Word of the Day
Brie (bree)
A soft cow’s milk cheese
Common clues: French cheese; Mold ripened cheese; Uptown cracker topper
Crossword puzzle frequency: 8 times a year
Frequency in English language: 39007 / 86800
Brie
is a soft cow's milk cheese named after Brie, the French province
in which it originated
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Edam (EE-duhm)
A Dutch cheese with a pale yellow interior and a coat of red or yellow paraffin wax
Common clues: Dutch cheese; Wax-coated cheese; Red-rinded cheese
Crossword puzzle frequency: once a month
Frequency in English language: 40823 / 86800
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Feta (FET-uh)
A firm crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk
Common clues: Greek cheese; Greek salad ingredient, perhaps; Goat or sheep product
Crossword puzzle frequency: 5 times a year
Frequency in English language: 65762 / 86800
Feta
is a classic curd cheese in brine whose tradition dates back to
Greece thousands of years ago. It is traditionally made
exclusively from goat's and sheep's milk, but cow's milk varieties
are readily available in some areas.
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Gouda (GOO-duh)
A mild Dutch cheese, typically sold in a flat sphere covered in wax
Common clues: Dutch cheese
Crossword puzzle frequency: 2 times a year
Frequency in English language: 71974 / 86800
Gouda
is a yellowish Dutch cheese named after the city of Gouda. The
cheese is made from cow's milk that is cultured and heated up
until the curds separate from the whey.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia articles "Brie cheese", “Feta cheese”, “Gouda cheese”.
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