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Roquefort|rɒkfɔː(r)|
[See def.]
a. A kind of cheese made at Roquefort in the S.W. of France. (Now a proprietary name in the U.K.)
[1766W. C. Croker Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. s.v. Cheese, At Rochfort, in Languedoc, they make a cheese of ewe's milk.] 1837Penny Cycl. VII. 15/2 In France the Roquefort cheese is compared to our Stilton, but is much inferior. 1882Bazaar 15 Feb. 176 Roquefort is made with a mixture of goats' and ewes' milk, the manufacture being originally restricted to the plateau of Larsac. 1885[see Edam]. 1927M. A. Hulbert Treasures of Hundred Cooks ix. 212 Use equal parts of Roquefort and Philadelphia cream cheese. 1933Gourmet's Bk. Food & Drink ix. 136, I do not think a creamy or soft cheese is the best..nor, on the other hand, would I advise starting the meal with the brutal pungency of Roquefort. 1955Times 10 May 12/4 Roquefort, a French blue veined cheese, is perhaps the best example of a cheese that is still to-day definitely ‘regional’. 1963Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 June 885 Roquefort... Roquefort cheese. Société Anonyme Des Caves & Des Producteurs Réunis de Roquefort (Aveyron). 1976National Observer (U.S.) 23 Oct. 10/3 Other favorite menu frauds, Reeves reports, include substituting..blue cheese for Roquefort.
b. In full Roquefort dressing. A variety of salad dressing made with Roquefort cheese. Also used attrib. of a salad served with this. Chiefly U.S.
1943D. Powell Time to be Born ix. 210 Cheever must..eat oysters Rockefeller and Roquefort salad dressing. 1961J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) ix. 98 I've got some live Maine lobsters hidden away that I can serve you tonight with an excellent Roquefort salad and two frozen éclairs. 1962Listener 11 Jan. 90/3 It is worth trying to order one of those marvellous green salads unaccompanied by the demand: ‘Roquefort, thousand-isle or French?’ 1968C. Drummond Death & Leaping Ladies i. 21 Plain salad, with a little touch of Roquefort dressing. 1973M. & G. Gordon Informant xl. 152 A hamburger dinner with lettuce salad and Roquefort dressing. 1977Transatlantic Rev. lx. 87 Andrea, in bad humor, portions out breakfast—leg of armadillo.., imitation roquefort dressing, a half-ration of water and sour mix. |