Author Topic: Tarunima Cheese?  (Read 968 times)

smilingcalico

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Tarunima Cheese?
« on: December 04, 2011, 04:57:57 AM »
Someone tried describing a cheese to me today which they had eaten 30+ years ago.  They believe the name was Tarunima and perhaps it was Swiss.  It was quite possible cloth bound, then waxed, then vacuum sealed (yeah, sounds a bit extreme to me too). The only bit of info that might be useful was that the paste was full of holes and seeped whey when cut.  I can't find any thing on this cheese.  Anybody have any ideas what this cheese might really be? Sounds almost mythical, perhaps it was centaur fodder.

iratherfly

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Re: Tarunima Cheese?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 08:15:30 PM »
How odd. Typically if something is sealed -that would be a harder cheese. No one waxes or vacuums runny cheeses.

smilingcalico

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Re: Tarunima Cheese?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2011, 09:49:05 PM »
As it seemed to me, his description was as though the cheese had a well knit exterior, with holes inside which contained the whey.  I'm more into thinking he was combining many cheeses from his memory.