French Blue Cheese Roquefort Christmas Ornament

111309 Inge-Glas of Germany

Introduced 2009 from the "Gourmet Christmas" Collection

Measures approximately  3 1/2", made of German mouth blown, hand painted glass.

All Inge-Glas ornaments are mouth blown and handpainted in workshops in Germany, following the centuries-old-tradition. Inge-Glas offers superior Germany quality and true Heirloom treasures.

Legend has it that the cheese was discovered when a youth, eating his lunch of bread and ewes' milk cheese, saw a beautiful girl in the distance. Abandoning his meal in a nearby cave, he ran to meet her. When he returned a few months later, the mold (Penicillium roqueforti) had transformed his plain cheese into Roquefort.