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2 unusual facts about Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage


Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage

The cheese is unpressed and uncooked and contains the mold Penicillium roqueforti.

In Larousse's Grand Dictionnaire Universel of the 19th century, King Francis I is described as being quite fond of the cheese.


Henri Blanc-Fontaine

Henri Blanc-Fontaine (born in Grenoble on 16 January 1819, and died in Sassenage on 20 December 1897) was a French painter.


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