"Martha helps out on harmonies. The production is more gutsy than in the past, the singing and playing are fine as ever, and the songs range from the thoughtful Ce Matin to Petites Boîtes, an unexpectedly refreshing reworking of the well-worn Little Boxes, the Malvina Reynolds song made famous by Pete Seeger."" Also on April 15, 2005, Andy Gill of ""The Independent"" wrote: ""Presumably named in opposition to the synthetic connotations of the French processed cheese, La Vache Qui Pleure (Crying Cow) features folksy arrangements of Acadian fiddles, accordions and banjos, with the sisters' harmonies adding an Enya-esque gossamer quality"
"Charmoise The Charmoise is a domesticated breed of sheep originating in France. The breed was developed in the middle 19th century in the center of France (Loir et Cher) by crossing imported Romney sheep from United Kingdom to ewes from local breeds (Merino, Berrichon,Solognot) . There is a monument in Pontlevoy, central France, to creator of the breed, Édouard Malingié (1799-1852. The Charmoise is a meat breed. The population of this breed decreased from over 122,000 in 1993 to over 21,000 in 2001. This breed displays white and is unicolored. Rams weigh and ewes weigh . At the withers, rams"
"Vacherin Vacherin is a cow's milk (French ""vache"", ""cow"") cheese. Two main types of French or Swiss Vacherin cheeses exist. One type of Vacherin cheese is called Mont d'Or, or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, from France, or Vacherin Mont d'Or from Switzerland (though it tends to just be called ""Vacherin"" in the local shops). It is a soft, rich, seasonal cheese made from cow's milk in Switzerland or France, usually in villages of the Jura region (an origin that has been officially controlled since 1981), and has a grayish-yellow washed rind. It typically contains 45 to 50 percent milk fat (in"
"Tête de veau Tête de veau (French 'calf's head') or testina di vitello (Italian) is a dish consisting of a calf's head, commonly found in French, Belgian, German, Swiss, and Italian cuisine. In Italy, it is a traditional Christmas food. Tête de veau may be served whole or boned. When boned, it is rolled and held together with string. It is usually poached, but it may also be roasted. It may be served hot or cold, often with a vinaigrette or ravigote sauce. Cold, it may be served in slices. A well-known dish in Belgium is ""tête de veau en"
"Bicorn and Chichevache Bicorn and Chichevache are fabulous beasts that appear in European satirical works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Bicorn is a creature—often described as a part-panther, part-cow creature with a human-like face—that devours kind-hearted and devoted husbands and (because of their abundance) is plump and well fed. Chichevache, on the other hand, devours obedient wives and (because of their scarcity) is thin and starving. Geoffrey Chaucer mentions Chichevache in the envoy of the Clerk's Tale in his ""Canterbury Tales"": Chaucer may have borrowed the French term ""chichifache"" (""thin face"") and put it with ""vache"" (""cow"") to make"
"Braque Francais The Braques français are hunting dogs, from a very old type of gun dog used for pointing the location of game birds for a hunter. There are two breeds of Braque français, both from the south of France, the Braque français, type Gascogne (French Pointing Dog - Gascogne type, larger size) and the Braque français, type Pyrénées (French Pointing Dog - Pyrenean type, smaller size) They are popular hunting dogs in France, but are seldom seen elsewhere. The original Braque français type of pointing dog has existed since the fifteenth century. Over the centuries the dogs were taken"
"Manade A manade (prov. ""menada"", originally from lat. ""manus"" = hand) is a term used mainly in the Camargue area in France for a semi-feral group of Camargue cattle or horses led by a gardian, or herder. In French, the word ""manade"" dates from 1867. In older texts it also referred to herds of sheep, but modern use of the term is limited only to raising groups of larger livestock. Raising animals in manades is specific for the Crau, Camargue (Provence) and Petite Camargue (Languedoc) regions of France, and therefore the term itself is strongly associated with the same area."
"are and ewes are Charmoise are an increasingly popular terminal sire in the UK particularly for use on females who are lambing for the first time and where conditions are too challenging for larger terminal sires to thrive. <ref>Charmoise.co.uk<ref> Charmoise The Charmoise is a domesticated breed of sheep originating in France. The breed was developed in the middle 19th century in the center of France (Loir et Cher) by crossing imported Romney sheep from United Kingdom to ewes from local breeds (Merino, Berrichon,Solognot) . There is a monument in Pontlevoy, central France, to creator of the breed, Édouard Malingié (1799-1852."
