Elbinger, or Elbing
West Prussia

Hard; crumbly; sharp.  Made of whole milk except in winter when it is skimmed.  Also known as Werderkaese and Niederungskaese.

Ekiwani
Caucasus

Hard; sheep; white; sharp; salty with some of the brine it’s bathed in.

Elisavetpolen, or Eriwani
Caucasus

Hard; sheep; sweetish-sharp and slightly salty when fresh from the brine bath.  Also called Kasach (Cossack), Tali, Kurini and Karab in different locales.

Elmo Table
Italy

Soft, mellow, tasty.

Emiliano
Italy

Hard; flavor varies from mild to sharp.  Parmesan type.

Emmentaler
Switzerland

There are so many, many types of this celebrated Swiss all around the world that we’re not surprised to find Lapland reindeer milk cheese listed as similar to Emmentaler of the hardest variety. (See Chapter 3, also Vacherin Fondu.)

“En enveloppe”

French phrase of packaged cheese, “in the envelope.”  Similar to English packet and our process.  Raw natural cheese the French refer to frankly as nu, “in the nude.”

Engadine
Graubuenden, Switzerland

Semihard; mild; tangy-sweet.

English Dairy
England and U.S.A.

Extra-hard, crumbly and sharp.  Resembles Cheddar and has long been imitated in the States, chiefly as a cooking cheese.

Entrechaux, le Cachat d’ see Cachat.

Epoisses, Fromage d’
Cote d’Or, Upper Burgundy, France

Soft, small cylinder with flattened end, about five inches across.  The season is from November to July.  Equally proud of their wine and cheese, the Burgundians marry white wine or marc to d’Epoisses in making confits with that name.

Erbo
Italy

Similar to Gorgonzola.  The Galvani cheesemakers of Italy who put out both Bel Paese and Taleggio also export Erbo to our shores.

Erce
Languedoc, France

Soft, smooth and sharp.  A winter cheese in season only from November to May.

Eriwani see Elisavetpolen.

Ervy
Champagne, France

Soft; yellow rind; smooth; tangy; piquant; seven by two-and-a-half inches, weight four pounds.  Resembles Camembert.  A washed cheese, also known as Fromage de Troyes.  In season November to May.

Essex
U.S.A.

Imitation of an extinct or at least dormant English type.

Estrella see Serra da Estrella.

Etuve and Demi-Etuve
Holland

Semihard; smooth; mellow.  In full size and demi (half) size.  In season all year.

Evarglice
Yugoslavia

Sharp, nutty flavor.

Excelsior
Normandy, France

Season all year.

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