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the brick of brine that's been crashing salads since before Rome had emperors
means A crumbly white cheese, traditionally made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine, central to Greek and broader Mediterranean cooking.
from The name comes from Modern Greek 'féta,' meaning 'slice' or 'slab' — itself borrowed from the Italian 'fetta' (a slice), which traces back to Latin 'offa,' a morsel or lump. The word likely became attached to the cheese in the 17th century, naming it for the way it's cut into slabs before going into the brine. The cheese itself, of course, is far older than its borrowed Italian name, with brined sheep's-milk cheeses described in antiquity.
- legally greek
- EU-protected: real feta only comes from Greece
- ancient cheese
- referenced in Homer's Odyssey thousands of years ago
- crumble king
- made from sheep milk, sometimes blended with goat
- brine life
- stored swimming in salty water to age
- viral baked
- a TikTok pasta recipe emptied stores worldwide in 2021
feta cheese — protected designation of origin (pdo) product from greece, made from sheep's milk since ancient times
dodoni feta — leading greek feta producer in epirus region, established 1960, supplies 30% of greece's feta
bulgarian white cheese — similar brined cheese made in bulgaria, often marketed as feta despite lacking pdo protection