"Valais sheep left in the world. Roux du Valais The Roux du Valais is an endangered breed of sheep native to Switzerland. The Roux du Valais is indigenous to Switzerland, and has survived despite the extinction of many other indigenous Swiss sheep breeds. Its genetic descent cannot be known for certain, but it is believed to be related to the now-extinct Copper sheep, Roux du Bagnes, and Pilot sheep breeds. The Roux du Valais is bred for both wool and meat. Its meat is of a good quality, and is very lean. Today, its wool is mainly used in specialty"
"Rache Rache , also spelled racch, rach, and ratch, from Old English ""ræcc"", linked to Old Norse ""rakkí"", is an obsolete name for a type of hunting-dog used in Britain in the Middle Ages. It was a scent hound used in a pack to run down and kill game, or bring it to bay. The word appears before the Norman Conquest. It was sometimes confused with 'brache', (also 'bratchet') which is a French derived word for a female scent-hound. In Medieval hunting, in England and Northern Europe, pursuit of the hart or wild boar involved using a 'limer' or 'lyam"
"Braque Saint-Germain The Braque Saint-Germain (FCI No. 115) (translated into English as the St. Germain Pointing Dog) is a medium-large breed of dog, a versatile hunter used for hunting as a gun dog and pointer as well as for hunting other small game. ""Braque"" is a term meaning pointing dogs. The breed was created around 1830 by crossing English and French pointing type dogs. A typical pointer, with a medium build and an attractive fawn and white coat, drop ears, and a long tail which is held level while the dog is working. The Braque Saint-Germain stands at the withers,"
"Brava cattle The Brava or Race de Combat is a French breed of domestic cattle raised in the Camargue, the delta of the Rhône in southern France. It is bred specifically for bull-fighting, either Spanish-style (on foot) or Portuguese-style (on horseback). It is one of two cattle breeds raised in semi-feral conditions in the Camargue: the other is the Raço di Biòu or Camargue breed, which is not a fighting breed but is used in a bloodless bull-sport, the ""course camarguaise"". The Brava derives from Iberian fighting cattle imported in the nineteenth century, and may also be known as the"
"Roux du Valais The Roux du Valais is an endangered breed of sheep native to Switzerland. The Roux du Valais is indigenous to Switzerland, and has survived despite the extinction of many other indigenous Swiss sheep breeds. Its genetic descent cannot be known for certain, but it is believed to be related to the now-extinct Copper sheep, Roux du Bagnes, and Pilot sheep breeds. The Roux du Valais is bred for both wool and meat. Its meat is of a good quality, and is very lean. Today, its wool is mainly used in specialty product, heavy-duty cloth. This is a"
"the females. Évolènes have short, strong legs and a short, broad head. The horns are very strong and exceptionally long. The height of bulls is about 130 cm, the weight 600 to 700 kg. Cows are smaller; they are only 115 to 125 cm high and weigh between 400 and 500 kg. Similar to the Tux Cattle and the Herens, Évolène females are very aggressive, with cows fighting for their ranking in very long fights. Évolène cattle Évolène Cattle are an old breed of dairy cattle from the Valais canton of Switzerland. It is an endangered cattle breed. The Évolène"
"Parthenaise The Parthenaise is a French cattle breed. It is named for the town of Parthenay in the département of Deux-Sèvres, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France. It was formerly a triple-purpose breed, raised for milk, meat and draught work, but is now raised mainly for beef. The Parthenaise forms a part of the large population – sometimes called Poitevine or Vendéenne – of wheaten-coloured cattle which traditionally occupied the western part of France, from the Loire to the Gironde. It is closely related to the Maraîchine, the Nantaise and the extinct Marchoise and Berrichonne, all of which belong"
"""Vasca Carranzana"") is a sheep breed from the Northern Basque Country and Béarn. Its characteristics are long, white wool, curved horns, weighing up to 80 kg. It is mainly a dairy sheep and the milk (7.42% fat content, 5.39% proteins) is used to make the AOC Ossau-Iraty cheese. The Basque pig, also called ""Pie Noir du Pays basque"", ""Euskal Xerria"" or ""Xuri eta beltza"", is an indigenous breed of the Basque Country, standardized in France in 1921, and today endangered. The Basque Shepherd Dog (""pastor vasco"" in Spanish, ""artzain txakurra"" in Basque) is a dog breed common throughout the Basque"
"with a degree of double muscling, producing good tasting lean meat. Cows have enough milk to rear their calves. Parthenaise The Parthenaise is a French cattle breed. It is named for the town of Parthenay in the département of Deux-Sèvres, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France. It was formerly a triple-purpose breed, raised for milk, meat and draught work, but is now raised mainly for beef. The Parthenaise forms a part of the large population – sometimes called Poitevine or Vendéenne – of wheaten-coloured cattle which traditionally occupied the western part of France, from the Loire to the Gironde."
