Blue Cheeses

Gathers the cheeses that are ripened with blue or green mold veins, which give them a sharp, salty and tangy flavor. It includes blue cheese as a general category, Gorgonzola, Roquefort, Stilton and Danish blue. Within the Dairy and Egg Products subcategory it sits beside the groups Fresh and Soft Curd Cheeses, Brined and Squeaky Cheeses, Bloomed-Rind and Washed-Rind Cheeses, Semi-Hard and Alpine Cheeses, Hard Grating Cheeses, Milk, Cream and Butter, Cultured Milks, Cheese and Milk Fractions, Eggs and Egg Components, and each entry is placed in the one group whose description fits it best.