Olomouc cheese

noun

a kind of ripened soft cheese, characteristic with its strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, traditionally made in central Moravia, the Czech Republic

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Meanings

nounOlomouc cheese (uncountable)
  1. uncountablea kind of ripened soft cheese, characteristic with its strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, traditionally made in central Moravia, the Czech Republic

    Try the zingy wheat beer with the stinky Olomouc cheese.

    2009, Lisa Dunford, Central Europe, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 148
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    Excess acidity has been neutralized in some milks by the use of sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate, e.g. in the former Czechoslovakia for Olomouc cheese.

    1998, R. Andrew Wilbey, J.E. Scott, Richard K. Robinson, Cheesemaking Practice, New York: Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 102

Origin

The proper noun Olomouc refers to the fact that the cheese has been traditionally produced in the surroundings of the city of Olomouc and in the past used to be sold especially in Olomouc markets.

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Translations

Czech olomoucké tvarůžky, olomoucké syrečky
  • olomoucké tvarůžkyOlomouc cheese
  • olomoucké syrečkyOlomouc cheese
Finnish Olmützer Quargel
  • Olmützer QuargelOlomouc cheese
German Olmützer Quargel, Quargel
  • Olmützer QuargelOlomouc cheese
  • QuargelOlomouc cheese
Hungarian olmützi kvargli, kvargli
  • olmützi kvargliOlomouc cheese
  • kvargliOlomouc cheese
Polish twarożki ołomunieckie, serki ołomunieckie
  • twarożki ołomunieckieOlomouc cheese
  • serki ołomunieckieOlomouc cheese
Russian Оломоуцкие сырки
  • Оломоуцкие сырки (Olomouckije syrki)Olomouc cheese
Slovak Olomoucké tvarôžky, Olomoucké syrčeky
  • Olomoucké tvarôžkyOlomouc cheese
  • Olomoucké syrčekyOlomouc cheese
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