white. _See_ Chapter 4.

Herrgardsost, Farm House or Manor House
_West Gothland and Jamtland, Sweden_

Hard Emmentaler type in two qualities: full cream and half cream.
Weighs 25 to 40 pounds. It is the most popular cheese in all Sweden
and the best is from West Gothland and Jutland.

Herrgardstyp _see_ Hushallsost.

Herve
_Belgium_

Soft; made in cubes and peppered with _herbes_ such as tarragon,
parsley and chives. It flourishes from November to May and comes in
three qualities: extra cream, cream, and part skim milk.

Hickory Smoked
_U.S.A._

Good smoke is often wasted on bad cheese.

Hohenburg _see_ Box No. II.

Hohenheim
_Germany_

Soft; part skimmed milk; half-pound cylinders. (See Box No. I.)

Hoi Poi
_China_

Soybean cheese, developed by vegetable rennet. Exported in jars.

Hoja _see_ Queso de.

Hollander
_North Germany_

Imitation Dutch Goudas and Edams, chiefly from Neukirchen in Holstein.

Holstein Dairy _see_ Leather.

Holsteiner, or Old Holsteiner
_Germany_

Eaten best when old, with butter, or in the North, with dripping.

Holstein Health, or Holsteiner Gesundheitkaese
_Germany_

Sour-milk curd pressed hard and then cooked in a tin kettle with a
little cream and salt. When mixed and melted it is poured into
half-pound molds and cooled.

Holstein Skim Milk or Holstein Magerkaese
_Germany_

Skim-milker colored with saffron. Its name, "thin cheese," tells all.

Hop, Hopfen
_Germany_

Small, one inch by 2-1/2 inches, packed in hops to ripen. An ideal
beer cheese, loaded with lupulin.

Hopi
_U.S.A._

Hard; goat; brittle; sharp; supposed to have been made first by the
Hopi Indians out west where it's still at home.

Horner's
_England_

An old cream cheese brand in Redditch where Worcestershire sauce
originated.

Horse Cheese

Not made of mare's milk, but the nickname for Caciocavallo because of
the horse's head used to trademark the first edition of it.

Hum
_Holland_

Brand name of one of those mild little red Baby Goudas that make you
say "Ho-hum."

Hushallsost, Household Cheese
_Sweden_

Popular in three types:
Herrgardstyp--Farmhouse
Vaestgoetatyp--Westgotland
Sveciatyp--Swedish

Hvid Gjetost
_Norway_

A strong variety of Gjetost, little known and less liked outside of
Scandinavia.

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Icelandic

In _Letters from Iceland_, W.H. Auden says: "The ordinary cheese is
like a strong Dutch and good. There is also a brown sweet cheese, like
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