[Sca-cooks] pinto cheese
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Sat Nov 13 22:04:00 PST 2004
>>Pinto Cheese, hmmm, cheese made from the milk of Pinto horse mares?
>I doubt it. Just as there is little evidence for eating horsemeat in
>Europe in period, I don't know of any examples of using horse milk
>in Europe in period. Anyone know of any?
>
>I would think this might apply to a spotted cheese. You see this
>today when they mix cheddar and a white cheese together. Spotted is
>what "pinto" means, right? As in the horse or pinto beans.
Orange cheese is artificially colored, usually with annatto which is
new world. Is there any evidence for bright orange cheese in period?
Safflower or other dyes could be used for this, but is there any
evidence that it was?
The mixed cheese is made by mixing dyed and undyed curds. I believe
that cutting the curds in that manner is part of the cheddaring
process, which I don't believe is period. But I suppose Pinto cheese
could be speckled in some other way.
Ranvaig
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