Branza in cosulet de brad (Cheese in fir basket)

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My friend from Romania came for a visit   and got
me a   farmer sheep milk cheese. 

This cheese   is wrapped in a bark of a fir tree.

This is from Romania website 

Roman ancestors, the Dracians, lived in a small piece of
heaven. Their land with its huge mountains, covered by woods and grasslands was
the ideal place to raise sheep. 

But so much beauty and richness attracted roman emperors and
only mountains and the woods were a refuge in front of invading armies. 

Decebal, the king of the Dracians, retired along with his
people in the mountains, taking with them the sheep flocks. In the fir-tree
woods he taught them how to preserve cheese in fir-tree bark. and how to hide
it in caves.

This habit passed along generations and was very much used
in Vlad Tepes time, known as DRACULA His cruelty and severity made many people
take refuge in the mountains around his castle in Bran, and of course cheese in
fir-tree bark baskets was the perfect food for them. This way of preserving
cheese by burying it is even used today.

Cheese is made only of sheep milk and the basket is made of
fir-tree bark boiled in whey in a very specific manner. 

This cheese has all the flavor and freshness of the fir-tree
woods. It's natural elements assure a longtime health and good shape.

So i made a warm bread to go with the cheese .

Yummy enjoy 