Sakura cheese
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| Country of origin | Japan |
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Sakura cheese Sakura Chīzu (桜チーズ, literally "Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Cheese")) is a soft cheese created in Hokkaidō, Japan. This cheese is a creamy white, and is flavored with mountain cherry leaves, and accented with pickled cherry blossom flowers; 'Sakura' means "cherry blossom" in Japanese, and is recognized as a symbol of Japan and Japanese culture.
It is the first widely acclaimed Japanese cheese, as the vast majority of cheeses in general were a European/Mediterranean phenomenon. It has the rare distinction of winning a gold medal[1] at the Mountain Cheese Olympics in Appenzell, Switzerland, which normally favors Swiss, Italian, or French cheeses almost exclusively for awards. The medal was in the "soft cheese" category.
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References
- ^ "Japan wins Swiss cheese prize". www.abc.net.au. October 30, 2004.
- Hurt, Jeanette; Ehlers, Steve (2008). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cheeses of the World. DK Publishing. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-4406-3618-9. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Feldman, Susan (2012). The Answer Machine. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-60845-934-6. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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