Countries that Produce the Most Cheese

I was surprised, and got it on a guess. I had to look it up - interesting history. They also make a lot of cheese from water buffalo. Regarding one of their staple cheeses, mish or mishsh, a fermented, salty cheese which is eaten by country people with bread and leeks or green onions, one 17-century writer described it as, "Blue qarish cheese which was kept for so long that it cut off the mouse's tail with its burning sharpness and the power of its saltiness." The recipe for mish is fascinating. Thanks, Akasnah, for the new info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_cheese

Brie-opatra? Ne-feta-titi? Ram-cheese II?

Too much imported cheese apparently.

Interesting quiz! Feta is not goat cheese though (although it can have some goat's milk in it), it is actually sheep cheese! (No surprises as to who is first here, I guess...)

Huh, the caveats should say that only cow cheese is counted.

The problem is that "Swiss Cheese" isn't a protected name, so everyone can just name their cheese "swiss", and that's exactly what happens. Is a bit annoying as a swiss myself, now everyone thinks that the crap they sell in the US is what's supposed to be so great about Switzerland.

I thought it was edam cheese. Swiss has holes aswell, though I thought mainly much bigger and less of them instead of a lot of somewhat smaller like in this picture. It could well be swiss though but my first thought was edam.

As a German I'm not.

It's prevalent in South Asia, but not a majority. You can see it in this map. Personally, I'm Bangladeshi and I don't know anyone in my immediate family who is lactose intolerant. I think there are enough lactose-tolerant people in South Asia that it would make sense for India to make this list.

Too many holes ;)

I can only assume paneer isn't counted for some reason. I find it very hard to believe that India wouldn't be on the list if it was included.