Is Feta Cheese eaten in your country and what do you call it?

[rashka]

It is a popular food item especially in Eastern Europe including Denmark.

Feta Cheese in Serbia is called "beli sir", white cheese and it is eaten a lot. "Beli" from the proto Indo European word *bhel- meaning white, clear; to shine. (Belgrad/beograd/Belgium/Pale/Alps)
Common Celtic *belo- (white, shining), Welsh bal (white-faced), Gothic bala (paleness), Old Swedish blikan (to shine),Latin blancus (white), Common Slavic *be'lo- (white)

"Sir" (pronounced seer) for cheese comes from the Proto-Indo-European word *sūr- (“sour (milk)”).

Just note that there is a separate Proto-Indo European word for fermentation: *kwat-

http://static.politika.co.rs/uploads/rubrike/213887/i/1/sir-2-Foto--ANDJELKO-VASILJEVIC.jpg

[Sophie]

Interesting.

"Shir" is milk in Farsi and "shur" means sour


Cheese is "panir" and various kinds are popular in Iran such as bulgar, makadonian, yunani, etc

[Γέλως]

The reason "Feta" is produced anywhere except Greece is because the Greek state is incapable of protecting its PDO status. Of course imitations/similar cheeses could be produced in other countries under different names with no legal concerns. In Greece it's eaten a lot and that's a basic receipe:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UIXOn06Pz70/Skly7QrgdoI/AAAAAAAAHyU/vNBh0OfRSHQ/s800/Greek+Salad+%28Horiatiki+Salata%29+500.jpg

[Sarmatian]

I had no idea about feta until I visited Cyprus. It was pretty much non-existent in Russia.

On the other hand bryndza is quite popular.

[Onur]

The so-called Feta cheese originates from the northern side Aegean Anatolia, a place called Ezine near Canakkale/Dardanelles. So, dear forumer with a Greek name, your Greek state cannot register it as a Greek cheese.

It`s also the most popular cheese in Turkey. We call it as "beyaz peynir, white cheese". It`s unknown who produced it first, Greeks or Turks but it`s been produced here in Anatolia for the first time, NOT in Greece.

I don't know for sure but i wouldn't be surprised if white cheese has been brought to Greece for the first time in 1923 by Anatolian immigrants

[mysticism]

I had no idea Turks said Beyaz for white, sounds really close to Serbian Beo

[Turkophagos]

The so-called Feta cheese originates from the northern side Aegean Anatolia, a place called Ezine near Canakkale/Dardanelles. So, dear forumer with Greek name, your Greek state cannot register it as a Greek cheese.

It`s also the most popular cheese in Turkey. We call it as "beyaz peynir, white cheese". It`s unknown who produced it first, Greeks or Turks but it`s been produced here in Anatolia for the first time, NOT in Greece.



The fact that you still occupy Greek lands doesn't make feta less greek or turkish.

By your (lack of) logic Ionian Philosophers weren't Greeks but Turkomongols (lol) because Turkey occupies Ionia today.

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

The fact that you still occupy Greek lands doesn't make feta less greek or turkish.

By your (luck of) logic Ionian Philosophers weren't Greeks but Turkomongols (lol) because Turkey occupies Ionian today.

For God's sake ,we are talking about cheese here..

lol look at the name...:picard1: .You can't find even one person in Turks obsessed with Greeks that much..you are seriously weird

[Onur]

By your (luck of) logic Ionian Philosophers weren't Greeks but Turkomongols (lol) because Turkey occupies Ionian today.
Ioanian philosophers didn't live during the Ottoman era. So it`s out of question.

Also whole world knows that Turks are famous with their dairy products like yogurt, cheese, kefir, ayran and such.

I have never heard Ionian philosophers like Sophocles eating white cheese or drinking ayran with kebabs and then perform zeybek dance. I know you are a funny character but quit trying to link everything in Anatolia with ancient Greek philosophers because you are being even more ridicules.

[Turkophagos]

I have never heard Ionian philosophers like Sophocles


http://lolsheaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The-LOL-Face.jpg

[Nurzat]

yes, it is known both as "feta cheese" and "white cheese". i don't eat it, it tastes nashpa

[The Lawspeaker]

The so-called Feta cheese originates from the northern side Aegean Anatolia, a place called Ezine near Canakkale/Dardanelles. So, dear forumer with a Greek name, your Greek state cannot register it as a Greek cheese.

It`s also the most popular cheese in Turkey. We call it as "beyaz peynir, white cheese". It`s unknown who produced it first, Greeks or Turks but it`s been produced here in Anatolia for the first time, NOT in Greece.

