{"id":58972,"date":"2024-02-21T15:31:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aglassandahalffullproductions.com\/?p=58972"},"modified":"2024-02-21T15:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:31:16","slug":"what-is-quark-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aglassandahalffullproductions.com\/what-is-quark-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Quark Cheese?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quark cheese<\/strong> is a fresh dairy product that has a very mild flavor and a soft, creamy texture. It is popular in Germany and other European countries and is used to make both savory and sweet dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quark<\/strong> has existed for hundreds, possibly thousands of years. Some historians believe it may have even been described by the Roman historian Tacitus as lac concretum<\/em> (\"thick milk\") in his book Germania. However, it's unclear if he was referring to quark<\/a> or another fermented milk product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word quark likely comes from a Slavic term, perhaps the West Slavic word twarog<\/em> or similar. It shares cognates with words for similar types of fresh cheeses<\/a> in Polish, Czech, Russian and other Slavic languages. Its name is related to terms for cheese or thickened milk products in other European languages like Greek, Dutch and Old English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So quark has always been associated with European dairy practices and spread across parts of the continent over centuries through language contact and culinary influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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