r spiced cheeses and spreads specify not less
than 1-1/2 ounces of spice to 100 pounds of cheese.

Spiced Fondue _see_ Vacherin Fondu.
_France_

Spitz Spitzkase
_Germany_

Small cylinder, four by one and a half inches. Caraway spiced,
Limburger-like. _see_ Backsteiner.

Sposi
_Italy_

Soft; small; cream.

Spra
_Greek_

Sharp and pleasantly salty, packed fresh from the brine bath in
one-pound jars. As tasty as all Greek cheeses because they are made
principally from sheep milk.

Staengenkase
_Germany_

Limburger type.

Stein Kaese
_U.S.A._

Aromatic, piquant "stone." A beer stein accompaniment well made after
the old German original.

Steinbuscher-Kaese
_German_

Semihard; firm; full cream; mildly sour and pungent. Brick forms,
reddish and buttery. Originated in Frankfurt. Highly thought of at
home but little known abroad.

Steppe
_Russia, Germany, Austria, Denmark_

German colonists made and named this in Russia. Rich and mellow, it
tastes like Tilsiter and is now made in Denmark for export, as well as
in Germany and Austria for home consumption.

Stilton _see_ Chapter 3.

Stirred curd cheese
_U.S.A._

Similar to Cheddar, but more granular, softer in texture and marketed
younger.

Stracchino
_Italy_

Soft; goat; fresh cream; winter; light yellow; very sharp, rich and
pungent. Made in many parts of Italy and eaten sliced, never grated. A
fine cheese of which Taleggio is the leading variety. See in Chapter
3. Also see Certoso Stracchino.

Stracchino Crescenza is an extremely soft and highly colored member of
this distinguished family.

Stravecchio
_Italy_

Well-aged, according to the name.
Creamy and mellow.

Stringer _see_ Spalen.

Styria
_Austria_

Whole milk. Cylindrical form.

Suffolk
_England_

An old-timer, seldom seen today. Stony-hard, horny "flet milk"
cartwheels locally nicknamed "bang." Never popular anywhere, it has
stood more abuse than Limburger, not for its smell but for its flinty
hardness.

"Hunger will break through stone walls and anything
except a Suffolk cheese."

"Those that made me were uncivil
For they made me harder than the devil.
Knives won't cut me; fire won't sweat me;
Dogs bark at me, but can't eat me."

Surati, Panir
_India_

Buffalo milk. Uncolored.

Suraz
_Serbia_

Semihard and semisoft.

Sveciaost
_Sweden_

A national pride, named for its country, Swedish cheese, to match
Swiss cheese and Du