WHAT IS EDAM? Once long ago, a semi-hard, sharp tasting farmhouse cheese was all the rage. But today Edam is an industrial cheese. Cannonball-shaped, this semi-hard cow’s milk cheese has a mildly spicy flavor and less rubbery texture then cheap gouda. The red wax is only for exports. Back home in the Netherlands they sell […]
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHEESE – Gouda
WHAT IS GOUDA? This waxed Dutch cheese can be consumed from 1 month to 5 years old. It is almost always made from pasteurized cow’s milk and cooked curds. The traditional raw milk version is still made but under a different cheese (boerenkaas). Gouda is classified by age. The first of the 7 stages is […]
