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Re: a cheese question
Posted By: Travholt, on host 193.69.109.2
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2001, at 01:48:11
In Reply To: Re: a cheese question posted by Faux Pas on Tuesday, October 9, 2001, at 13:15:41:

> "Licht" = "light". "Belegen" = "voucher". Belegen could also be the name of a region, a town, or a cheesemaking family's name, making it the lighter version of one of their cheeses.

I suppose Sosiqui would be the one to ask, but let me just pitch in and say I'm pretty sure "licht belegen" would translate to something like "lightly stored", which would make it stored, but still mild variant. I found a couple of web sites with table listings of food names. In one, "Gouda - licht belegen" had the explanation "red wax - mild" next to it. In another, "belegen kaas" is translated to "stored cheese". And in the one linked below, "belegen" is explained as "ripe".

Travholt - licht belegen


Link: Shopping for cheese in Amsterdam

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