Chechil vs Sulguni
Chechil
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Stretched curd
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Armenia
- Place
- Armenian Highlands
Chechil is a brined string cheese from Armenia, made in the Armenian Highlands. Makers pull the curd into thin strands and braid or coil them into dense ropes. The usual milk is cow's milk, often skimmed, so the cheese is lean and chewy rather than rich. Some ropes are only salted in brine. Others are smoked, which adds a dry, brown edge to the braid.
Sulguni
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Georgia
- Place
- Samegrelo
Sulguni is a brined cheese from Samegrelo in Georgia, and it is one of the best known cheeses of that country. The paste is elastic, moist, and a little dimpled, and it squeaks or stretches when it is fresh. A flat disc is the usual shape. The taste is sour and moderately salty, with a clean dairy tang. It is sold fresh, and smoked versions are common too.