Cheese Database

Chihuahua vs Oaxaca

Chihuahua

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-hard
Type
Pressed
Rind
No rind
Country
Mexico
Place
Chihuahua

Queso Chihuahua is a semi-hard cow's-milk cheese from the state of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. Mennonite communities there made it, so it is also called queso menonita.

Oaxaca

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Stretched curd
Rind
No rind
Country
Mexico
Place
Oaxaca

Queso Oaxaca is a Mexican stretched-curd cheese from the state of Oaxaca, wound into a ball of strings. In Oaxaca it is often called quesillo.