Kochenkaese
Luxembourg

Cooked white dessert cheese.  Since it is salt-free it is recommended for diets.

Koch Kaese
Germany

This translates “cooked cheese.”

Kochtounkaese
Belgium

Semisoft, cooked and smoked.  Bland flavor.

Kolos-monostor
Rumania

Sheep; rectangular four-pounder, 8-1/2 by five by three inches.  One of those college-educated cheeses turned out by the students and professors at the Agricultural School of Transylvania.

Kolosvarer
Rumania

A Trappist Port-Salut imitation made with water-buffalo milk, as are so many of the world’s fine cheeses.

Komijnekaas, Komynekass
North Holland

Spiked with caraway seeds and named after them.

Konigskaese
Germany

A regal name for a German imitation of Bel Paese.

Kopanisti
Greece

Blue-mold cheese with sharp, peppery flavor.

Koppen, Cup, or Bauden
Germany

Semihard; goat; made in a cup-shaped mold that gives both its shape and name.  Small, three to four ounces; sharp; pungent; somewhat smoky.  Imitated in U.S.A. in half-pound packages.

Korestin
Russia

Semisoft; mellow; cured in brine.

Kosher

This cheese appears in many countries under several names.  Similar to Limburger, but eaten fresh.  It is stamped genuine by Jewish authorities, for the use of religious persons. (See Gouda, Kosher.)

Krauterkaese
Brazil

Soft-paste herb cheese put up in a tube by German Brazilians near the
Argentine border.  A rich, full-flavored adaptation of Swiss
Krauterkaese even though it is processed.

Kreuterkaese, Herb Cheese
Switzerland

Hard, grating cheese flavored with
herbs; like Sapsago or Grunkaese.

Krutt, or Kirgischerkaese
Asian Steppes

A cheese turned out en route by nomadic tribes in the Asiatic Steppes, from sour skim milk of goat, sheep, cow or camel.  The salted and pressed curd is made into small balls and dried in the sun.

Kuehbacher
Bavaria

Soft, ripe, and chiefly interesting because of its name, Cow Creek, where it is made.

Kuminost
Norway

Semihard; caraway-seeded.

Kumminost
Sweden

This is Bondost with caraway added.

Kummin Ost
Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Imitation of the Scandinavian, with small production in Wisconsin where so many Swedes and Norwegians make their home and their ost.

Kuemmel, Leyden, or Leidsche Kaas
Holland

Caraway-seeded and named.

Kuemmelkaese
Germany and U.S.A.

Semihard; sharp with caraway.  Milwaukee Kuemmelkaese has made a name for itself as a nibble most suitable with most drinks, from beer to imported kuemmel liqueur.