Bryndza Explained

Bryndza
Region:Central and Eastern Europe[1]
Source:Sheep, goat, cow
Pasteurised:No
Texture:Depends on variety
Fat:Depends on variety
Certification:Polish: [[Bryndza Podhalańska]]

PDO[2]
Slovak: [[Slovenská bryndza]]: PGI[3]

Bryndza or brynza is a sheep milk cheese made across much of East-Central Europe, including in Ukraine[4] and Slovakia. Bryndza cheese is creamy white in appearance, known for its characteristic strong smell and taste. The cheese is white, tangy, crumbly and slightly moist. It has characteristic odor and flavor with a notable taste of butyric acid. The overall flavor sensation begins slightly mild, then goes strong and finally fades to a salty finish. Recipes differ slightly across countries.

Brynza is an essential ingredient in preparing Ukrainian cornmeal dish called banosh.

Etymology

Bryndza or Brynza, a word borrowed from Romanian brânză ("cheese"), is used in various European countries,[5] due to its introduction by migrating Vlachs. The word brânză (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈbrɨnzə/) is simply the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian.[6]

According to the Romanian Explanatory Dictionary the etymology of ”brânză” is unknown.[7] It is a word presumably inherited by the Romanian language from Dacian,[8] [9] the language of the pre-Roman population in modern-day Romania. Alternatively, it is possibly related to Albanian brëndës (“intestines”). Originally it referred to cheeses prepared in a sheep's stomach by reacting with the rennet inside.[10] Outside Slovakia, Romania and the flanking regions of southern Poland, it is still popular nowadays in the Czech Republic under the Czech spelling "brynza".

Other regional names for the product include juhtúró in Hungarian, брынза in Russian, brenca in Serbian, Brimsen in German, бринза and бринзя in Ukrainian and ברינזע in Yiddish.[11]

History

The word was first recorded as brençe, described as "Vlach cheese", in the Croatian port of Dubrovnik in 1370. Bryndza was first recorded in the Slovak counties of Hungary in 1470 and in the adjacent Polish region of Podhale in 1527.[12] In Slovakia, bryndza is regarded as a typically Slovak product and it is one of the main ingredients in the national dish bryndzové halušky. The modern version of the soft spreadable bryndza is believed to have been developed by entrepreneurs from Stará Turá (Western Slovakia) toward the end of the 18th century.[13] They founded bryndza manufactures in mountainous regions of Central and Northern Slovakia, where local sheep cheese manufacturing had deep roots. They traded bryndza and popularized it all around the Austrian Habsburg monarchy. In Austria, it was called Liptauer, after the northern Slovak Liptov region. The Viennese speciality Liptauer, a savoury cheese-based spread, has replaced bryndza with common cows' milk cottage cheese because the original Slovak bryndza disappeared from Austrian market after the Dissolution of Austria-Hungary.

Geographical indications

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cheese Description: Bryndza . 2008-06-11 . Cheese.com .
  2. Web site: Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2007 of 11 June 2007 registering a name in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications Bryndza Podhalańska (PDO) . 2008-06-10 . European Commission . European Commission . 2007-06-11 .
  3. Web site: Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2008 of 16 July 2008 registering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications . 2008-07-23 . 2008-07-16 . European Commission . European Commission .
  4. Web site: Igor Melika: ВСЕ ПРО БРИНЗУ. igormelika.com.ua. 2023-05-01.
  5. Encyclopedia: Max . Vasmer . Max Vasmer . Oleg Trubachyov . Oleg Trubachyov . Этимологический словарь русского языка (Etymological dictionary of the Russian language) . бры́нза . 2008-07-22 . ru . 3rd . 1996 . 5-7684-0023-0.
  6. Encyclopedia: Dictionar Englez Roman - English Romanian Dictionary Online . cheese . 2008-07-09 . Industrial Soft . brânză . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708151139/http://www.dictionare.com/english/dictionaries1.htm . 2008-07-08 . dead .
  7. Web site: Dexonline.
  8. Ion I. Russu, Limba traco-dacilor, Editura Ştiințifică, 1967
  9. Ariton Vraciu, Limba daco-geților, Timişoara: Editura Facla, 1980
  10. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "brenda" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 35.
  11. Web site: Rumania, Rumania!. Yiddish Songs and Lyrics.
  12. Web site: Bryndza . 2008-12-07 . Votruba . Martin . 31 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081231015212/http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/bryndza.html . dead .
  13. Web site: Bryndziar Vagač.
  14. Web site: Publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2007/C 232/10). European Commission. European Commission. 2007-10-04. 2010-08-30.
  15. Web site: Publication of an application pursuant to Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs . 2008-06-10 . 2006-09-23 . European Commission . European Commission .

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