Limburger cheese (1808)

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Sun Mar 9 01:25:20 UTC 2003


   OED and Merriam-Webster both have 1817 for "Limburger" cheese.  This cheese became very popular in the United States in the last half of the nineteenth century.
   This (probably before 1808, considering that the author died in 1805) is from Literature Online:

Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805 [Author Record]
THE PATRIOT: A PINDARIC EPISTLE, ADDRESSED TO LORD BUCKHORSE. 39Kb, [from The Poetical Works (1808)]
Found 2 hit:
Poem section 5Kb
...fingers grease    With rotten cabbage,  Limburgh cheese,     Italian paste, and...
...grease    With rotten cabbage, Limburgh  cheese,     Italian paste, and dainties...



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