Cheese Database

Bosnian smoked cheese vs Yemeni cheese

Bosnian smoked cheese

Facts

Texture
Hard
Rind
Natural rind
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian smoked cheese is a very dry, hard cheese from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Local names include suhi dimljeni sir and dimljeni sir, which point to a cheese that is smoked and dried. A dark skin covers a pale interior, and the taste is piquant from the smoke and the salt. People eat it with meals rather than as a mild snack. Both home kitchens and dairies make it, so pieces can look a little different from one another.

Yemeni cheese

Facts

Texture
Semi-hard
Rind
Natural rind
Country
Yemen

Yemeni cheese is a smoked semi-hard cheese made in rural Yemen. People there often call it local cheese, and Jubn Baladi is the Arabic form of that name. The finished piece is usually round and flat, with a firm face and a brown surface from the smoke. Plants used in the smoking step change the color and the aroma from batch to batch. It is a market cheese and a home cheese, not a factory brand with one owner.