oscypek

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Oscypek is a smoked, salty sheep’s milk cheese from Poland’s Tatra Mountains, closely associated with the culture and traditions of the Górale (Highlanders).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cheese
traditional regional food
aging short maturation
associatedWithEthnicGroup Górale NERFINISHED
Polish Highlanders NERFINISHED
cannotBeLabeledAsOscypekIf made without required proportion of sheep’s milk
produced outside designated Tatra region
coagulationMethod rennet
color golden brown surface
pale yellow
consumptionSeason mainly late spring to autumn
countryOfOrigin Poland
culturalSignificance iconic product of the Tatra region
symbol of Górale culture
curdTreatment kneaded
pressed
hasTaste salty
smoky
languageOfName Polish
legalStatus EU Protected Designation of Origin NERFINISHED
mainIngredient sheep’s milk
milkSource Polish Mountain Sheep
milkType raw milk
nameRefersTo traditional highlander cheese from the Tatras
PDORegistrationYear 2007
PDOStatusGrantedBy European Union NERFINISHED
productionMethod brined
hand-formed
smoked
regionOfOrigin Tatra Mountains NERFINISHED
regulatedBy traditional specification for oscypek
servedAs appetizer
snack
servedWith cranberry sauce
lingonberry preserve
similarTo bryndza podhalańska (related regional cheese)
smokingFuel wood
smokingLocation shepherds’ huts
traditional mountain huts
soldIn Zakopane NERFINISHED
mountain markets in southern Poland
surfaceDecoration carved geometric patterns
texture firm
slightly elastic
traditionalRegion Małopolskie Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Podhale NERFINISHED
typicalShape decoratively patterned cylinder
spindle-shaped
usedInCuisine Polish cuisine

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