Artisan Cheese and Fruit Board
$420 play money
Ten cheeses with fruit, honey and nuts. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $420 in play money, which puts it in the Luxury tier ($250 to $1,999). It is one of the big treats on the menu.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- French
- Menu section
- Fruits & Cheese
- Price tier
- Luxury ($250 to $1,999)
- Play-money price
- $420
- Main ingredients
- ten cheeses, fruit, honey, nuts
- How it is served
- A long wooden board of ten cheeses with figs, grapes, honeycomb and bread
History, tradition and origin
Cheese making began as a way to keep milk, at least seven thousand years ago. Europe developed hundreds of styles shaped by climate and animals: hard cheeses aged for years, soft ones with white rind from northern France, and blue-veined cheeses ripened in caves. A cheese course before or instead of dessert is a French custom.
Food economy and industry
Cheese uses a large share of the world's milk; it takes about ten litres to make one kilogram of hard cheese. Ageing ties up money and space, which is why older cheeses cost more. Many traditional cheeses have protected names, and small farm producers sell alongside very large dairies.
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