Hauskyjza
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Hauskyjza (Silesian: home cheese from the German Hauskäse) is a foodstuff made of cottage cheese, caraway and other ingredients, which are mixed, put aside for a few days to acquire the characteristic sharp flavor, scent and tacky consistency, and then warmed and fried. Often baking soda is used to condition the cottage cheese. Hauskyjza or Ser Smazony (fried cheese) or Ser Zgliwiały (rottened cheese) is a traditional product in the regions of Greater Poland, Pomerania, Kuyavia, Subcarpathia and Silesia. Before refrigerators were widely available, it was valued because of its high fastness.
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- processed cheese
- Has part
- cottage cheese
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Material used
- cow's milk
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Hauskyjza (Silesian: home cheese from the German Hauskäse) is a foodstuff made of cottage cheese, caraway and other ingredients, which are mixed, put aside for a few days to acquire the characteristic sharp flavor, scent and tacky consistency, and then warmed and fried. Often baking soda is used to condition the cottage cheese. Hauskyjza or Ser Smazony (fried cheese) or Ser Zgliwiały (rottened cheese) is a traditional product in the regions of Greater Poland, Pomerania, Kuyavia, Subcarpathia and Silesia. Before refrigerators were widely available, it was valued because of its high fastness.
Hauskyjza has an exceptionally strong scent and flavor, pleasurable to many aficionados, but found offensive by some people. (In numerous Silesian jokes, the flavor is compared to that of long-unwashed socks.) Most traditionally, it is served with dark bread and caraway or with "music," chopped onions soaked in vinegar and oil. Some people prefer it freshly made as a type of fondue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hauskyjza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.