Egyptian cheese
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title:
Egyptian cheese
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Egyptian cheese has a long history, and continues to be an important part of the Egyptian diet. There is evidence of cheese-making over 5,000 years ago in the time of the First Dynasty of Egypt. In the Middle Ages, the city of Damietta was famous for its soft, white cheese. Cheese was also imported, and the common hard yellow cheese, rumi, takes its name from the Arabic word for "Roman".
Although many rural people still make their own cheese, notably the fermented mish, mass-produced cheeses are
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Cheeses made in Egypt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_cheese
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2013-04-14T16:05:11Z
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2024-08-31T20:04:57Z
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