Pecorino Romano vs Rumi
Pecorino Romano
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lazio, Sardinia, and Tuscany
- Status
- PDO
Pecorino Romano is a hard, salty sheep's-milk cheese. Pecora is the Italian word for sheep. Romano is the Roman style.
Rumi
Facts
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Egypt
Rumi is a hard cheese from Egypt, and it is one of the main cheeses eaten there. The Arabic name means Roman, but the cheese is Egyptian, not an Italian import with a borrowed label. Wheels are large and pale to deep yellow, with a salty taste and a pungent smell that grows as they age. Some batches include peppercorns in the paste. People eat it in thin slices at breakfast and grate the older, drier pieces over food.