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TÊTE DE MOINE (Monk's Head)

Bellelay cheese got another name towards the end of the 18th century : TÊTE DE MOINE. The first mention in the archives of the Department of Mont-Terrible - the area had been annexed by the French and converted to a "département" - dates from around 1793-1799. It is a print entitled: "Tableau du maximum des objects de première nécessité" ("A comprehensive list of the primary necessities").

		Version 1: Nickname from the revolutionary period (comparison between the shavings of the cheese and a monk's tonsure)
		Version 2: In the Jura tradition has it that the store of cheeses in the abbey was counted per "monk's head". Hence the name "TÊTE DE MOINE".

These days, the prevailing designation for the cheese is "TÊTE DE MOINE"

TÊTE DE MOINE (Monk's Head)

Version 1:
Nickname from the revolutionary
period (comparison between the
shavings of the cheese and a
monk's tonsure)

Version 2:
In the Jura tradition has it that
the store of cheeses in the abbey
was counted per "monk's head".
Hence the name "TÊTE DE MOINE".

TÊTE DE MOINE (Monk's Head)

Version 1: Nickname from the revolutionary period (comparison between the shavings of the cheese and a monk's tonsure)

Version 2: In the Jura tradition has it that the store of cheeses in the abbey was counted per "monk's head". Hence the name "TÊTE DE MOINE".

Version 1:
Nickname from the revolutionary
period (comparison between the
shavings of the cheese and a
monk's tonsure)

Version 2:
In the Jura tradition has it that
the store of cheeses in the abbey
was counted per "monk's head".
Hence the name "TÊTE DE MOINE".