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a cheese so polite it never offends, which is its quietest crime.
means A mild, semi-hard Dutch cheese, traditionally shaped into a ball and coated in red wax, named for the town where it was first traded.
from Named for Edam, a town in the north of the Netherlands, where the cheese was sold at market rather than necessarily made — so the name marks a place of commerce, not a recipe. The town's own name comes from a dam built on the little river Ee (or IJe), making 'Edam' essentially 'the dam on the Ee.' So a cheese famous for going quietly anywhere began life named after a structure built to hold water back.
- wax armor
- Red coating once protected it on long sea voyages
- ages well
- Hardens with age, surviving years like a relic
- low fat
- Leaner than most cheeses, almost suspiciously virtuous
- dutch export
- Named after a town near Amsterdam
- floats theory
- Aged rounds reportedly bounce instead of crumble
edam cheese — dutch cheese from edam, netherlands, distinctive red wax coating, produced since 14th century
edam netherlands — historic port town in north holland province, famous cheese market held every wednesday in summer