In which country did a soft cream cheese mascarpone originate?
Mascarpone is a soft Italian acid-set cream cheese. Mascarpone originated in the Italian region of Lombardy in the area between Lodi and Abbiategrasso south of Milan, probably in the late 16th or early 17th century. Popularly, the name is held to derive from "mascarpa", an unrelated milk product made from the whey of stracchino (a young, barely aged cheese), or from "mascarpia", a word in the local dialect for ricotta. Unlike ricotta, which is made from milk, mascarpone is made from cream.
Mascarpone is milky-white in colour and is easy to spread. It is used in various Lombardy dishes and is considered a specialty in the region.
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john duckett
10 questions, 7 from Lilly. Depressing.
Bob Blumrick
'O Lord, I'm stuck here in Lodi again..."
catmom
I love mascarpone cream cheese. I'm part Italian, I better know this. Lol.
I wanted to take a bite out if it. Haha.
Char
earlepg, and questions most can know as many are a second level of common knowledge.
Char
Veronica Luby-Hoey, bye
Char
Camilla Prosser, exactly they are the complainers club don't care about the quiz or others just themselves..
Char
Wonderful Stuff thank You Lily thought that's where it was from but now I know for sure.. I'm sure others appreciate the knowledge too.
John Cameron
Cheese with Italian name and question asked by Lilly, it would have to be Italy.
earlepg
Denise Currie, There seems to be a dropoff in questions from members, but Lilly started with hundreds (now showing 710). I'm not surprised at her present frequency. She seems to be cranking the questions out very quickly.