Le Brouère is a

French cheese This is a list of French cheeses documenting the varieties of cheeses, a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms, which are found in France. In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle asked, "How can you gove ...

, originally from

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...

. It is made by the dairy of the

Bulgnéville Bulgnéville () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. History The Battle of Bulgnéville took place there on 2 July 1431. A major employer is the cheese factory of the Hermitage, which makes Le Brouère. ...

hermitage in

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

''département''. A typical round is about in diameter and weighs . It is shaped in wooden molds with patterns created by an artisan sculptor. Maturation time is 4 to 7 months. It is considered a variant of Gruyère. A wheel was placed into orbit on December 8, 2010, on board the

SpaceX Dragon American private space transportation company SpaceX has developed and produced several spacecraft named Dragon. The first family member, now referred to as Dragon 1, flew 23 cargo missions to the ISS between 2010 and 2020 before being retired. ...

capsule in a tribute to Monty Python's

cheese shop sketch The Cheese Shop is a well-known sketch from ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''. It originally appeared in episode 33, "List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes#Series_3_(1972–73), Salad Days" on 30 November, 1972. The script for the sketch i ...

."SpaceX test rocket's payload: a wheel of cheese"
''Associated Press'', 9 December 2010 (Retrieved 25 October 2016)

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