Le tarot du FROMAGE

[firemaiden]

The great mouthpiece of the seditious one has tempted us all with a little known and also non-existant deck called the tarot du fromage....

While it does not yet exist, I vote that we vote on what cheese goes to which major.

I am ready to nominate Le MAROILLES for Arcane XV Le Diable....

Le Maroilles, for those of you who do not yet know its puanteur cruelle is diabolically pungent.... it was invented a thousand years ago, by monks in the Maroilles Abbey. (Northern France)

Proper initiation to the Maroilles must be done by a stolen lover, with candelight, and strong red wine...

french wikipedia article on Le Maroilles

 

[ana luisa]

Gouda cheese could be the SUN...

 

[Umbrae]

Reminds me of an article I read once...


Tiromancy btw is divination by looking at cheese and how cheese curdles. That Dan Guy is a serious wack job...

 

[HearthCricket]

Swiss cheese for the Heirophant, because it is so "Holy".

 

[starrystarrynight]

That Dan Guy is a serious wack job...

Well, he would be taken more seriously if he put on some trousers once in awhile.

Hmmm....Let's see...

Brie for the Lovers (the warmer, the meltier??)

 

[HearthCricket]

Cheeze Whiz for The Fool; a very happy-go-lucky sort of way to eat cheddar.... unless you aim wrong....

 

[Sophie]

Epoisses is a close second to Maroilles, but since it smells like something's dead, yet somehow changes your life when you eat it (for the better, I add), I think it should be attributed to XIII-DEATH.

Gruyère (the real Swiss one, not the fake French ones), undoubtedly is the EMPEROR of all cheeses. Hard, consistent, a meal in itself, it has conquered the world... (Cheddar as an RWS alternative )

Roquefort is III-THE EMPRESS, because it is so generous, green and with so much taste - and growth!

Camembert is VII-THE CHARIOT- because when it's ripe, it runs by itself, and you have to control it (or eat it )

XIV-TEMPERANCE is - of course - cheese fondue, made strictly with the two ingredients of Gruyère (the real stuff) and Vacherin de Fribourg. This also ties it neatly and numerically to IV-Emperor.

As for my beloved II-PRIESTESS...what cheese will do her justice? I think one of those that have to stay for months -nay, years! - in cave-like cellars, hidden behind a semi-transparent cheesecloth...but when you taste it, you know the secrets of the universe and beyond...Alas, I cannot reveal it's name!

Sigh. I am going to enjoy this thread. I miss my cheeses! WEEP

 

[starrystarrynight]

If I got stranded on a desert isle, I think cheese is the food I would miss most!


I would say the Hermit would have to be represented by Limburger because no one would come near him, anyway!

 

[HearthCricket]

Muenster cheese for the Hermit, as it was made by monks....

'Muenster cheese is a smooth textured cheese with an orange rind that was originally produced in France and then in the monasteries of Germany. In fact, “muenster” is from the Latin word “monasterium”.'

 

[Sophie]

Many of the great cheeses were made by monks. Monks who lived in communities, not hermits.

I think Corsican worm cheese might do quite well as the Tower - seeing those wriggly worms hop around the cheese and having to eat them is certainly a shock for many people

Wensleydale for the Moon - at least for its pallor.