Manchego

[ mahn-chey-goh, man‐ ]

/ mɑnˈtʃeɪ goʊ, mæn‐ /

a semihard, pale yellow or ivory-colored cheese made in Spain from sheep’s milk.

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Do you remember all the words from last week, September 21–27, 2020? Then this quiz should be butyraceous.

Question 1 of 7

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First recorded in 1910–15; from Spanish (queso) manchego “(cheese) of La Mancha ”

And like many of you, we have watched, dismayed, as our room-sized hunk of Manchego went moldy.
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Manchego cheese—a particular kind of it that comes from central Spain.
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