http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/09/18/a-cheese-for-every-day-of-the-year/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:47:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/09/18/a-cheese-for-every-day-of-the-year/#comment-94 Bettina Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:33:51 +0000 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/09/18/a-cheese-for-every-day-of-the-year/#comment-94 No, they don't have <i>sirok</i> in France (<i>tvorog</i> is pretty similar to <i>fromage blanc</i>, although the latter isn't as much fun with honey) - I think you're onto something with this <a href="http://christinajoy-wonderingsandwanderings.blogspot.com/2007/11/oh-dairy-oh-ode-to-dairy-products-of.html" title="export busniness" rel="nofollow">export business</a> though... A cheese for every day of the year, well what do you do in a leap year, France? This is surely when the émigré Russian community celebrates and everyone eats chocolate cheese with a condensed milk filling! No, they don’t have sirok in France (tvorog is pretty similar to fromage blanc, although the latter isn’t as much fun with honey) - I think you’re onto something with this export business though… A cheese for every day of the year, well what do you do in a leap year, France? This is surely when the émigré Russian community celebrates and everyone eats chocolate cheese with a condensed milk filling!

]]> http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/09/18/a-cheese-for-every-day-of-the-year/#comment-93 ChristinaJoy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:09:16 +0000 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/09/18/a-cheese-for-every-day-of-the-year/#comment-93 So the million-dollar question is: do they sell tvorog and sirok in France? My fellow Canadian friend and I are currently plotting ways to export sirok back to Canada where we are sure cheesecake-lovers will prove to be an eager market. We think we could probably sell them or 75 cents a piece, an approximate 400% mark-up from the 5 rubles they go for in the grocery store. Perhaps you could open a French chain. And yes, I am dearly acquainted with "Jockey po-vostochniye"... though they have been coming out with new Jockey varieties pretty regularly, and my taste buds have almost resigned themselves to the sad fate of a coffee lover in Russia... Though the sirok almost makes up for it. All the best :) So the million-dollar question is: do they sell tvorog and sirok in France? My fellow Canadian friend and I are currently plotting ways to export sirok back to Canada where we are sure cheesecake-lovers will prove to be an eager market. We think we could probably sell them or 75 cents a piece, an approximate 400% mark-up from the 5 rubles they go for in the grocery store. Perhaps you could open a French chain. And yes, I am dearly acquainted with “Jockey po-vostochniye”… though they have been coming out with new Jockey varieties pretty regularly, and my taste buds have almost resigned themselves to the sad fate of a coffee lover in Russia… Though the sirok almost makes up for it. All the best

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