Swiss cheese vs Swiss Cheese Union
Swiss cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
Swiss cheese, in the United States, is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese with round eyes. It is the American style with holes, and it is not Emmental from Switzerland. Blocks and deli slices are the usual forms, and many pieces have no rind at all. The taste is mild, nutty, and a little sweet. Cooks buy it for sandwiches and for melting more than for a long-aged board.
Swiss Cheese Union
Facts
- Country
- Switzerland
The Swiss Cheese Union was a marketing and trading body in Switzerland, not a cheese you can slice or melt. Its German name is Schweizerische Käseunion. It bought hard cheese from makers and sold it at prices set with the federal government. The trade centered on Emmentaler, Gruyère, and Sbrinz. It also advertised those cheeses at home and abroad, so the wheels, and the dishes made from them, became familiar far beyond the dairies.