mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

irach

[flerdle] Not haloumi
[Phil] Not feta
[INJ] Oui! The audience rises to its collective feet, kiss one another on both cheeks, and begin a raucous rendition of "Le Marseillase".
[Inkspot] No
[Projoy] No.
[INJ] Yes, name of a specific cheese.
[Irouleguy] Not labneh
[Projoy]Not a dressing.

irach

[INJ] (Wikipedia confirms that it is a cow's milk product)

irach

[Dandalf] While I have eaten fried alligator, and even braved a possum stew once, I have never had the opportunity of partaking of "Oreilles d'elephant au gratin d'ivoire". Do they serve it at L'Pergolese in Paris? Dined there last Wednesday, and it wasn't on the menu that day.

ImNotJohn

A soft cheese?

(brie/camembert type rather than say Tomme)

CdM

Munster?

[INJ] I am guessing not. The salt is probably a brine wash.

CdM

oops

[INJ] Sorry, I was wrong. Googling confirms that brie is salted as well. I didn't know that.

Dandalf

Roquefort?

[irach] Not at L'Pergolese, it is a speciality of the Cote d'Ivoire. No longer served in Paris because of CITES restrictions on the export of ivory. Sadly also being phased out in C d'I as source of main ingredients considered endangered, but is being replaced by col de giraffe tranché au Roquefort (q.v.)

irach

[INJ] Yes! It was Brie. (While Brie doesn't have as high a salt content as Cheddar for example, it does have a moderate salt content, as CdM determined by his Googling).
[CdM] Not Munster
[Dandolf] Good guess, but Non
Take it away, ImNotJohn!

CdM

Useless trivia "R" us

Roquefort is a sheep's milk cheese...

ImNotJohn

Well, technically, I didn't actually guess it; still, here goes with MINERAL and VEGETABLE

Phil

The Stone Roses?