Sulguni, a brined Georgian cheese for sale in the market of Kutaisi,Georgia, Eurasia.

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Wikipedia: Sulguni (Georgian: სულგუნი, სულუგუნი sulguni, suluguni; Mingrelian: სელეგინ selegin) is a brined Georgian cheese from the Svaneti and Samegrelo regions. It has a sour, moderately salty flavor, a dimpled texture, and an elastic consistency; these attributes are the result of the process used, as is the source of its nickname "pickle cheese". Its color ranges from white to pale yellow. Sulguni is often deep-fried, which masks its odor. It is often served in wedges. A typical sulguni cheese is shaped as a flat disc, to centimeters thick. It weighs to kg ( to lb) and contains 50% water and between 1% and 5% salt. Dry fat content averages 45%. Sulguni is produced only of natural ingredients: normalized cow milk by clotting by rennet with pure cultures of lactic bacteria.

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Location: Kutaisi, Imereti Region, Georgia, Caucasus Mountains
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