cked in half
moons.

Melun
_France_
Brown-red rind, yellow inside; high-smelling. There is also a Brie de
Melun.

Mentelto
_Italy_
Sharp; goat; from the Mentelto mountains

Merignac
_France_
Goat.

Merovingian
_Northeast France_
Semisoft; white; creamy; sharp; historic since the time of the
Merovingian kings.

Mersem
_France_
Lightly cooked.

Mesitra
_Crimea_
Eaten when fresh and unsalted; also when ripened. Soft, ewe's milk.

Mesost
_Sweden_
Whey; sweetish.

Metton
_Franche-Comte, France_
Season October to June.

Meuse
_France_
Soft; piquant; aromatic.

Midget Salami Provolone
_U.S.A._
This goes Baby Goudas and Edams one better by being a sort of sausage,
too.

Mignot
_Calvados, France_
_White, No. I:_ Soft; fresh; in small cubes or cylinders; in season
only in summer, April to September.

_Passe, No. II:_ Soft but ripened, and in the same forms, but only
seasonal in winter, October to March. Similar to Pont l'Eveque and
popular for more than a century. It goes specially well with Calvados
cider, fresh, hard or distilled.

Migras

Name given to spring Brie--midway between fat winter Gras and thin
summer Maigre.

Milano, Stracchino di Milano, Fresco, Quardo
_Italy_

Similar to Bel Paese. Yellow, with thin rind. 1-1/2 to 2-3/4 inches
thick, 3 to 6-1/2 pounds.

Milk Mud _see_ Schlickermilch.

Millefiori
_Milan, Italy_

A Thousand Flowers--as highly scented as its sentimental name. Yet no
cheeses are so freshly fragrant as these flowery Alpine ones.

Milltown Bar
_U.S.A._

Robust texture and flavor reminiscent of free-lunch and old-time bars.

Milk cheeses

Milks that make cheese around the world:

Ass
Buffalo
Camel
Chamois
Elephant
Goat
Human (_see_ Mother's milk)
Llama
Mare
Reindeer
Sea cow (Amazonian legend)
Sheep
Whale (legendary; see Whale Cheese)
Yak
Zebra
Zebu

U.S. pure food laws prohibit cheeses made of unusual or strange
animal's milk, such as camel, llama and zebra.

Milwaukee Kuemmelkaese
and Hand Kaese
_U.S.A._

Aromatic with caraway, brought from Germany by early emigrants and
successfully imitated.

Minas
_Brazil_

Name for the Brazilian state of Minas Geraes, where it is made.
Semihard; white; round two-pounder; often chalky. The two best brands
are one called Primavera, Spring, and another put out by the Swiss
professors who teach the art at the Agricultural University in the
State Capital, Bello Horizonte.

Minnesota Blue