Cheese
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Cheeses produced at the stana include: Telemea is fresh feta-type cheese, typically cut into 1kg blocks and kept in salty water. Caş (pronounced cash) is a higher-fat, rather salty cheese from which whey has been drained (photographed on the front cover). Brnza de burduf has a strong taste, and keeps very well. After several days the caş is cut into small pieces, salt is added and the mixture kneaded by hand in a wooden trough before being placed in a sheeps stomach, carefully shaved sheepskin or a tube of pine bark, which are then sewn up. Pine bark adds a slight resinous fl avour. Urda is made with the whey of the caş. Similar to ricotta, it is relatively high in protein and low in fat. Like telemea, it is eaten fresh, and is a delicacy.
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