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'''Queijo coalho''' or '''Queijo de coalho''' ('coalho' cheese in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], pronounced [ke'ʒu 'kʷaʎu]) is a firm but very lightweight [[cheese]] produced in [[Brazil]]. It is rather salty and has an almost 'squeaky' texture when bitten into. It is a very popular and cheap snack on the beach in Brazil, where walking vendors brown rectangular slabs of it in hand-held charcoal ovens, often with a sprinkling of [[oregano]] and [[garlic]]-flavored sauce. It is eaten off a stick, much like a [[kebab]]. "Queijo coalho! Queijo na brasa!" ("cheese over the coals") is the vendors' incessant call.
'''Queijo coalho''' or '''Queijo de coalho''' ('coalho' cheese in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], pronounced [ke'ʒu 'kʷaʎu]) is a firm but very lightweight [[cheese]] produced in [[Brazil]]. It is rather salty and has an almost 'squeaky' texture when bitten into. It is a very popular and cheap snack on the beach in Brazil, where walking vendors brown rectangular slabs of it in hand-held charcoal ovens, often with a sprinkling of [[oregano]] and [[garlic]]-flavored sauce. It is eaten off a stick, much like a [[kebab]].


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Revision as of 03:12, 11 September 2009

Queijo coalho.

Queijo coalho or Queijo de coalho ('coalho' cheese in Portuguese, pronounced [ke'ʒu 'kʷaʎu]) is a firm but very lightweight cheese produced in Brazil. It is rather salty and has an almost 'squeaky' texture when bitten into. It is a very popular and cheap snack on the beach in Brazil, where walking vendors brown rectangular slabs of it in hand-held charcoal ovens, often with a sprinkling of oregano and garlic-flavored sauce. It is eaten off a stick, much like a kebab.

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