Cup Cheese vs Limburger
Cup Cheese
Facts
- Texture
- Soft
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
Cup cheese is a soft, spreadable cheese from the United States. It belongs to Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, where cooks pack the warm cheese into cups, and that cup is how the food got its name. The texture is thick and spoonable, closer to a savory spread than to a slice. A mild batch is gentle and a bit tangy. A sharp batch smells stronger and tastes more fermented.
Limburger
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Netherlands
Limburger is a semi-soft washed-rind cheese from the Netherlands. It is made from cow's milk and shaped in small bricks with a moist orange rind. The smell is famously strong, while the paste inside is milder than that smell suggests. Salt, moisture, and the washed surface define it more than a sharp aged bite. Shops sell it for bread and hearty plates, not as a hard cheese for grating.