With Fall Weather Fast Approaching, Now's The Time To Learn About 'Mountain' Cheeses

I have been into Mountain cheeses lately. A “Mountain” cheese can refer to a wide variety of cheeses that are made in the mountains.

But it can also refer to a specific style. The specific style is what I am referring to.

Paul Kindstedt wrote about the characteristics of these cheeses: “moderate to large-sized, wheel-shaped, firm-bodied, rugged, long-lived … durable-rind cheeses with firm elastic bodies, and sometimes with holes or eyes, and with flavor profiles often described as ‘nutty.’ ”

In his book “Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization,” Kindstedt talked about the commonalities of these cheeses that popped up all throughout the Alps and other mountain ranges in Europe.

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