Hard; sheep; oily; mild flavor. Named from cardo, cardoon in English,
a kind of thistle used as a vegetable rennet in making several other
cheeses, such as French Caillebottes curdled with chardonnette, wild
artichoke seed. Only classical Greek sheep cheeses like Casera can
compare with the superb ones from the Portuguese mountain districts.
They are lusciously oily, but never rancidly so.

Carlsbad
_Bohemia_

Semihard; sheep; white; slightly salted; expensive.

Carré Affiné
_France_

Soft, delicate, in small square forms; similar to Petit Carré and
Ancien Impérial (_see_).

Carré de l'Est
_France_

Similar to Camembert, and imitated in the U.S.A.

Cascaval Penir
_Turkey_

Cacciocavallo imitation consumed at home.

Caseralla