The “Mite-y” Mimolette

The “Mite-y” Mimolette

Hello fellow traveler!...I am sure that you have heard this one before…

The angry patron yells, “Waiter!...What is this fly doing in my soup??!!”…To which the waiter looks at the bowl and replies, “It looks like the backstroke, sir.”

Every restaurant, market or manufacturer does everything in its power to keep pests out of their facilities…That is, except for one…the producers of Mimolette. In the case of Mimolette, it is the power of the Cheese Mite that transforms these globes during the aging process….But I am getting ahead of myself…let’s turn back the hands of time and learn about the history of this cheese that became the favorite of Général de Brigade of the French Army(and future French President), Charles de Gaulle…

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