Vegetarian, fresh cheese of round shape made from sheep's milk. This kind of cheese is very similar to feta, but it is more moist and wet. It is creamy, soft and it has a high percentage of acid. Sheep's milk gives the cheese a sweetish flavor and aroma. The period of ripening is from 10 - 22 days and the content of fat is about 45 per cent. Olde York has been produced by Judy Bell of Shepherd's Purse and was awarded a prize at British Cheese Awards in 1996. This cheese is used for grilling, cooking and it is delicious on baked potatoes.

• Made from sheep's milk
• Country of origin: England

Other English cheeses:

• hard cheeses: Buffalo, Cheddar, Cheshire, Coverdale, Denhany Dorset Drum, Double Gloucester, Double Worcester, Duddleswell, Gospel Green, Hereford Hop, Herriot Farmhouse, Lincolnshire Poacher, Marble Cheddar, Marbled Cheeses, Menallack Farmhouse, Seriously Strong Cheddar, Spenwood, Sraffordshire Organic, Tyning, Wellington
• semi-hard cheeses: Coquetdale, Cotherstone, Curworthy, Derby, Devon Blue, Devon Garland, Friesla, Gloucester, Sage Derby, Stilton
• semi-soft cheeses: Exmoor Blue, Harbourne Blue, Loddiswell Avondale, Marbled Cheeses, Oxford Blue, Waterloo, Wigmore
• soft cheeses: Bath Cheese, Beenleigh Blue, Bosworth, Buxton Blue, Capricorn Somerset Goats Cheese, Cerney, Cornish Pepper, Emlett, Finn, Flower Marie, Golden Cross, Little Rydings, Sharpam, Somerset Brie, Sussex Slipcote, Tymsboro, Yorkshire Blue
• fresh soft cheeses: Creamy Lancashire, Vulscombe