Brick cheese vs Liederkranz cheese
Brick cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- United States
- Place
- Wisconsin
Brick cheese is a semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Wisconsin, in the United States. The name comes from the bricks once used to press the curds, and from the rectangular loaf that pressing made. A young loaf is mild, sweet, and easy to slice. An aged loaf turns tangy, nutty, and frankly pungent, with a washed rind that smells stronger than the paste. Both are brick cheese, and they are not the same cheese at the table.
Liederkranz cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- United States
Liederkranz cheese is an American washed-rind cheese made from cow's milk. It was developed in the United States as a local answer to Limburger, for eaters who wanted that style without relying only on imports. The name refers to a German singing society, a wreath of songs, rather than to a town in Europe. The cheese is semi-soft, with a pale interior and a tacky orange-tan rind. Its smell is famous, and the flavor is milder than that smell suggests.