I don't know for sure but i wouldn't be surprised if white cheese has been brought to Greece for the first time in 1923 by Anatolian immigrants

Actually.. the word feta seems to have come from Sicilian. It's about as Greek as well... smoking a water pipe. And in fact: the biggest producers of feta were the Danes until the Greeks bribed EU officials (and this has been proven too). Dutch tv had a very interesting program (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57907&highlight=feta) about it and it really showed EU-corruption at it's worst: most of the products used in "Greek" feta come from all over the EU - a lot of it.. from Denmark. "Greek" feta is about as Greek as hygge and the very word is about as Greek as Mount Etna.

[Sultan Suleiman]

Tastes like shit...

Kajmak is better :D

[The Lawspeaker]

Tastes like shit...

Kajmak is better :D

I like feta (the saltier the better). It's very popular here too and is used in salads.

[Sultan Suleiman]

I like feta (the saltier the better). It's very popular here too and is used in salads.

Once you try Kajmak you never go back (but Fetta cheese is a part of Kajmak). :thumb001:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb5xmh_diners-drive-ins-and-dives-cafe-pit_shortfilms

Here is the video about it :)

[Onur]

Actually.. the word feta seems to have come from Sicilian. It's about as Greek as well... smoking a water pipe. And in fact: the biggest producers of feta were the Danes until the Greeks bribed EU officials (and this has been proven too). Dutch tv had a very interesting program (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57907&highlight=feta) about it and it really showed EU-corruption at it's worst: most of the products used in "Greek" feta come from all over the EU - a lot of it.. from Denmark. "Greek" feta is about as Greek as hygge and the very word is about as Greek as Mount Etna.
Thanks for the link. I am not surprised tough because Greece also did same thing for yogurt, baklava, burek too. They tried to register these foods as "Greek only" in EU institutions despite that these words etymologically Turkish for certain. Turkey strongly reacted to that before.

[The Lawspeaker]

Thanks for the link. I am not surprised tough because Greece also did same thing for yogurt, baklava, burek too. They tried to register these foods as "Greek only" in EU institutions despite that these words etymologically Turkish for certain. Turkey strongly reacted to that before.

I am sure that Greece has some real regional specialities. What is the etymological origin of the words "corruption", "bribe" and "fraud" ? :cool:

[Heart of Oak]

Yes surprisingly its called Feta here too, I eat it in salads, we have so many cheeses here, its hard to choise, but if i had to, It would be Tickler; West countrie Chedder...

[Sultan Suleiman]

Yes surprisingly its called Feta here too, I eat it in salads, we have so many cheeses here, its hard to choise, but if i had to, It would be Tickler; West countrie Chedder...

Or you could just take Kajmak. :cool:

[The Lawspeaker]

At least Kajmak is original.

[Sultan Suleiman]

At least Kajmak is original.

Exactly, we made an original cheese by putting most of the known ones into one bowl and stirring it for 30 minutes :thumb001:

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

Nevermind..
We have 193 different type of cheese from 30 cities (I bet there are unknown specialities too)
Suzanne Swan's book on Turkish cheese ..“The Treasury of Turkish Cheeses” (Türkiye’nin Peynir Hazineleri)

Turkish Cheese: An Interview->http://www.foodsofturkey.com/FoodsofTurkey/Shop/Entries/2011/7/17_Turkish_Cheese__An_Interview.html

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1112/kitap201209021819068569.jpg

Another book.
When Milk Sleeps -Süt Uyuyunca -A Book on cheese making ,history of cheese and Turkish cheese types .Unfortunately only in Turkish for now ..

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3230/9753637551.jpg

[Tabiti]

We call it just "sirene" or "byalo salamureno sirene" - white brined cheese. I don't like it very much, however sheep and goat is not that bad.

[Loki]

I personally don't like feta cheese at all ... I prefer the yellow ones like the Dutch cheeses (edam, gouda etc) and the English ones (cheddar).

I also detest those French cheeses ... urghh ..

[Zmey Gorynych]

bulgarian cheese, great with olives and dry sausages

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

Blue cheese looks nice but tastes weird

But I like old and strong cheese types.. fresh cheese taste like milk curd I don't like milk taste in cheese.
I also like smoked cheese too..

[Tabiti]

I prefer stinky, fatty, salty, unpasturised or sweet cheeses like Cheddar, Red Leicester, Sage Derby, Gloucester, Gruer, Camembert, Brie, French and Dutch goat cheeses, etc. My less favourite type is Mozarella.

[Queen B]

Feta Cheese is a product with a protected designation of origin status (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_designation_of_origin) in Europe.

Feta was first recorded in Byzantine times, and specifically found in Crete.

