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Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

Does anyone know a place I can buy it?

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Costco.

It was in some kind of briny liquid, though.

poker player · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: On the river

RobinH · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:37 am Post subject:

Carreforre sells a brand that comes in a jar with oil and spices for about 5,000. This is the best value and pretty tasty too!

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

Not brine but Canola oil with herbs(fennel and peppercorns).The actual cheese only works out at about 100 grammes for 5.000.Thats pretty stiff.

Darn it,there's got to be a better way to get hold of cheese here!

Costco ain't that flash.Americans can't make cheese.

A friend went to Costco in Japan and he was able to pick up 1kg mainland blocks from NZ.Proper cheesy cheese,not waxy funny stuff.Alas,the best cheese I've found has been Bega extra sharp for 7.500 at E-Mart or 5.000 at Freshmarket.

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

lion · Joined: 27 Oct 2004

hannam had little bricks of feta, but they were really expensive too. i don't remember exactly how much, but i remember that it was the same as or slightly more expensive than the price of the ubiquitous jars (considering the "dry" weight of the cheese)

i find the stuff in the oil jars bland and tasteless.

JLarter · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Feta cheese = food of the gods!!!!

I would expect a decent feta cheese to come with some sort of liquid with it, just like good mozzerella comes this way.
Unless either are from a US supermarket, which would mean it's a plastic fake variety of it.

Matilda · Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Location: Gimhae gal

Yup, the stuff in oil and herbs is usually sold as 'marinated feta' and the one in brine is in it's original form.

Ooohh am having major cravings now... would also love a nibble on some semi dried tomatoes... Idea

jessiaka · Joined: 07 Jan 2006

WalMart! They sell it in chunks, just normal yummy feta... mm!! 7,000 won.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

I'm not sure, but I think that most feta cheese used to be produced from sheep's milk, but now it seems that at least as much of the stuff labeled feta in stores comes from cows...

There is also a legal battle over the rights of countries other than Greece use the term "feta" to describe the similar types of cheese that they produce... The preliminary European Commission ruling - challenged by the Danish and Germans - is that only Greece has the right to market it as "feta"...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4270159.stm

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

You can by non-marinated stuff at Namdemun.
At home I buy Bulgarian feta.... yummm... creamy, melts in you mouth, no better feta out there. Take that Greece! Actually, I think there are those who argue that feta is only from a specific Greek island, not even all of Greece. I thought it was goat's milk....
I buy it by the chunk at the local market. I sometimes take it home and store it in brine, but I don't find it necessary (go through it too fast). To make the brine you just add some salt to water, and throw in the cheese.

Nambucaveman · Joined: 03 Aug 2006

I've seen it at Super Lotte as well.

brento1138 · Joined: 17 Nov 2004

So this one time I thought I was eating feta cheese but I asked the waitress for assurance on my assumption; however it turned out I was slightly wrong and, indeed, I was eating goat cheese. I've never had better. Not meaning to completely hijack this thread, but if anyone knows of a goat cheese dealer, let the goat cheese eaters know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feta - guess it is mostly made from goat's milk, now that I checked it out... interesting

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005