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It definitely is feta, but it's old. It's also definitely good, I don't think even Greek people would object to it. Obviously eating feta that's made the same m

by tinco 3y ago

It definitely is feta, but it's old. It's also definitely good, I don't think even Greek people would object to it. Obviously eating feta that's made the same morning you eat it isn't a feasible thing to always do. It's just not as good as fresh feta.

tyrokomos 3y ago
It's me again, Greek cheesemaker. You can't eat feta the morning you make it! At that point it's not even cheese, just slightly compressed and dehydrated curd. You have to wait at least three months until that curd tastes and smells like feta. For feta to develop its character it has to be aged for at least that long in brine, preferrably in wooden barrels that allow the characteristic surface cultures to grow. You can eat myzithra the day you make feta, myzithra being a whey cheese that is traditionally made with the whey left over from making feta, and typically served at the dinner table of the cheesemaker's family. Now, fresh myzithra is a heavenly thing to eat and most people indeed will not be able to experience it, until they have the necessary connections to a handsome and intelligent Greek cheesemaker :P But you can buy even myzithra at the supermarket, thanks to the wonders of modern refrigeration technology. Why are you saying that feta must be eaten fresh? I think you're mixing it up with myzithra, or some other cheese that's usually eaten fresh. Myzithra, or anthotyro, look very much like feta, and even have similar taste, since they're made from the same milk, and (if you make it the traditional way) by the same person as the feta.
- tinco 3y ago
  Thank you! I think you're right and I'm mistaken. I'm basing it off one time eating a gyros in a residential neighbourhood in Athens that had a delicious soft cheese in it that tasted like feta but was not it. Someone told me I had to get it fresh, and I could never find it in supermarkets. I figured the Greek were hiding the good stuff from us, but your explanation makes way more sense. I'll try and find Myzithra or Anthotyro next time I'm in Greece! Edit: it sounds dumb since it was just a gyros, but this gyros was so legendary I'm still thinking about it ten years later, and I've been to Greece multiple times since then, though never again to Athens.

by tinco 3y ago

tyrokomos 3y ago

It's me again, Greek cheesemaker. You can't eat feta the morning you make it! At that point it's not even cheese, just slightly compressed and dehydrated curd. You have to wait at least three months until that curd tastes and smells like feta. For feta to develop its character it has to be aged for at least that long in brine, preferrably in wooden barrels that allow the characteristic surface cultures to grow. You can eat myzithra the day you make feta, myzithra being a whey cheese that is traditionally made with the whey left over from making feta, and typically served at the dinner table of the cheesemaker's family. Now, fresh myzithra is a heavenly thing to eat and most people indeed will not be able to experience it, until they have the necessary connections to a handsome and intelligent Greek cheesemaker :P But you can buy even myzithra at the supermarket, thanks to the wonders of modern refrigeration technology. Why are you saying that feta must be eaten fresh? I think you're mixing it up with myzithra, or some other cheese that's usually eaten fresh. Myzithra, or anthotyro, look very much like feta, and even have similar taste, since they're made from the same milk, and (if you make it the traditional way) by the same person as the feta.

tinco 3y ago
Thank you! I think you're right and I'm mistaken. I'm basing it off one time eating a gyros in a residential neighbourhood in Athens that had a delicious soft cheese in it that tasted like feta but was not it. Someone told me I had to get it fresh, and I could never find it in supermarkets. I figured the Greek were hiding the good stuff from us, but your explanation makes way more sense. I'll try and find Myzithra or Anthotyro next time I'm in Greece! Edit: it sounds dumb since it was just a gyros, but this gyros was so legendary I'm still thinking about it ten years later, and I've been to Greece multiple times since then, though never again to Athens.