A Feta Fetish: Towards a better feta cheese for all
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Hello....! Who hasn't heard of feta cheese among us? Now I'm not saying that you necessary need to like it, but most of us know about this white, tangy & salty Greek cheese served with your Greek salad on your favourite holiday destination. But is the feta cheese we eat a "fait accompli"? (or feta accompli?) What is Sfella or "Feta of the Fire"? On today's episode we look at the facts currently and finds out that this is by far not the truth. A lot of deception happens from the rugged mountains in the north west of Greece till the final product reaches your table in faraway lands... Here's some great PDO fetas and other delicious goat and sheep milk cheeses from Greece. Moiras Cheesemakers Geraki Lakonia: (Μοίρας Τυροκομικά, Γεράκι Λακωνίας) tel: +30 27310-71.378 Traditional Cheesemaker Tsatsoulis Levidi Arkadias (Παραδοσιακό Τυροκομείο Τσατσουλή, Λεβίδι Αρκαδίας) www.tsatsoulis.com.gr Goat cheese with character: www.tousias.gr Another great Feta cheese: https://chelmos.gr/ https://www.maltbyandgreek.com/chelmos-feta-pdo-4kg-in-100g-slices Thanks for listening! The Delicious Legacy Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-delicious-legacy. If you love to time-travel through food and history why not join us at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-delicious-legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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