Chanco cheese vs Edam
Chanco cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Chile
Chanco cheese is a mild cow's milk cheese from Chile. The paste is pale yellow, buttery, and semi-soft, with small irregular eyes scattered through the body. A thin dry rind covers the outside, and the flavor stays gentle rather than sharp. People in Chile use it as an everyday slicing cheese and as a cheese that melts in hot food. It is one of the common cheeses in Chilean shops, beside other mild cow's milk styles.
Edam
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Netherlands
- Place
- Edam
Edam is a pressed cow's-milk cheese from the Netherlands, named for the town of Edam. Export balls are often coated in red wax.