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- Bir güllaç her şeyi değiştirebilir... Comte De Lautreamont
DvrmT via Twitter at 2:05 pm Sep 7th 2010
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- PLutôt ici le nord Franche-Comté http://bit.ly/a5PY4b @owni: #7sept Première partie de notre compte-rendu live.
PascalLaine via Twitter at 1:53 pm Sep 7th 2010
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- Comte Theodore Zichy - Fotoğraftaki Pozisyonu Hakkedenler: @nili_k @handansa @demetce ;)) http://twitpic.com/2m47pb
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- SunGame Appointed to Develop Facebook Game for Sqwishland.com: LOS ANGELES, CA, Sep 07, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTE... http://bit.ly/ddiTJg
Alex_Zubarev via Twitter at 1:18 pm Sep 7th 2010
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- Hey' toi ! :D Je te suis partout , alors j'ai créer un comte sur ce formmachin xD Ma question : Alor… — Ouais! :DD http://4ms.me/crQRuh
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- Qui sera notre 1300eme Followers ? #bâtiment #Energie #Franche-Comte #cleantech #formation #économie #effinergie #collectivités
poleenergie via Twitter at 12:40 pm Sep 7th 2010
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- GOSH !! dans ...#comte euh.. 25minute j'y go !! :( #stresse #aunebouledansleventre ! ERF ><'
kiixxoo76 via Twitter at 12:36 pm Sep 7th 2010
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- RT @pierread: franche comte - RETRAITES : 3500 MANIFESTANTS A VESOUL - une vidéo Actu et Politique: http://dai.ly/9KBCtt via @addthis
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- franche comte - RETRAITES : 3500 MANIFESTANTS A VESOUL - une vidéo Actu et Politique: http://dai.ly/9KBCtt via @addthis
pierread via Twitter at 11:58 am Sep 7th 2010
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- Hj comtê "Cordão Encarnado" 7:30 defile militar e 9:30 na minha querida Redinha!
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- RT @AFPA_FRCH_COMTE Agenda Jeudis de l'AFPA : pour les disponibilités de formation ... http://bit.ly/aWUK4A #franche-comte
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- Photo: Cala Comte, una de las mejores calas del mundo y de Ibiza :o) vía @joanvendrell http://tumblr.com/xeehv7rjf
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- RT @PascalePfister: Cluny 2010 : émission spéciale sur France 3 Bourgogne Franche-Comté ce samedi à 16h20..
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- Cluny 2010 : émission spéciale sur France 3 Bourgogne Franche-Comté ce samedi à 16h20..
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Comté (also called Gruyère de Comté) is a French cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
Comté has the highest production figures of all French AOC cheeses, making around 40,000 tonnes annually. Its name is French for 'county', and is named after the Franche-Comté region.
The cheese is made in flat circular discs, each between 40 centimetres (16 in) and 70 centimetres (28 in) in diameter, and around 10 centimetres (4 in) in height. Each weighs up to 50 kilograms (110 lb). The fat content is around 45%.
The rind is usually a dusty-brown colour, and the internal pâte is a pale creamy yellow. The texture is relatively hard and flexible, and the taste is strong and slightly sweet. The manufacture of the cheese began as early as the 12th century, when shepherds would spend the summer months in their remote huts of the Jura massif. The distance from towns of any size meant that any cheese they made would need to mature over a period of months. The milk was pooled between neighbouring shepherds, and the huge cheeses would be stored until being carried to market at the end of the season.
Once summer had ended, so would production of Comté, with the cows' milk instead being used to make Vacherin Mont d'Or.
Eight départements are now entitled to produce the cheese, each of which surrounds Franche-Comté, and also including parts of Rhône-Alpes.
