The cheese of the month for November 2022 is: Munkeby from Trøndelag in Norway

You can think what you like about the Church. However, there is no denying that it has had a decisive influence on our culture, and this is particularly true of cheese. The medieval order of the Cistercians, named after the monastery in Cîteaux in Burgundy, is entirely focused on reading, praying and making a living and always founded branches where it was most remote and difficult, among others in Brandenburg in the 13th century. Even more extreme: Munkeby. » Weiterlesen…