Frisian clove cheese

Really a cheese for tough lovers! The Frisians once made cheese from the skimmed milk that was left over from butter and cream production.
this dry and sharp cheese was then flavored with the juice of green herbs. The Frisians called it 'grien tsiss' (green cheese). Later they added some cumin and other spices. Today only the extremely spicy version with cloves is known. The basic cheese is hard, dry and brittle and quite acidic. After four months of ripening, the cloves give the Friesche clove cheese a very characteristic taste that the tough enthusiasts can appreciate.