The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-02-12
CAMEMBERT CHEESE.
When Well Made 1t Is Most Agreeabl,
and Wholesome.

and wholesome.
Camembert cheese dates from the
last century only. 1t owes its name to
the place of its creation. A certain
Nine. Harel, with her husband, cultivated
some farm land in the commune of
Camembert in 1871. This new pro-
duction was sold at first only in the
commune and at Argentan, ON market
days. But the demand for it increased
so rapidly that few years later it was
necessary to establish a depot in the
latter town.
In 1913 Marie Harel, the eldest mar
ried daughter, continued the mothers
business, and was publicly rewarded in
1864 by the Normandy association. She
started four more depots, and her ia
ther-in-law, M. Paynel, introduced the
first Camembert cheeses in the town of
Caen, while her goddaughter, Nine. de
Lessert, established the first Camem-
bert cheese mandatory in Calvados.
In order to succeed we'll in the making
of this cheese it is necessary not to skim
the milk, which should coagulated, and
to leave the butter-making for the
months from May to August, at which
time OF the year only dry cheeses can
be made. Rennet is added to the milk,
which is gently turned and afterward
left in repose in vessels with wooden
cover till the coagulation has arrived
at the proper point. To ascertain this
one places the back of finger on the
surface, and if it is not stained with the
milk it sufices. Next comes the process
of putting the cream into forms which
are open at both ends, and placed on
rushes so as to let the drops of thin
milk run off easily. The cheeses are
afterward carefully sailed and taken to
the drying place, where they are left
from three to four weeks.
On the third Oh fourth day they begin
to be covered with small brown points.
After a week or ten days they are full
of sort of white vegetation, with a
few blanks between. When they begin
to sweat, and don't stick to the fingers,
they are placed on planks and carried
TIC the cellars to arrive at state of per-
lection. This occupies another 20 or
20 days, during which time they must
be carefully watched and tended. When
they are ripe they are placed in half
dozens, wrapped in paper, and covered
with stray fastened with string, ready
for their journey. They are also
packed in rush baskets or white wooden
boxes. The price of the Camembert
varies with the season. In the summer
| they may fall as low as five francs the
dozen, and go up again sometimes to
eight and nine francs. When well made
it is one of the most agreeable and
wholesome of cheeses.- TA4slaa etssS
FIRST TRIP OF THE CLERMONT.
A Group of Women Who Made the His
toric Voyage.
The "new boat" of the letter was the
now celebrated Clermont, the steam
boat Of Robert Fulton, which in Au-
gust, 1907, made the first successful
steam voyage up the astonished Hud'
Ron, and demonstrated to the world
that new force had been discovered
by which old methods in nearly all lines
were to be revolutionized.
Very likely, with all their loving con-
fidence in the wisdom of the chancel'
lor, the sisters embarked with some
1istrust of his new boats making good
its promise to get them home in less
than three days, even II both wind and
tide should prove unfavorable; but
they were not afraid of anything worse
chan delay, though most Of theiI
friends feared for them. During tht
nine years that had passed since Rob
ert r. Livingston aRd Robert Fulton
had first secured the concession to navi
gate the waters in New York state fol
20 years, providing they should builc
boat Of not less than 20 tons, tha'
would go not less than four miles al
hour against wind and tide" the sub
ject had been so often talked over II
their presence that the sisters wer'
already quite intelligent upon it, aInt
laughed at the fears of their timoroul
friends
The embarlSation was from docl
'.near the state prison" (Which was II
Greenwich village" on the norti
river), and was witnessed by a crowd o.
mot less than 500 persons" Many
were friends of the passengers. WHIT
babe them farewell with as much solici
tude as If they were going to Madagas
car, especially trembling with appre
hension at the terrible risk run b,
sailing in o boat full Of fire."
The adventurous voyagers, who wer'
the guests Of Robert Fulton and Chan
cellor Livingston, we're about 40 II
number, including but few ladies
Among the latter, besides our tw'
voung sisters and their aunt, Mrs
Thomas Morris (daughter-in-law o
Robert Morris, the financier Of tn
revolution), were at least one of III
chancellor's two daughters, four o
the many daughters of his brother
John R. and Col. Harry, and a younl
lady who was more interested In tn
result of this memorable experiment
than anyone save the inventor himself
In all the biographies of Fulton, Mis-
Harriet Livingston Is called the char
cellor's niece, but she was really hi