[Sca-cooks] cheese color

Stefan li Rous stefan at texas.net
Tue Jul 24 23:28:50 PDT 2001


From: "chirhart_1" <chirhart_1 at netzero.net>
> Its what gives cheese its color

> > Gwynydd wrote:
> > >1) What is 'Achiote'?
> >
> > Achiote is the same as Annatto, a somewhat pyramidal seed used to
> > give a red, orange, or yellow color (depending on how much you use).
> > Available in markets that sell Caribbean and/or Latin American
> > products

Huh? Achiote is a New World item. Didn't the cheese produced before
Columbus have a color? Or those produced today using Old World
techniques? Hey, I want to see some of this transparent cheese. :-)

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