Letzebuerger Kach Keis in the US!!
ml...@mail.sgi.net
In Pennsylvania, near the town of Lancaster, live many Amish people.
These are the people that farm the land with horses; they all ride in
black wagons with horses; the men all dress in black; the women wear
long dresses; they speak a dialect of German, etc.
There is a big farmer's market in Lancaster twice a week. We visited
that market a few years ago and found an Amish family selling cheeses.
They had one cheese called "Pot Cheese". As soon as my wife Anny, a
genuine Luxemburg girl, tasted that cheese; she realized it was real
Luxemburg Kach Keis.
How did these Amish people learn to make Luxemburg cheese?
Originally, the Amish people lived in Switzerland, but about 200
years ago they moved to the Alsace-Lorraine part of Germany and lived
there for many years before they came to the US. Perhaps, when they
lived so close to Luxemburg; they began to appreciate this Luxemburg
national treasure.... so they copied the recipe... and called it "Pot
cheese".
Anybody have any more information on this subject?
Enquiries
>
> We found kach keis (Luxemburg cheese) in the US!!!
> ...
> How did these Amish people learn to make Luxemburg cheese?
> Originally, the Amish people lived in Switzerland, but about 200
> years ago they moved to the Alsace-Lorraine part of Germany and lived
> there for many years before they came to the US. Perhaps, when they
> lived so close to Luxemburg; they began to appreciate this Luxemburg
> national treasure.... so they copied the recipe... and called it "Pot
> cheese".
>
> Anybody have any more information on this subject?
Actually, the "national treasure" you mention is not all that different
from the Alsace-Lorraine's "Concoillote" (sp?). The difference between the
afore-mentioned Alsace variant and the Luxembourg "Kachkeis" seems to be
in the addition of different herbs. It has even been said that
Luxembourg copied the recipe from Alsace-Lorraine [FX: ducks flames]
Quite how "Superjhemp" would do on the French / Amish version of his
secret powerful ingredient remains to be seen :-)
Serge Moes
Luxembourg Tourist Office - London
Tim Thule
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On Monday, April 15, 1996 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, ml...@mail.sgi.net wrote:
> We found kach keis (Luxemburg cheese) in the US!!!In Pennsylvania, near
> farm the land with horses; they all ride in black wagons with horses; the
> men all dress in black; the women wear long dresses; they speak a dialect
> of German, etc. There is a big farmer's market in Lancaster twice a week.
> We visited that market a few years ago and found an Amish family selling
> cheeses. They had one cheese called "Pot Cheese". As soon as my wife Anny,
> a genuine Luxemburg girl, tasted that cheese; she realized it was real
> years ago they moved to the Alsace-Lorraine part of Germany and lived
> there for many years before they came to the US. Perhaps, when they lived
> so close to Luxemburg; they began to appreciate this Luxemburg national
> treasure.... so they copied the recipe... and called it "Pot
> subject?Mike...@msn.com
My BFF and I are doing a project on Luxembourg. Do you know where we could
find pictures of Kach Keis?
Basti
http://www.luxlait.lu/en/produit/kachkeis
http://luxlait.lu//sites/luxlait/files/files/Leaflet%20KACHKEIS.pdf
http://www.tv3.cat/cuines/media/fotos/20101124/big_cremaformatge_270.jpg
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> We found kach keis (Luxemburg cheese) in the US!!!
>
>
> In Pennsylvania, near the town of Lancaster, live many Amish people.
> These are the people that farm the land with horses; they all ride in
> black wagons with horses; the men all dress in black; the women wear
> long dresses; they speak a dialect of German, etc.
>
> There is a big farmer's market in Lancaster twice a week. We visited
> that market a few years ago and found an Amish family selling cheeses.
> They had one cheese called "Pot Cheese". As soon as my wife Anny, a
> genuine Luxemburg girl, tasted that cheese; she realized it was real
> Luxemburg Kach Keis.
>
> How did these Amish people learn to make Luxemburg cheese?
> Originally, the Amish people lived in Switzerland, but about 200
> years ago they moved to the Alsace-Lorraine part of Germany and lived
> there for many years before they came to the US. Perhaps, when they
> lived so close to Luxemburg; they began to appreciate this Luxemburg
Hi Mike!
I am a Luxembourger who has lived in the US since 1964 and used to return to Luxembourg at least once a year as long as my parents were alive ... less now as I only have a sister living in the "Fiels" known as Larochette.
It seems that "Kachkeis" didn't originate in Luxembourg but did in Franche Comté, near Switzerland and Alsace ... it spread from there in the early Middle Ages and is quite an appreciated staple in Luxembourg. My brother Claude who lives in Missouri, wrote to me yesterday that he misses Kachkeis and that started me searching and so came across your post. If not available from Pennsylvania Amish people, it can be ordered as "cancoilotte" from Ocado in England
https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Reflets-de-France-Cancoillotte/62308011
I haven't found any other suppliers.
Say hello to your wife Annie "Gudden Nomötteg"
Jeannot Kayser