"Île-de-France sheep The Île-de-France is a breed of sheep native to the French region of Île-de-France near Paris. It was first developed at a French veterinary college in the 1830s through crosses of Dishley Leicester and Rambouillet, and was originally known as the Dishley Merino. A breed association was formed in 1933, and it was rigorously tested early on its breeding for meat characteristics and maternal qualities. Today the Île-de-France is one of the top meat breeds worldwide, and is present in South Africa, Australia and the Americas as well as in Europe. It is primarily used as a terminal"
"fairly limited market due to the Roux du Valais's low population numbers. Historically, its wool was very popular in Switzerland for use in underwear and stockings, as it was believed to have therapeutic qualities including the ability to cure rheumatism. The Roux du Valais is a medium-sized sheep, with males weighing about 65–85 kg and ewes 50–65 kg. It is a distinctive red-brown color, but there is also an extremely rare black variety known as the Lotschental. Both sexes are horned. The Roux du Valais mainly lives in the French-speaking areas of Switzerland, but has expanded into other areas in"
"Évolène cattle Évolène Cattle are an old breed of dairy cattle from the Valais canton of Switzerland. It is an endangered cattle breed. The Évolène is a medium-sized, black pied or red pied breed, used more for beef production than milk production. Similar to the Herens, the Évolènes have a milk production of about 3,200 kg milk per year. Its fat content is about 3.8%. The breed is adapted to mountain pasture. Similar to Pinzgau Cattle, the white parts of the fur are mostly on the back and the abdomen. The cattle are very muscular, with noticeable neck muscles in"
"for light driving and for riding. Its character and sure-footedness even on broken ground make it suitable for trekking. It may be used in vegetation management, for brush clearance to reduce fire risk. Provence Donkey The Provence Donkey, , is a breed of domestic donkey from Provence, in south-eastern France. It is now distributed through much of central and south-east France, with the highest concentration in Provence and the Rhône-Alpes region. For hundreds of years the Provence donkey was used by transhumant shepherds of the area as a pack animal in the seasonal movement of flocks of sheep between their"
"sire, but is also occasionally found as a dairy breed in the United States. It's a large, naturally polled breed with white fleece. Île-de-France sheep The Île-de-France is a breed of sheep native to the French region of Île-de-France near Paris. It was first developed at a French veterinary college in the 1830s through crosses of Dishley Leicester and Rambouillet, and was originally known as the Dishley Merino. A breed association was formed in 1933, and it was rigorously tested early on its breeding for meat characteristics and maternal qualities. Today the Île-de-France is one of the top meat breeds"
"sicher weiden"") and Pink Floyd's ""Sheep"", and poems like William Blake's ""The Lamb"". Sheep Domestic sheep (""Ovis aries"") are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like most ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name sheep applies to many species in the genus ""Ovis"", in everyday usage it almost always refers to ""Ovis aries"". Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female sheep is referred to as a ""ewe"" (), an intact male as a ""ram"" or occasionally a ""tup"", a castrated"
"beast""), known in the whole Pays de la Mée. According to the legend, a beast, looking like a wolf, a pig or a big cat, prowls every night in the Béré suburb to protect a young maid who has been locked for centuries under the priory. Another legend is built around Jean de Laval and his wife Françoise de Foix, mistress of Francis I of France, who died in 1537 in the castle. At that time, a rumour said that she was killed by her jealous husband, who did not approve of her relationship with the King. Since then, a"
"Porcelaine The Porcelaine is a breed of dog originating from France. It is believed to be the oldest of the French scent hounds. Its alternate name is the Chien de Franche-Comté, named after a French region bordering Switzerland. This caused some debate over the dog's origin, but it has been decided that it is a French dog. The Porcelaine gets its name from its shiny coat, said to make it resemble a porcelain statuette. The fur is white, sometimes with orange spots, often on the ears. The skin should be white with black mottling that is visible through the white"
