Hoop cheese vs Queso blanco
Hoop cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- United States
Hoop cheese is a plain cow's milk cheese from the United States. Makers press fresh curds in a round hoop, which gives the cheese its name and its wheel shape. The flavor stays mild, milky, and a little tangy, with none of the sharpness of a long-aged block. Shoppers still find it in some country stores and dairies, often under a coat of wax. It is a simple cheese, closer to a farm cheese than to a branded loaf.
Queso blanco
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Mexico
Queso blanco means white cheese, and the name covers more than one fresh cheese. In US markets it usually means a pressed fresh cow's-milk cheese that holds its shape in a pan.