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'''Queijo coalho''' or '''Queijo de coalho''' ('coalho' cheese in Portuguese, pronounced 'KAY-zhoo KWAH-lyoo') 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 'KAY-zhoo KWAH-lyoo') 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. Such cheese is often made in the home using [[rennet]] derived the stomach lining of the local species of guinea pig, the [[Rock Cavy]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[List of Brazilian dishes]]
*[[List of Brazilian dishes]]


==External link==
*[http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0251e/T0251E13.htm FAO document describing various cheeses]
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Revision as of 23:57, 18 December 2006

Queijo coalho.

Queijo coalho or Queijo de coalho ('coalho' cheese in Portuguese, pronounced 'KAY-zhoo KWAH-lyoo') 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. Such cheese is often made in the home using rennet derived the stomach lining of the local species of guinea pig, the Rock Cavy.

See also

External link