"smooth coat often in red or black, but also in ash gray, red speckled with white, red mixed with gray, black with tan markings under the eyes and nose, or red and black. It is a medium-sized goat. Females range from 100 to 120 lbs and males between 155 and 200 lbs. Rove goat The Rove is a breed of goat first domesticated in France. The breed was previously considered endangered, but as of 2003, more than 5000 registered Roves are on French farms. The goat was originally bred for meat, but because the current French market for goat meat"
"animals that have appeared in the bull-ring are excluded. The meat may be subject to dark cutting, a discolouration caused by stress in the animal before death which then disrupts the normal post-mortem transformation of muscle tissue to meat. This can reduce the market value of the meat. The Brava is often managed extensively in the wetlands of the Camargue. The cattle are kept in manades, and herded by mounted gardians. Brava cattle The Brava or Race de Combat is a French breed of domestic cattle raised in the Camargue, the delta of the Rhône in southern France. It is"
"only mount of a gardian. By tradition all manades have to do with raising large animals, but a Paris-based trade name for a manufacturer of office items such as desk accessories and lamps seems to indicate a trend towards additional uses for the term. Manade A manade (prov. ""menada"", originally from lat. ""manus"" = hand) is a term used mainly in the Camargue area in France for a semi-feral group of Camargue cattle or horses led by a gardian, or herder. In French, the word ""manade"" dates from 1867. In older texts it also referred to herds of sheep, but"
"Rove goat The Rove is a breed of goat first domesticated in France. The breed was previously considered endangered, but as of 2003, more than 5000 registered Roves are on French farms. The goat was originally bred for meat, but because the current French market for goat meat is poor, farmers have begun to use the Rove for dairying, instead. The Rove goat is from Le Rove, a small village near Marseille that gave it its name. The Rove goat is primarily characterized by its long, twisted horns; they can reach nearly 4 ft in length. The goats have a"
"of the muzzle is grey-white, as is the belly. Like the larger Grand Noir du Berry from slightly further north, the Bourbonnais donkey was used as a pack animal to carry vegetables, coal, milk and the like, and also as a draught animal both for agricultural work and to haul barges on the canals of the region. In the early twentieth century it was also used to pull gigs to transport visitors to the fashionable spa at Vichy. Today it is used as a pack animal for hiking, or for light driving. Bourbonnais Donkey The Bourbonnais Donkey, , is a"
"birth of an exotic animal such as the mouflon. If cloning of the mouflon can proceed successfully, it has the potential to reduce strain on the number of living specimens. Mouflon The mouflon (""Ovis orientalis orientalis"" group) is a subspecies group of the wild sheep (""Ovis orientalis""). Populations of ""O. orientalis"" can be partitioned into the mouflons (""orientalis"" group) and the urials (""vignei"" group). The mouflon is thought to be the ancestor for all modern domestic sheep breeds. The wild sheep of Corsica were locally called ""mufro"" (male) and ""mufra"" (female). The French naturalist Buffon (1707–1788) rendered this in French"
"gets, the stronger the smell of ammonia due to microorganism activity in the cheese. Vacherin d'alpage is made from the milk of cows pasturing in alpine meadows and hence has a much richer taste. Vacherin Vacherin is a cow's milk (French ""vache"", ""cow"") cheese. Two main types of French or Swiss Vacherin cheeses exist. One type of Vacherin cheese is called Mont d'Or, or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, from France, or Vacherin Mont d'Or from Switzerland (though it tends to just be called ""Vacherin"" in the local shops). It is a soft, rich, seasonal cheese made from cow's milk in Switzerland"
"tortue"" ('as a tortoise'), served with tomato sauce with Madeira and accompanied by French fries. Tête de veau Tête de veau (French 'calf's head') or testina di vitello (Italian) is a dish consisting of a calf's head, commonly found in French, Belgian, German, Swiss, and Italian cuisine. In Italy, it is a traditional Christmas food. Tête de veau may be served whole or boned. When boned, it is rolled and held together with string. It is usually poached, but it may also be roasted. It may be served hot or cold, often with a vinaigrette or ravigote sauce. Cold, it"