Provolone (sharp/piquant), aged for a minimum of four months and with a very sharp taste, to "provolone dolce" (sweet) with a very mild taste. In "provolone piccante", the distinctive piquant taste is produced with lipase (enzyme) derived from goat. The "Dolce" version uses calf's lipase instead. Both "provolone valpadana" and "provolone del Monaco "(from the Naples area of Italy) have received the DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) seal from the European Union, meaning no country other than Italy may legally produce a cheese called that. In Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay, small discs of locally produced pulled-curd provolone of in diameter
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting