Can anyone name all the basic cheeses in the world?

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this is a complete list, but I copied it from wikipedia, and it tells where all the cheeses are from too.

[edit] Egypt
Sardo cheese
Testouri cheese

[edit] Mauritania
Caravane cheese

[edit] South Africa
Bokmakiri cheese
Kwaito cheese

[edit] Kenya
Andari cheese

[edit] Asia

[edit] China
Yunnan Cheese

[edit] India
Paneer
Rasgulla
Chenna

[edit] Japan
Sakura cheese from Hokkaido, an award-winning soft white flavored with cherry leaves

[edit] Middle East
Ackawi cheese
Basket cheese
Labneh, a soft cheese made from yoghurt with a slightly sour taste.
Jameed
Jibneh Arabieh cheese
Kenafa cheese
Naboulsi cheese
Shanklish
Syrian cheese

[edit] Iran
Leeghvan
Tabriz cheese

[edit] Israel
Emek
Achuza

[edit] Nepal
Yak cheese

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria
Affineur
Bergkäse
Brimsen
Dachsteiner
Lüneberg cheese
Tyrolean grey cheese

[edit] Belgium
Beauvoorde cheese
Brussels' cheese
Herve cheese
Limburger cheese, a soft white cheese with a very strong odor and flavor.
Maredsous cheese
Passendale cheese
Plateau de Herve cheese
Postel cheese
Prince-Jean cheese
Remedou cheese
Rodoric cheese
Rubens cheese

[edit] Bulgaria
Kashkaval
Sirene

[edit] Czech Republic
Abertam cheese
Olomoucké syrečky

[edit] Croatia
Podravec
Zdenka cheese
Dimsi
Paški sir (Pag island cheese)
Bilogorac
Bilogorka
Picok
Ribanac

[edit] Denmark
Christian IX cheese or Danbo
Danbo
Danish Blue cheese (Dansk blåskimmel(ost))
Danish tilsit or Tilsit Havarti
Esrom or Danish Port-Salut
Havarti cheese or Cream Havarti
Saga cheese
Samsoe cheese

[edit] Finland
Aura
Lappi cheese
Leipäjuusto (Cheese bread)
Raejuusto (Finnish cottage cheese)
Uunijuusto (Baked cheese)
Oltermanni
Mustaleima (a type of Emmental
Mustapekka
Pohjanpoika (similar to Oltermanni

[edit] France
See List of French cheeses

[edit] Germany
Bavaria Blu
Bördespeck
Cambozola, a combination of French Camembert and Italian Gorgonzola.
Emmental (cheese)
Grünländer
Harzer cheese
Handkäse
Klützer Gold
Romadur
Tilsit cheese
Spundekäs cheese
Steinbuscher
Weisslacker

[edit] Greece/Cyprus

Formaella Parnassus (Central Greece): Delicious when fried.
Anthotyro Xero (Crete, Greece).
Metsovone (Epirus, Greece): Smoked cheese.
Graviera Kritis (Crete, Greece): One of the best Graviera of Greece.Agylotti - (Island of Sifnos)
Anevato - (Macedonia)
Aneri - (Cyprus)
Anthotyro Xero
Anthotyro Fresco
Armexia - (Island of Andros)
Arsenico - (Island of Naxos)
Batzos - (Macedonia/Thessaly)
Ble Copanisti - (Island of Naxos)
Cathoura - (Island of Icaria)
Cephalaki - (Island of Tinos)
Cephalograviera - (Macedonia/Thrace/Thessaly/Crete)
Chloró - (Island of Santorini)
Corfu - (Corfu)
Elaiki - (Cassos)
Feta - (Macedonia/Thrace/Thessaly/etc.)
Fondina Dodoni - (Epirus)
Formaella cheese - (Arachova, Thessaly)
Galotyri
Graviera - (Macedonia/Thrace)
Graviera Agrafon - (Thessaly)
Graviera Kritis - (Crete)
Graviera Naxou - (Island of Naxos)
Graviera Tinou - (Island of Tinos)
Gylomeni - (Island of Sifnos)
Gylotto - (Island of Folegandros)
Halloumi (Cyprus)
Kalathaki - (Island of Limnos)
Kasseri - (Macedonia/Thrace/Thessaly/etc.)
Katiki - (Domokos)
Kefalotyri
Klotsotyre - (Makedonia)
Kopanisti
Ladograviera - (Island of Zacynthos)
Ladotyri
Malaca - (Crete)
Malahti - (Island of Andros)
Manoura - (Island of Sifnos)
Manouri
Megan Kopron cheese
Metsovella - (Epirus)
Metsovone - (Metsovo, Epirus)
Mizithra
Possia - (Island of Cos)
Pictogalo
Petroti - (Island of Andros)
Petrotto - (Island of Tinos)
Prentza - (Island of Cephalonia)
San Michali - (Island of Syros)
Scotyre - (Island of Ios)
Sclavotyre - (Island of Tinos)
Sfela - (Peloponnese)
Stacca - (Crete)
Sourotto - (Island of Sifnos)
Svonzo - (Island of Lemnos)
Tsalafoutti - (Central Greece)
Teleme
Thylicotyre - (Island of Naxos)
Touloumotyre - (Macedonia)
Tyrovolia - (Island of Myconos)
Urtha cheese - (Epirus)
Victoria
Xanadu
Xynomizithra - (Island of Myconos)
Xynotyre - (Island of Myconos)
Zirozoulli - (Crete)
Zipouro cheese (with grapelike liquor) - (Arachova, Thessaly)

[edit] Hungary
Trappista cheese

[edit] Ireland
Ardrahan cheese
Cashel Blue cheese
Coolea cheese
Cooleeney cheese
Corleggy cheese
Desmond cheese
Dubliner cheese
Durrus Cheese
Doolin cheese
Gabriel cheese
Gubbeen cheese
Kilcummin cheese
milleens cheese
Mizen cheese
Poulcoin cheese
St Brigid cheese
Waterford cheese

[edit] Italy

Parmigiano ReggianoSee also List of Italian PDO cheeses and the longer List of Italian cheeses

Asiago cheese
Bel paese cheese
Burrata
Caciocavallo cheese
Casciotta d'Urbino cheese
Casu modde cheese
Fiore Sardo / Pecorino Sardo
Fontina cheese
Gorgonzola cheese
Grana Padano cheese
Joddu
Mascarpone cheese
Montasio cheese
Mozzarella
Parmigiano Reggiano
Pecorino Romano cheese
Pecorino Toscano cheese
Provolone cheese
Quagliato
Ricotta cheese
Robiola Lombardia cheese
Robiola Piemonte cheese
Stracchino cheese
Taleggio cheese

[edit] Malta and Gozo
Gbejna (Ġbejna)

[edit] Netherlands

GoudaAmsterdam
Edam
Frisian cheese
Gouda and Smoked Gouda
Leerdammer
Leyden cheese
Maasdam
Roomano
Spitse cheese

[edit] Norway
Gamalost
Geitost cheese
Graddost cheese
Jarlsberg cheese
Nökkelost cheese
Norvegia cheese
Snøfrisk cheese
Pultost cheese
Balsfjord cheese

[edit] Poland

TwarógBryndza
Bundz
Gołka
Oscypek
Redykołka
Stolper Jungchen
Twaróg
Tylżycki
Zamojski

[edit] Portugal
Azeitão
Cabreiro de Castelo Branco
Castelo Branco
Évora
Queijo da Serra
Queijo fresco
Rabaçal
Requeijão
Saloio
Santarém
Serpa
Ilha
Nisa
Terrincho

[edit] Romania
brânzǎ (also a generic name for cheese)
urdă
caşcaval
telemea
corastia
caş
brânzǎ de burduf

[edit] Russia
Tvorok (творог), very similar to Polish Twaróg and Quark

[edit] Serbia
Kačkavalj
Sjenički cheese
Sremski cheese
Švapski cheese

[edit] Slovakia
Bryndza
Korbáčik
Oštiepok
Ovčí syr
Parenica
Tvaroh

[edit] Spain
Burgos cheese
Cabrales cheese (Asturias)
Cantabria cheese
Cerdanya cheese
Drunken Goat cheese
Garrotxa cheese
Idiazabal cheese (Basque)
L'Alt Urgell cheese
Mahón cheese
Majorero cheese
Manchego cheese (La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha)
Maó cheese (Minorca, Balearic Islands)
Mató cheese (Catalonia)
Murcia cheese
Murcia al vino
Palmero cheese
Picón Bejes-Tresviso
Queso de la Palma
Quesucos de Liebana
Roncal cheese
Ronkari cheese (Basque)
Serana cheese
Serrat cheese (Pallars, Catalonia)
Tetilla cheese (Galicia)
Torta del Casar
Tupí cheese (Catalonia)
Valdeon
Zamorano cheese

[edit] Sweden
Baron (cheese)
Billinge (cheese)
Blå Gotland
Drabant
Grevé
Gräddost
Herrgårdsost
Hushållsost
Kvibille Cheddar
Kvibille Gräddädel
Kryddost
Prästost
Raketost
Riddarost
Räkost
Stureost
Svecia
Västerbottensost
Wästgöta Kloster

[edit] Switzerland

Swiss cheese (emmental)
GruyèreMain article: Cheeses of Switzerland
Appenzeller
Büsciun da cavra
Emmental (Emmentaler), sometimes known in the U.S. as Swiss cheese
Gruyère (AOC, western Switzerland)
L'Etivaz (AOC, Alps and Prealps vaudoises)
Raclette
Sbrinz (AOC, central Switzerland)
Tete de Moine (AOC, Jura)
Tilsiter Switzerland
Tomme vaudoise
Vacherin Fribourgeois (AOC, western Switzerland)
Vacherin Mont d'Or (AOC, north-western Switzerland)
Schabziger, known in the U.S. as Sapsago

[edit] United Kingdom
See List of British cheeses

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada
Amster Dammer (British Columbia)
Balderson's Cheddar (Ontario)
Baron (Quebec)
Bleu Bénédictin (Quebec)
Bleu L'Ermite (Quebec)
Bleubry (Quebec)
Bocconcini (Ontario)
Brie Manoir (Quebec)
Brie L'extra Double Crème (Quebec)
Brie Vaudreuil (Quebec)
Brie Chevalier Fines Herbes (Quebec)
Brittania (Quebec)
Camembert de Madame Clément (Quebec)
Cantonnier (Quebec)
Cheddar âgé au Porto 10 ans (Québec)
Damablanc (Quebec)
Douanier, Le (Quebec)
Dragons Breath (Nova Scotia)
Fétard (Québec)
Frère Jacques (Québec)
Friulano
Gouda Coureur des Bois (Quebec)
Gouda Old (British Columbia)
Gouda Old Cheese (Ontario)
Kingsberg (Quebec)
Leoni-Grana Parmesan (Alberta)
Mamirolle (Quebec)
Medium Cheddar (Nova Scotia)
Miranda (Quebec)
Mont Saint-Benoît (Quebec)
Mozzarella Prestigio (Quebec)
Noyan (Quebec)
Oka (Quebec)
Pied-de-Vent (Quebec)
Provolone Sette Fette (Ontario)
Raclette des Appalaches (Quebec)
Raclette Fritz (Quebec)
Raclette Griffon (Quebec)
Riopelle de l'Isle, Le (Quebec)
Saint-Fidèle (Quebec)
Saint-Paulin Québécois (Quebec)
Saint-Paulin Anco (Quebec)
Smoked Monterey Jack (Manitoba)
Tomme Québécoise (Quebec)
Trevisano (Ontario)
Valbert (Quebec)
Verdelait Cracked Pepper (British Columbia)
Victor et Berthold (Quebec)

[edit] Mexico/Central America
Añejo cheese
Añejo Enchilado cheese
Asadero cheese or Chihuahua cheese
Cotija cheese or "Queso Añejado"
Criollo cheese
Jalapeño cheese
Oaxaca cheese or "Quesillo"
Panela cheese
Queso Blanco (White cheese)
Queso Fresco (Fresh cheese)
Requeson

[edit] Nicaragua
Quesillo

[edit] United States of America
See List of American cheeses

[edit] South America

[edit] Argentina
Reggianito
Sardo

[edit] Brazil
Catupiry
Minas (a. k. a. "Queijo Minas Padrão", "Queijo Frescal" and "Queijo Curado")
Reino
Coalho
Requeijao
Brazilian Butter Cheese (Queijo Manteiga/Da Terra)
Prato

[edit] Colombia
Queso campesino (farmer's cheese from highland cows milk)
Queso costeño (coastal cheese)
Quesillo (literally "little cheese" is a commercial cheese made with cow milk)

[edit] Chile
Chanco
Gauda
Mantecoso

[edit] Venezuela
Guyanés cheese
Telita
Queso de Año
Queso de Cabra
Queso de Mano
Queso Palmita
Venezuelan Beaver Cheese, a fictitious cheese referred to on Monty Python's Flying Circus

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia
Kervella Affine
Cheddam
Jindi Brie
Roaring 40s blue cheese

[edit] New Zealand
Kapiti
Whitestone

[edit] Other
Farmer cheese (many local varieties)
Venezuelan Beaver cheese (fictional cheese immortalised in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch)
Cottage cheese (Many local varieties)
The following cheeses remain unclassified. Can anyone help out?

Duncan Drake Bleu cheese
St. Joseph Sweet cheese

Answer 2

Why don't you try putting 'how cheese is made', into Yahoo search

Answer 3

no.lol..but it does remind me of the movie mr.mom....with micheal keaton......where he asked for some cheese and she named off a bunch...lol.....i dont know it was funny, thought maybe it would bring a smile to ya, or a laugh.......hope you find your answer.......hey if not,,,rent the movie...lol...im just funnin around....

Answer 4

swiss
cheddar
american
cottage
ricotta
provolone
lindberger
mozzerella

Answer 5

I can't