In a message dated 5/26/99 2:04:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, deimel@mabi.de writes: << Talking of which...not the hardcore French type of Camembert made of unpasteurized milk where you can't eat the skin, but the "junk food" type that keeps well-ripened for weeks. <<snippage>> Toasted white bread with cheese, and sauce poured on it, it's Heaven. <<more snippage>> Wolfgang. >> Having been to France recently, I agree with you, except for the toasting of the white bread. A good crusty baguette with a slab of camembert and some hotsauce is out of this world. Almost anything on good crusty bread is exceptional. Just for the sake of information I used some of Jim's Backdraft and some of Calvin's Magic Powder while in France. I try not to leave home without some of my own "Comfort Condiments". As for the skin of the Camembert being inedible...I ate it. So far I haven't croaked so maybe I was lucky. I didn't know you weren't supposed to eat the skin of the cheese. "I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it." John "ChefChile" Whalen