Lighvan cheese Lighvan cheese Lighvan () is a brined curd cheese traditionally made in Iran. Having a sour flavor, and a shape covered by holes, the cheese is produced from sheep’s milk. The name comes from Liqvan, a village in East Azerbaijan, where it has traditionally been made. The milk is coagulated with rennet tablets, then the curd is packed into triangular cloth bags and is allowed to drain thoroughly. The triangular blocks of cheese, which are about thick, are removed from the bag and put in an earthenware pot. Then they are covered with salt, and are left for two days.
Teleme cheese Teleme cheese Teleme is an American semi-soft cheese originating from the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Influenced by the cheese made by Greek immigrants in California, although the origins of which historically reach back to the nomadic Yoruk/Turkmen Turkic people who have roamed the mountains and plateaus of southern and southeastern Turkey, and is still produced in the traditional method by goat herders as a major part of their sustenance when they are out on the mountains; from fresh, warm goat's milk acidified and coagulated with totally natural ingredients foraged there and then, one of which is the sap/milk