Remoudou, or in

wallon Wallon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812–1904), French historian and statesman *Henri Wallon (psychologist) Henri Paul Hyacinthe Wallon (March 15, 1879 – December 1, 1962) was a French ...

''r'moûdou'', is a Belgian cheese from the

Land of Herve The (''Land of Herve'') is a 420 km2 natural region of Wallonia, between the rivers Vesdre and Meuse and the borders separating Belgium from the Netherlands and Germany. The region is named after the ancient town of Herve, which is at its ...

. It derives its name from the use of milk from a second

milking Milking is the act of removing milk from the mammary glands of cattle, water buffalo, humans, goats, sheep, and, more rarely, camels, horses and donkeys. Milking may be done by hand or by machine, and requires the animal to be currently or recen ...

performed 15 minutes after the usual milking. Hence the

Wallon Wallon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812–1904), French historian and statesman *Henri Wallon (psychologist) Henri Paul Hyacinthe Wallon (March 15, 1879 – December 1, 1962) was a French ...

verb ''rimoûd'' meaning "to re-milk". This cheese weighs 200 to 500 g. When it is washed with salt it gets a strong taste, and when washed with milk it keeps a mild taste. It is often sold in pieces. It used to be called ''angelot'' and was offered as a gift. Sometimes called ''Fromage de Herve'' (cheese of Herve), it was stored fresh by Belgian merchants and sold in distant lands. Remoudou was present at the Leipzig and Frankfurt fairs in the 17th century, where it was traded by Herve men for Holstein cattle, and in Lorraine where the Herve merchants were called ''haverlings''. Vieillevoe, F-G. "Les Marchants Herviens vendaient plusieurs sortes de fromage", ''Grand Calendrier de Herve'', p. 52, 1792.

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{{Reflist Belgian cheeses Walloon culture Liège Province

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