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Bougon
The ‘Camembert of goat cheese’
The name of this cheese alone makes people smile: ‘Bougon’ means grumpy or grouchy in French. It’s also the name of the town where it is made in the Deux-Sevres. The inhabitants there are not famously ill-tempered: Bougon, they say, comes from the Latin rivière du bourg (‘village river’).
It’s made of goat’s milk, with a soft paste and a natural bloomy rind. It looks like Camembert and is sold in similar sized boxes, but it is definitely goaty (but not overwhelmingly so, like some).
Text © Dana Facaros
Image by Philippe B