Mihaliç Peyniri vs Tulum
Mihaliç Peyniri
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Turkey
- Place
- Balıkesir
Mihaliç Peyniri is a hard, salty sheep's milk cheese from Balıkesir in Turkey. Makers age it in brine until the paste is firm and full of small round eyes. The color runs from cream to pale yellow. A thin rind covers a dense interior that still has a little give. It is an aged cheese, not a fresh white cheese, even though brine is part of how it is kept.
Tulum
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Turkey
- Place
- Erzincan, İzmir, Tunceli, Aydın
Tulum is a traditional cheese from Turkey, made in Erzincan, İzmir, Tunceli, and Aydın. Makers pack the curd into a tulum, a cleaned animal skin, or into a tin that copies that old container. The cheese is salty, crumbly, and sharp after it rests. It is a pantry cheese in many Turkish kitchens, not a soft fresh cheese. Buyers usually find it as a white or cream-colored block with a dry break.