Queso blanco vs Turrialba cheese

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.

Facts

Milk: Cow
Texture: Semi-hard
Type: Fresh
Rind: No rind
Country: Costa Rica
Place: Turrialba, Cartago Province

Turrialba cheese is a cow's milk cheese from Turrialba, in Cartago Province, Costa Rica. The usual piece is fresh, creamy white to pale yellow, and lightly salted, with a compact semi-hard paste and no rind. It tastes mild and milky, with a clean sweetness and only a little acid. Dairies in that part of Cartago make it as an everyday cheese, not as a long aged wheel. Costa Ricans slice it, cook with it, and melt it in simple meals.