For God's sake ,we are talking about cheese here..

lol look at the name...:picard1: .You can't find even one person in Turks obsessed with Greeks that much..you are seriously weird

May I please name one?

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

May I please name one?
Check his forum name :p

[Dacul]

Le coq Atroce,common we also have in Romania "telemea".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemea

[morski]

We call it just "sirene" or "byalo salamureno sirene" - white brined cheese. I don't like it very much, however sheep and goat is not that bad.

I have to add that it's rather different from the Feta thing.
It's made of cow, sheep or goat milk, it may be mixed.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ssPLIaa2PMw/TIH9Jc4R5jI/AAAAAAAAAfw/zzNOMGQNluo/s1600/03-27si.jpg
http://www.bgrecepti.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/recipe_198.jpg
And it's great for salads like the glorious Shopska salata.:D

http://sofiacompass.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/shopska-salata-spaghetti-company.jpg

Or Sirene po shopski.

http://yambolsite.com/my_pictures/avatar/guve4e.jpg

Deep-fried in egg and bread-crumbs.

http://www.restaurant-burgas.com/upload/132880975907_tn2.jpg

A crucial component in Yayca po panagyurski.

http://mama-gotvi.org/images/statii/qicapopanagurski.jpg

Or just a simple popara.:)

http://www.montenegrobookings.info/userFiles/upload/images/popara.jpg

Just don't make PowerPaw eat any of this stuff.;):D

[rashka]

yes, it is known both as "feta cheese" and "white cheese". i don't eat it, it tastes nashpa

What does nashpa mean?

[Dacul]

What does nashpa mean?

Something like nasty,not good.
Is from slang.

[rashka]

The Greek and Bulgarian feta cheese doesn't taste so good so I understand what that other member is saying. Kind of animal-like depending on which animal's milk is used. I know that goat feta is very strong. The white cheese made in Serbia is so much better. But too bad there isn't much trade going on but otherwise people would love to buy it. Most types of Feta in stores are Greek, Bulgarian and Ukrainian made.

I don't believe the origin is either Turkish, Greek nor Danish. The only reason why it is so well known as "Feta Cheese" is because it spread throughout the Western world by Greek restaurant owners, so people think that it is exclusively a Greek cheese but it is not. It is also East European. Albanians don't eat it as much - they are more into yoghurt products. My mom said that Turks don't make Feta cheese (maybe they eat some kind of semi-ripened white cheese - but that is not like Feta, which is cured in brine so it is sour).

[Damião de Góis]

We have one white cheese here, that we call queijo fresco (fresh cheese), but i don't know if it's the same thing, probably isn't.

http://www.dicasgratisbrasil.com/dicasgratisbrasilfotos/2009/07/como-fazer-um-bom-queijo-fresco.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wiINqhQ52no/T6rytwQK6VI/AAAAAAAAPeQ/-3QxHBjLm4k/s400/queijo_fresco_2.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GULXK_MTXdk/TCIxsWftwCI/AAAAAAAAAGU/b70mDpY3E2s/s1600/httpwww.flickr.comphotossteve-wilson525635424.jpg

http://www.hipersuper.pt/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/queijo_fresco.bmp

[Γέλως]

The so-called Feta cheese originates from the northern side Aegean Anatolia, a place called Ezine near Canakkale/Dardanelles. So, dear forumer with a Greek name, your Greek state cannot register it as a Greek cheese.
Dear forumer with a Turkish name, as I mentioned it has already a "protected designation of origin" status.

[The Lawspeaker]

Dear forumer with a Turkish name, as I mentioned it has already a "protected designation of origin" status.

Yap.. since they bribed EU officials.

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

T My mom said that Turks don't make Feta cheese (maybe they eat some kind of semi-ripened white cheese - but that is not like Feta, which is cured in brine so it is sour).

Yes our white cheese is sour and medium salty (not very much salty but it's not a non salty cheese,we wash it when we take a piece of cheese out of brine)
..I don't know other feta cheese though..May be that'a a different chese looking same..I love whole ezine cheese ,mature,not skimmed and ,hate fresh cheese..

This summer I bought an awesome drained yogurt with a strong sour taste (made of goat milk..) I tasted like dairy poem to me ..(yum!) nearly cheese like..
I love very sour yogurt too...

Perhaps every nation have their own preferences therefore a different version of feta..

[Onur]

Dear forumer with a Turkish name, as I mentioned it has already a "protected designation of origin" status.

Feta Cheese is a product with a protected designation of origin status (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_designation_of_origin) in Europe.
You can only register it`s name as Feta but we don't care about that because we don't use the Italian name Feta anyway.

