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Chaume

[French]

An area of Anjou producing sweet white wines.

Chaumes

[French]

A semihard, golden-yellow, industrially produced cheese with a tough yellow rind with a rather bland flavour, made from cow’s milk. There is also a soft, mild creamier version.

Chaumont

[French]

A small, spicy, supple cheese with a strong smell made around Chaumont in Champagne. It is a truncated cone with a white downy rind and it is at its best from July to November. It is also the capital of the Haut-Marne in Champagne.

Chaumont (en Bassigny)

[French]

The prefecture of the Haut-Marne department in Champagne, above the confluence of the Suize and Marne rivers. It is also a cheese.

Chaunay

[French]

Chaunay is a village and commune in the Vienne département of western France producing a cone-shaped goat's milk cheese. This small cheese is made on farms and in dairies in Poitou and has a strong flavour. Best from May to February. (AOC).

chausseur du saucissons

[French]

A type of smoked sausage made from pork belly and beef.

chausson

/shoh-soh'/
[French]

"Slippers." A turnover made with puff pastry and filled either with fruits or a savoury mixture.

chausson aux pommes

[French] plural chaussons aux pommes

"Apple slippers." A puff pastry turnover with an apple filling.

chaussons aux queues de langoustines

[French]

"Slippers of langoustine tails." Pastry turnover filled with white lobster meat from the tail.

chavanne

[French] plural chavannes

Chub. A freshwater fish with lots of bones and slightly soft flesh.