The milk comes from Canadienne cows, a small heritage breed on the Magdalen Islands. The paste is smooth and creamy under a surface-ripened rind, with a nutty, herbal, and sometimes mushroomy taste. The name is a local phrase for rays of sun through cloud, which islanders read as a sign of wind. It is a Quebec island cheese, not a generic Canadian block and not a cheese with large eyes.