reflected
it in a deep dull glimmer. There were fires, and red curtains, in the
very eyes of the drinkers, in their buttons, in their liquor, in the
pipes they smoked ! "
"
Roquefort " cheese is a speciality made as a unique product, from
sheep's milk. It is thus manufactured chiefly in Corsica : though one
or two farmers in Lanarkshire produce the same speciality of " ewe-milk
cheese." Certain other ingredients which are further employed for this
" Roquefort" cheese, as prepared on the Continent, are kept more or
less secret. The cheese is of a bluish-grey colour, and has a distinct
flavour of its own, quite different from that of any other cheese.
Butter for pastry is likewise had from sheep's milk, and is considered
to be richer than that which is made with ordinary milk. This sheep's
milk is drunk by some persons in the northern parts of Corsica. The "
most digestible cheese in the world" is declared (and with good reason)
to be Norwegian,—" mys-est." It is inexpensive, and delicious, having a
certain sweetness of taste which is remarkable.
