domiati
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic دُمْيَاطِي (dumyāṭī), from دُمْيَاط (dumyāṭ, “Damietta city”).
Noun
[edit]domiati (uncountable)
- a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt
- 1982, L. Patrick Coyle, “Domiati”, in The World Encyclopedia of Food, New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, Inc., →ISBN, page 234, column 1:
- Then, during the curing, domiati is pickled in salt whey or salt milk brine for four to eight months.