I also specifically don't care about what EU institutions says. Tuan already explained in previous page that you registered it by bribing people in there. So, i say fck EU again.

[Fortis in Arduis]

I remember eating fresh sheep and goats' cheese as a child and it being something quite new and special, sourced directly from farmers, and often mixed with chives.

I do not think that we have anything like feta as a true native tradition, but other British Apricians might be able to correct me on this.

[Toretto]

Feta

[Queen B]

Dear forumer with a Turkish name, as I mentioned it has already a "protected designation of origin" status.

Its unacceptable for a Turk to see that Greece might have or produce something, and NOT claim it as its own.

:bored:

[Flintlocke]

White cheese :rolleyes: but I prefer the crunchy salty Danish cheese.

[morski]

White cheese :rolleyes: but I prefer the crunchy salty Danish cheese.

I used to eat it a lot but it disappeared from hte supermarkets here.:mad:

[Flintlocke]

I used to eat it a lot but it disappeared from hte supermarkets here.:mad:

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-hug005.gif

[Drawing-slim]

I personally think french feta from sheeps milk is the best feta there's.
Irish aged cheddar chesse is the tastiest as snacks. I'm addicted..

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

Its unacceptable for a Turk to see that Greece might have or produce something, and NOT claim it as its own.

:bored:

ofcourse

Anchient Greeks were eating these ..All European food :thumb001:

Sheep stomach

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3852/iskembe73511.jpg

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/6073/dsc04564m.jpg

Mongolian 'Great Energy Vitals Soup' . Consisted of Mutton heart, liver, kidney, lungs, inside stomach (as was described on the menu).

Greek İşkembe soup

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/1115/iskembeorbas.jpg
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/761/kokoresarma1575x262.jpg
Sheep bowels..kokoreç
Sheep bowels wrapped with liver ,heart other parts of animal with animal fat

Sheep head
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4742/smalahove.jpg
In kazakistan


Navigeaters whole lamb's head at Uncle George's Greek Tavern in Astoria
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4450/4398094073b4593c3be4b12.jpg

Greek shaslik
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/562/shaslik.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8018/dsc05771ir.jpg


Greek yogurt :)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9438/silifkeninyogurdu6ca04j.jpg

Alexander Kebap in Türkmenistan:)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8963/11472758654995dcb55f.jpg

[Queen B]

ofcourse

Anchient Greeks were eating these ..All European food :thumb001:

Sheep stomach

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3852/iskembe73511.jpg

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/6073/dsc04564m.jpg

Mongolian 'Great Energy Vitals Soup' . Consisted of Mutton heart, liver, kidney, lungs, inside stomach (as was described on the menu).

Greek İşkembe soup

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/1115/iskembeorbas.jpg
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/761/kokoresarma1575x262.jpg
Sheep bowels..kokoreç
Sheep bowels wrapped with liver ,heart other parts of animal with animal fat

Sheep head
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4742/smalahove.jpg
In kazakistan


Navigeaters whole lamb's head at Uncle George's Greek Tavern in Astoria
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4450/4398094073b4593c3be4b12.jpg

Greek shaslik
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/562/shaslik.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8018/dsc05771ir.jpg


Greek yogurt :)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9438/silifkeninyogurdu6ca04j.jpg

Alexander Kebap in Türkmenistan:)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8963/11472758654995dcb55f.jpg

What's exactly the point of your post?

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

-KOKORETSI -Greek food

I mean we share a lot of culture..Nice isn't it?:D


Kalofagas Greek restourant :Kokoretsi
http://www.kalofagas.ca/2010/04/07/kokoretsi-%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%83%C E%B9/


Finally, Andrew sampled goat organs that were wrapped in fat and tied up with intestines. And just when I thought he had gone an entire episode without saying something was "gamey," there it was: "The liver is very tinny; the intestines are a little gamey though. You know what you're eating when you eat those." Actually I don't, Andrew, but I'll take your word for it!
photo - Bizarre Food Mongolia

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1589/20100510intestines.jpg

[Tabiti]

Every nation who consume dairy has fermented milk products, because this is a way to preserve milk. No one invented the "hot water" with white cheese and yoghurt. There are just different types according to the certain environment, presented bacteria and methods of preparation.

[morski]

Every nation who consume dairy has fermented milk products, because this is a way to preserve milk. No one invented the "hot water" with white cheese and yoghurt. There are just different types according to the certain environment, presented bacteria and methods of preparation.

The voice of reason. Thank you.:thumb001:

[Leliana]

I don't know Feta and don't know what it is. Not common in Austria and Germany.

[Smaug]

"Queijo Branco" (White Cheese). There's a Brazilian variation from the state of Minas Gerais called "Queijo Minas".

