A decent feta at the supermarket

tylersmayhem said :

Toriness Lyneham is up to 20 per cent pricier than Lyneham

Wha!?

Oh. Sorry. pricier than IGA Ainslie

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

Could be sirene rather than feta. In the EU, feta is covered by a ‘protected designation of origin’ arrangement that means the name can only be used for Greek cheese with at least 70% sheep’s milk with the rest goat’s milk.

I can’t say I’m a fan of European appellation laws.

As long as country of origin is clearly marked anything more is just protectionism IMHO.

A betta fetta for Brindabella! 😉

You can get that same feta in a larger size and one with a green lid (I can’t remember if that means it’s cow’s milk feta?) from some woolies – I get mine from Yass.

Now it’s popular, just watch the price rise!

Toriness Lyneham is up to 20 per cent pricier than Lyneham

Wha!?

I like the green lidded stuff..whatever it is called…..

You can also get marinated fetta in a black tin at any good deli, smooth enough to butter italian bread with, and put chunks of quince paste on top..

Bistro’s and cheap restaraunts mostly use attiki fetta which is a poor mans marinated rubberised chalk.

Oh and australian fetta* is pretty good bang for buck too if you like pungency and soft smooth crumble

MMM

*As per label at coles deli

I-filed said :

The Bulgarian fetta that comes in those big square green & white tins with pictures of sheep is sirene’

I have been trying to convince people for years that the “Bulgarian Feta” which is available everywhere is not feta, I am not actually sure it is sirene either.

“But it’s the feta I like” they say.

Ok…you like it, I like it, but it is not feta.

Woolies definatly sells that feta, not only in tubs, but individual slices too!

*hides woolworths uniform*

It’s not crumbly or fatty enough to be sirene. The Bulgarian fetta that comes in those big square green & white tins with pictures of sheep is sirene … it has quite a different texture to the Kebia ‘feta’