King of cheeses

Cheeses called "king of cheeses" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Various cheeses have been called the king, queen, or prince of cheeses.[1] The title is informal and lacks standardization, sometimes with multiple kings in one country.

By country

Britain
Stilton (1912)[2]
Cheddar[3]
France
Brie de Meaux: at the Congress of Vienna (1814), it was originally declared Prince des fromages, et premier des desserts 'Prince of cheeses, and first among desserts', which later became "king of cheeses, cheese of kings".[4][5]: 87, 185 [6][7] It is also called the "queen of cheeses".[8]
Roquefort: Frédéric Leblanc du Vernet, 1869[5][9]: 627 [10]
Époisses: Brillat-Savarin, early 19th century[5]: 254 
Italy
Parmigiano Reggiano[11][5]: 187 
Sweden
Västerbotten, king of Swedish cheeses[12][13]
Switzerland
Emmental, king of Swiss cheeses[14]

By type

Cheeses are idiosyncratically named kings of particular types of cheese by individual writers:

Maroilles (France), the king of strong cheeses;[15]
Halloumi (Cyprus), the king of cooking cheeses.[16]

Ranks of nobility

Sometimes other royal ranks are used:

Brie, the queen of cheeses;[8]
Camembert, the prince of cheeses.[17]

References

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