[Queen B]

I mean we share a lot of culture..Nice isn't it?:D

We lived together 400 years during Ottoman empire, and a millenia during Byzantine empire, isn't it obvious that we have common food?
:picard1:

And who on earth did claim the sheep's head or intestines?
:picard2:

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

We lived together 400 years during Ottoman empire, and a millenia during Byzantine empire, isn't it obvious that we have common food?
:picard1:

And who on earth did claim the sheep's head or intestines?
:picard2:

Where do you hide your Greek yurts ,please ? :D

[Queen B]

Where do you hide your Greek yurts ,please ? :D

:confused: :picard2:

[Leadchucker]

Have feta in salads all the time. I try to buy the imported stuff from Europe when I can find. After having having real Cheddar cheese in Cheddar,Somerset,UK I've become a bit pickier about cheeses. The originals are the best,many made here don't approach the taste or texture of the real stuff. Cheddar made here don't have the milk fat content because we don't have the same grasses the cattle feed on. All time favourite cheese is Stilton from UK.

[arcticwolf]

Yes it is and it's called .... Feta cheese. :D

I still miss the feta made fresh in Greece, the thing I can buy here only vaguely resembles the real Greek feta cheese!

Dandelion honey you need to send me some real Greek Feta cheese I miss it! ;)

[Queen B]

Dandelion honey you need to send me some real Greek Feta cheese I miss it! ;)
Sure, I ll pack some and send it ;)

[arcticwolf]

Sure, I ll pack some and send it ;)

You are an angel! You look like one and have a heart of gold! :thumb001:

[Ushtari]

We say 'Djath' in albanian

[Veneda]

There are ‘feta’-like cheeses available in Poland made by Polish diaries and original feta imported from Greece.

Years before there was a cheese in Poland called solan, which taste resembled feta, but now it is not available due to unknown reasons.

The only Polish cheese which resembles taste of ‘feta’ now is salty sheep milk cheese called ‘bryndza’ ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryndza), but the structure is different. Bryndza is a kind of soft cheese.

http://zajadajmy.blox.pl/resource/bryndza_1.jpg
http://www.bocian.co.uk/upload/Products/bryndza-125g-7274.jpg

We have white cheese (or cottage cheese) called biały ser, but it is different from ‘feta’ in taste. It is very delicate and not salty.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A5JSnHgJI-A/T9-p7-G5cVI/AAAAAAAAAIc/e77jtxgtH04/s1600/bialyserv2.jpg
http://x.garnek.pl/ga3779/a50864cd219945a9863671a3/bialy_ser_domowej_roboty.jpg

[Mans not hot]

Yuck.

[Virtuous]

similar? not?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A0bejna

[ioan assen]

I m addicted to Bulgarian white cheese... It tastes delicious when eaten alone or added to most salads!!!
Absolutely amazing!!!

[Absinthe]

Let's start the new Balkan Crusade about the origins of feta... :picard1:

By the way if you're ever in Greece you should try its cousin called Anthotyros (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthotyros), which is a much lighter, low fat and subtle tasting white cheese. I am sure there are versions of that in the Balkans as well. :)

[morski]

similar? not?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A0bejna

Insufficient.

[Onur]

you should try its cousin called Anthotyros (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthotyros), which is a much lighter, low fat and subtle tasting white cheese. I am sure there are versions of that in the Balkans as well. :)
We call that variant as "Lor" in Turkey. We generally use it in burek but also as a garnish for pasta, cheese and salad. I ate it today :)

[Sarmatian]

Ioanian philosophers didn't live during the Ottoman era. So it`s out of question.

Also whole world knows that Turks are famous with their dairy products like yogurt, cheese, kefir, ayran and such.

I have never heard Ionian philosophers like Sophocles eating white cheese or drinking ayran with kebabs and then perform zeybek dance. I know you are a funny character but quit trying to link everything in Anatolia with ancient Greek philosophers because you are being even more ridicules.

Is it another example of Turkish ignorance?

Yogurt was known to ancient Iranians as far back as 2000BC. Nothing to do with Turks.

Kefir is Caucasian drink, not Turkish. Circassians, Ossetians and other Caucasians were making it for centuries.

But claiming that feta is Turkish food because the territories where its originated belongs to Turks now is like saying kefir is Russian drink because Caucasus belongs to Russia :rolleyes:

[Sophie]

Anatolian Turks invented nothing, just stole everything from Iranians


This "ayran" is another copy of traditional Iranian drink called doogh

[Siberian Cold Breeze]

yes ofcourse ,we lived on animal husbandry for ages and invented nothing :D
but sedantery farmers did