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CHEESE TYPE BOARDS (for Cheese Lovers and Cheese Makers) => RENNET COAGULATED - Hard Cooked (Swiss) => Topic started by: smilingcalico on December 04, 2011, 04:57:57 AM

Title: Tarunima Cheese?
Post by: smilingcalico 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.
Title: Re: Tarunima Cheese?
Post by: iratherfly 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.
Title: Re: Tarunima Cheese?
Post by: smilingcalico 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.