From our friends at Formaggio Kitchen:
The history of this cheese is rather obscure, but it seems that the cheese was first made way back during the Arab invasion of France, when the Arabs introduced goats to this region of France. After the defeat at Poitiers, lots of the Moorish soldiers stayed in the country and moved up north in the search for hospitable land.
Based on the old French word “Maure” which means “black,” Sainte Maure, the ‘black saint’ before losing his status as the divinity of the harvest and as a Pict and a Celt, was responsible for the cycles of transformation of life. In the minds of ancient believers, this saint presided over the bacterial fermentation and decomposition of black vegetation which was smoking in the earth. This saint also favored the wealth of the people, especially in the ripening of the cheese which ensured preservation of the cheese even though the curds of the goat’s milk are perishable. Another legend tells that the Arabic women, abandoned after the defeat at Poitiers, taught the inhabitants of the region how to make this cheese. This legend explains the name Sainte-Maure de Touraine. Proven by archaeological evidence, small herds of goats were present in Touraine well before the 8th century
From our friends at Formaggio Kitchen:The history of this cheese is rather obscure, but it seems that the cheese was first made way back during the Arab invasion of France, when the Arabs introduced goats to this region of France. After the defeat at Poitiers, lots of the Moorish soldiers stayed in the country and moved up north in the search for hospitable land.Based on the old French word “Maure” which means “black,” Sainte Maure, the ‘black saint’ before losing his status as the divinity of the harvest and as a Pict and a Celt, was responsible for the cycles of transformation of life. In the minds of ancient believers, this saint presided over the bacterial fermentation and decomposition of black vegetation which was smoking in the earth. This saint also favored the wealth of the people, especially in the ripening of the cheese which ensured preservation of the cheese even though the curds of the goat’s milk are perishable. Another legend tells that the Arabic women, abandoned after the defeat at Poitiers, taught the inhabitants of the region how to make this cheese. This legend explains the name Sainte-Maure de Touraine. Proven by archaeological evidence, small herds of goats were present in Touraine well before the 8th century
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