hmmm... did someone say "cheese"??
Time to tell you about all the wonderful cheeses we have on our fair country, Portugal!
Of course, everyone has fresh cheese (but it seems to be more common in portuguese and spanish countries... curious):
Using wiki's words here to describe it: "a creamy, soft, and mild unaged white cheese".
Goes well with anything. To be eaten in slices.
Can be made from cow, sheep or goat's milk, or a mix of any of these. Usually, we eat the cow variety.
Requeijão (I have no idea how to translate this, not even the wiki helps!)
Looks a bit like fresh cheese, but is a bit less consistent, so it's great for spreading on bread, while getting a bit of a wet crumbly consistency.
On to not so fresh cheeses...
The children's favorite, Flamengo, usually presented as a sphere with a red covering.
Almost like mild gouda cheese, but even milder and with less holes and a bit creamier.
Sorry, no wiki link for this one...not even in portuguese... I don't get it...
These are made of of cow's milk, only.
Serra da Estrela Cheese.
A hard curated outer shell and a creamy interior.
Made from sheep's milk. It tastes a bit of the country herbs found around the mountain area known as "serra da estrela" in Portugal.
On to curated or aged cheeses...
Queijo da Ilha, also known as Sao Jorge cheese, since it's from the island called São Jorge, in the Azores archipelago.
Usually presented a rather large wheel of cheese... at least 50cm in diameter and 20 or 30cm in height.
It's a spicy cheese, not much to my particular liking, but many people find it to be delicious.
It's also a bit hard and usually eaten in small cubes or stripes.
Goat's cheese.
Yes, I know you can have fresh goat's cheese, but this is fully curated, hard like stone and with that old goat taste to it!
Damned good, but you must eat it in very thin slices, or you break you teeth and just become grossed out by the smell.
There are many more throughout our huge country, but these are the main ones.
A bit like beer in Germany, each little town has its own particular cheese.
Time to tell you about all the wonderful cheeses we have on our fair country, Portugal!
Of course, everyone has fresh cheese (but it seems to be more common in portuguese and spanish countries... curious):
![[Image: k7alactimonte-queijo-fresco-8idw.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=lactimonte.pt%2Fimagens%2Fprodutos%2Fk7alactimonte-queijo-fresco-8idw.png)
Using wiki's words here to describe it: "a creamy, soft, and mild unaged white cheese".
Goes well with anything. To be eaten in slices.
Can be made from cow, sheep or goat's milk, or a mix of any of these. Usually, we eat the cow variety.
Requeijão (I have no idea how to translate this, not even the wiki helps!)
Looks a bit like fresh cheese, but is a bit less consistent, so it's great for spreading on bread, while getting a bit of a wet crumbly consistency.
On to not so fresh cheeses...
The children's favorite, Flamengo, usually presented as a sphere with a red covering.
![[Image: Primor%20Flamengo%20cheese.jpg]](https://www.amaralsmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/Primor%20Flamengo%20cheese.jpg)
Almost like mild gouda cheese, but even milder and with less holes and a bit creamier.
Sorry, no wiki link for this one...not even in portuguese... I don't get it...
These are made of of cow's milk, only.
Serra da Estrela Cheese.
![[Image: queijo_serra_da_estrela_dos_lobos_03.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=lusitaniatradition.com%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2F5%2Fimage%2F9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95%2Fq%2Fu%2Fqueijo_serra_da_estrela_dos_lobos_03.jpg)
A hard curated outer shell and a creamy interior.
Made from sheep's milk. It tastes a bit of the country herbs found around the mountain area known as "serra da estrela" in Portugal.
On to curated or aged cheeses...
Queijo da Ilha, also known as Sao Jorge cheese, since it's from the island called São Jorge, in the Azores archipelago.
Usually presented a rather large wheel of cheese... at least 50cm in diameter and 20 or 30cm in height.
It's a spicy cheese, not much to my particular liking, but many people find it to be delicious.
It's also a bit hard and usually eaten in small cubes or stripes.
Goat's cheese.
![[Image: 30da9403591373d9bc1e1ecc83ef2dd5.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages.shopk.it%2Fprodutos%2F30da9403591373d9bc1e1ecc83ef2dd5.png)
Yes, I know you can have fresh goat's cheese, but this is fully curated, hard like stone and with that old goat taste to it!
Damned good, but you must eat it in very thin slices, or you break you teeth and just become grossed out by the smell.
There are many more throughout our huge country, but these are the main ones.
A bit like beer in Germany, each little town has its own particular cheese.
