String cheese - Citizendia

An individual string cheese package

Several different types of cheese are known as string cheese.

In Armenia, traditional string cheese is made with a white base. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani The type of milk used depends on local production methods. ^[1] It includes black seeds^[2] and a middle-eastern spice known as mahleb, and it comes in the form of a braided endless loop. See also Albert Kalonji. Nigella sativa is an annual Flowering plant, native to southwest Asia. thumb|right|200px|Prunus mahleb - St Lucie Cherry thumb|right|200px|Prunus mahleb blooms Mahlab, Mahleb, or Mahlepi, is an aromatic Spice The cheese forms strings because of the way it is pulled during processing. There is also Syrian cheese processed this way. Other cheeses are only cut and pressed, not pulled, and don't develop strings.

In the United States, "string cheese" generally refers to snack-sized servings of low-moisture mozzarella. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Mozzarella is a generic term for several kinds of originally Italian Cheeses that are made using spinning and then cutting (hence the name the Italian verb This form of "string cheese" is roughly cylindrical, about 6 inches (15 cm) long and less than 1 inch (2 cm) in diameter. The cheese is cut and packaged, either individually or as a package of several lengths. The cheese used is nearly always a form of mozzarella but may be another semi-soft cheese. Mozzarella is a generic term for several kinds of originally Italian Cheeses that are made using spinning and then cutting (hence the name the Italian verb This type of string cheese can be eaten by pulling strips of cheese from the cylinder along its length and eating these strings or by biting and chewing, as in a banana.

In Central America, a form known as enredos (plural form of enredo -in Spanish-, literally: tangle), refers to a group of cheeses considered to be a snack food. Note: In Brazil, enredos are Carnival themes. Samba ( is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil. It is widely viewed as Brazil's national musical style

References

External links

Process of making mozzarella cheese — US Patent 5567464

This is a list of Cheeses by place of origin. Given the history of the Armenian people, the cuisine of Armenia and of the Armenians in the Armenian Diaspora is representative of the cuisine of the Mediterranean A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an

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