Thursday Cheese Blogging!

Tetilla
The Galician Delight

Description:

Traditional, creamery, semi-soft cheese made from cow's milk. A pear-shaped, Spanish cheese with pale yellow, ridged rind. It looks like a large, finely ridged fig of breast (That would be nipple) - hence the name. It has a mellow, fresh lemony taste with a hint of green grass. The consistency is supple with a creamy feel on the palate. This cheese ripens in two or three weeks. It has a fat content of 25 per cent.

Country:	Spain
Milk:	cow milk
Texture:	semi-soft

For more on this "creamy dream" from Spain please see its entry at Cheese from Spain.
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You say: Galicia is very small. I tell you: Galicia is a world...
It may be small in size; in depth,
in substance, it is as big as you could want...

Vicente Risco
[1884-1963], writer