Pied-de-Vent vs Pikauba
Pied-de-Vent
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Canada
- Place
- Quebec
Pied-de-Vent is a semi-soft cheese from Quebec, Canada, made from raw cow's milk. The milk comes from Canadienne cows, a small heritage breed on the Magdalen Islands. The paste is smooth and creamy under a surface-ripened rind, with a nutty, herbal, and sometimes mushroomy taste. The name is a local phrase for rays of sun through cloud, which islanders read as a sign of wind. It is a Quebec island cheese, not a generic Canadian block and not a cheese with large eyes.
Pikauba
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Canada
- Place
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
Pikauba is a semi-firm cow's milk cheese from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, in Canada. It takes its name from the Pikauba River. A fine orange rind covers a golden, supple paste dotted with small holes. The taste is buttery and lightly fruity, at a medium strength. Makers wash the rind and press the curd, so the wheel slices cleanly and also melts.