to May. (_See_ Brie.)

Gratairon
_France_

Goat milk named, as so many are, from the place it is made.

Graubuenden
_Switzerland_

A luscious half-dried sheep's milker.

Green Bay
_U.S.A._

Medium-sharp, splendid White Cheddar from Green Bay, Wisconsin, the
Limburger county.

Grey
_Germany and Austrian Tyrol_

Semisoft; sour skim milk with salty flavor from curing in brine bath.
Named from the gray color that pervades the entire cheese when ripe.
It has a very pleasant taste.

Gruyere _see_ Chapter 3.

Guessing, or Land-l-kas
_Austria_

Similar to Brick. Skim milk. Weight between four and eight pounds.

H

Habas _see_ Caille.

Hable Creme Chantilly
_Oesmo, Sweden_

Soft ripened dessert cheese made from pasteurized cream by the old
Walla Creamery. Put up in five-ounce wedge-shaped boxes for export and
sold for a high price, well over two dollars a pound, in fancy big
city groceries. Truly an aristocrat of cheeses to compare with the
finest French Brie or Camembert. _See_ Chapter 3.

Hand _see_ Chapter 3.

Hard
_Puerto Rico_

Dry; tangy.

Harzkaese, Harz
_Harz Mountains, Germany_

Tiny hand cheese. Probably the world's smallest soft cheese, varying
from 2-1/2 inches by 1-1/2 down to 1/4 by 1-1/2. Packed in little
boxes, a dozen together, rubbing rinds, as close as sardines. And like
Harz canaries, they thrive on seeds, chiefly caraway.

Harze
_Belgium_

Port-Salut type from the Trappist monastery
at Harze.

Hasandach
_Turkey_

Bland; sweet.

Hauskaese.
_Germany_

Limburger type. Disk-shaped.

Haute Marne
_France_

Soft; square.

Hay, or Fromage au Foin
_Seine, France_

A skim-milker resembling "a poor grade of Livarot." Nothing to write
home about, except that it is ripened on new-mown hay.

Hazebrook

There are two kinds:

I. Flemish; a Fromage Fort type with white wine, juniper, salt and
pepper. Excessively strong for bland American tasters.

II. Franche-Comte, France; small dry goat's milker, pounded, potted and
marinated in a mixture of thyme, tarragon, leeks, pepper and brandy.

Head

Four cheeses are called Head:

The French Death's Head.
Swiss Monk's Head.
Dutch Cat's Head.
Moor's Head.

There's headcheese besides but that's made of a pig's head and is only
a cheese by discourtesy.

Health _see_ Holstein.

Herbesthal
_Germany_

Named from a valley full of rich _herbes_ for grazing.

Herkimer
_U.S.A._

Cheddar type; nearly