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Agricultural competition Abondance

Haute-Savoie ()

Abondance d'Evénements

Patrick Brault - Office de Tourisme Abondance

Description

Saturday and Sunday
Exhibitions under the SIFA marquee
The Syndicat Interprofessionnel du Fromage AOP
Abondance presents :
- The drawings of the primary school Alphabet on
Abondance PDO cheese
- The making of Abondance PDO cheese
- How Vacherin cheese is made
- How to appreciate Abondance cheese
- Berthoud : recipe STG Spécialité Traditionnelle Garantie
- Feeding of the cows : stand with hay,
regain, straw, corn...
touch, smell ...
- Visualisation of a winter ration of a cow
and a summer ration
Under the Berthoud chalet
Demonstration of the Berthoud
Educational farm under the big top
Animals from the farm

Presence of our friends from Plougoulm and Courcelles.

Saturday 1st October
10am - 6pm :
Big traditional market
Craft market under the big top
Snacks and refreshments
Exhibitions under the SIFA marquee

Saturday afternoon :
PDO Abondance cheese competition open to
general public
Demonstration of Berthoud

Saturday evening
From 7pm: Giant fondue under the big top
organised by the Ski Club Abondance

Musical entertainment with Sophie La Vie en Rose

Friday evening 30th September
From 7pm : Loto under the big top
organised by the APE Public

Sunday 2nd October
9am - 6pm :
Traditional market
Craft market under the big top
Snacks and refreshments
Exhibitions under the SIFA marquee
Demonstration of the Berthoud
At 10 am :
Abondance cattle competition
Jury Pro Abondance PDO cheese competition
From 11:30 am: Catering under the big top with
the Pot au feu (traditional boiled meat)
Around 11.45am: Presentation of the Pro Jury prizes for the
Abondance PDO Cheese Competition
12.00 pm: Concert by the Harmonie d'Abondance
2.30 pm: Presentation of the Pro Jury prizes and presentation of
of the prize-winning cows of the Cattle Competition

Sunday early afternoon
Demonstration of PDO Abondance cheese making by an operator of the sector.