Why can chevre cheese be made with only goat milk?

October 7, 2012 | Filed under: Goats | Posted by: Mike Petty

Question by Tristan L: Why can chevre cheese be made with only goat milk?
Wondering why chevre cheese is purely goat .
Is there a cheese just like chevre made with cow?
I KNOW CHEVRE MEANS GOAT

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3 Responses to Why can chevre cheese be made with only goat milk?

“Chevre” means goat.

noodles
October 7, 2012 at 4:47 am
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Because that’s what chevre means – it’s the French word for goat. If you make it with anything else, that’s fraud.

Greywolf
October 7, 2012 at 5:11 am
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You can follow a recipe for chevre cheese using cow’s milk, and you’ll get a pleasant, mild, fresh cheese, you just can’t call it chevre.

Cupcake's Princess
October 7, 2012 at 6:08 am
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