Morbier+Cheese

=Morbier Cheese= Morbier cheese is a semi-soft cow's milk cheese. It has a black layer of tasteless ash that goes through the middle horizontally. For the cheese to completely mature, you'll have to wait from 45 days to three months. The cheese itself has a rich creamy flavor, and has small holes called eyes around it, kind of like Swiss cheese. The cheese has a very strong smell, and might leave you with a bitter aftertaste. If you want to find the cheese, it comes in one pound wheels, and has a yellow-ivory color to it.

The cheese was created by Gruyère de Comte makers. After their consumption of the Comte, they had the idea to make a smaller cheese. They took the leftover curds they had, and would press them into a mold. The cheese was sprinkled with ashes to keep it from drying out, and to drive away any harmful insects. The next morning, they put any remaining curd on top of the ash. Today, they use one batch of cow's milk and harmless vegetable products so that it has the same appearance as the original cheese.

Morbier cheese is going to be found in France, and since it's popularity has spread, can be found in all the other places we will visit. Since the cheese itself was made in France, you'll probably have better luck finding it there.