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Danish blue

British  

noun

  1. a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If you’re looking for something crumbly, for a salad or blue cheese dressing, consider Cashel, a Danish blue, Maytag, Rogue Creamery’s signature blue or Roquefort.

From Washington Post Sep. 8, 2021

Their director, Albert McCobb, is a grotesque gourmand who is devoted to Roquefort cheese but spurns Danish blue because it is "non-ewe."

From Time Magazine Archive

Wedesslborg Denmark A mild, full cream loaf of Danish blue that can be very good if fully ripened.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton

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