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MongoliaAartsThick sour curd paste from skimmed milk, eaten fresh or dried further.MongoliaAaruulRock-hard sun-dried sour milk curds, herders' travel food LebanonAckawimild brined white cheese, soaked to desalt then melted into pastries TurkmenistanAgaranthick camel cream skimmed off fermenting chal GermanyAllgäuer BergkäseHard alpine cow's cheese, nutty and aged, cut in thick slices.South AfricaAmasithick fermented milk drunk or poured over pap LebanonAmbarisSharp fermented goat cheese layered with salt in a jar over months.United StatesAmerican cheeseOrange processed slices that melt without breaking, the burger's default CyprusAnarisoft whey cheese eaten fresh with honey or dried and grated SwitzerlandAppenzellerSemi-hard cheese with a tangy rind washed in herbal brine.EgyptAreesh cheeseSoft white farmer's cheese drained from soured milk, eaten with bread and tomato EritreaAreraTart skimmed buttermilk left after churning, drunk cold or curdled into ayib LebanonAshtathick clotted cream perfumed with rose and orange blossom EritreaAyibFresh crumbly curd cheese heaped beside stew to cool the berbere heat TurkeyBeyaz peynirbrined white sheep or cow cheese; the core of every Turkish breakfast North MacedoniaBieno sirenjebeaten sheep cheese from Mariovo, dense and salty LatviaBiezpiensFresh curd cheese eaten with sour cream, honey or new potatoes.AlgeriaBouhezzacheese ripened inside a goatskin, fed daily with fresh buttermilk until sharp RomaniaBrânză de burdufsalty sheep cheese packed into a sheepskin or fir-bark tube MoldovaBrânză de oisalty sheep's-milk cheese, mămăligă's constant companion FranceBrie de MeauxWide soft cheese with white rind, sold in wedges from the wheel.NorwayBrunostSweet caramel-brown whey cheese shaved onto bread and waffles.SlovakiaBryndzaSoft, salty, spreadable sheep's cheese stirred through halušky or spread on bread.ItalyBurratamozzarella pouch filled with cream and shredded curd, oozing when cut IrelandButtermilkTangy soured milk drunk plain and used to raise soda bread MongoliaByaslagMild unsalted cheese pressed from yak or cow milk SpainCabralespungent blue cheese ripened in Asturian limestone caves MauritaniaCamel cheesesoft white cheese made from camel milk, a Nouakchott dairy speciality FranceCamembert de NormandieSoft bloomy-rind cow's milk cheese, runny and pungent at room temperature.MoldovaCașfresh unsalted sheep cheese eaten young or salted for keeping IrelandCashel BlueCreamy blue cow's milk cheese from Tipperary, spread on soda bread.ItalyCasu marzuSardinian sheep cheese deliberately colonised by live cheese-fly larvae BrazilCatupirySoft spreadable cream cheese used in coxinhas, pizza and chicken pies

ChakaStrained sour yoghurt beaten with dried mint and garlic, spooned over rice and bread TajikistanChakkastrained sour yogurt with herbs, eaten with non MalawiChambikoSour fermented milk drunk plain or poured over nsima

Natilla

Pourable sour cream spooned over rice, beans and tortillas. A cheese & dairy recipe from Costa Rica.
Halloumi

Squeaky brined cheese, grilled or fried, often with watermelon. Ready in 45 min prep and 3 hr cooking. About 700…
Aaruul

Rock-hard sun-dried sour milk curds, herders’ travel food. A cheese & dairy recipe from Mongolia.
Aarts

Thick sour curd paste from skimmed milk, eaten fresh or dried further. A cheese & dairy recipe from Mongolia.
Ackawi

Mild brined white cheese, soaked to desalt then melted into pastries. A cheese & dairy recipe from Lebanon.
Agaran

Thick camel cream skimmed off fermenting chal. A cheese & dairy recipe from Turkmenistan.
Allgäuer Bergkäse

Hard alpine cow’s cheese, nutty and aged, cut in thick slices. A cheese & dairy recipe from Germany.
American cheese

Orange processed slices that melt without breaking, the burger’s default. A cheese & dairy recipe from United States.
Ambaris

Sharp fermented goat cheese layered with salt in a jar over months. A cheese & dairy recipe from Lebanon.
Amasi

Thick fermented milk drunk or poured over pap. A cheese & dairy recipe from South Africa.