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Sulguni ((グルジア語:სულგუნი, სულუგუნი) ''sulguni, suluguni''; ''selegin'') is a brined Georgian cheese from the Samegrelo region. It has a sour, moderately salty flavor, a dimpled texture, and an elastic consistency; these attributes are the result of the process used, as is the source of its moniker "pickle cheese". Its color ranges from white to pale yellow. Sulguni is often deep-fried, which masks its odor. It is often served in wedges. A typical sulguni cheese is shaped as a flat disc, 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters thick. It weighs 0.5 to 1.5 kilograms and contains 50% water and between 1% and 5% salt. Dry fat content averages 45%.〔Gudkov, p. 296.〕 Sulguni is produced only of natural ingredients: normalized cow milk by clotting by rennet with pure cultures of lactic bacteria.〔http://www.100best.ru/Catalogue-English/Products/249818/ "Rennet briny cheese "Sulguni"〕 == Etymology == The name is etymologized as IPA: selegin. There is a false version, that the word "sulguni" is etymologized as Ossetic (Digor dialect) «сулугун» ("sulugun") adding Georgian nominative formant "i", where ''sulu'' means Whey, and formant ''-gun'' means "made of".〔(V. I. Abaev. Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка. V. III. P.197. ) ''Syly|sulu — свежая молочная сыворотка, остающаяся после створаживания молока. <…> Несомненным заимствованием из дигорского sulugun является мегр., груз. suluguni, sulguni…''〕 However, this version does not explain real etymology, as initially cheese was produced in Samegrelo region of Georgia in the western Georgia Sulguni, which doesn't border to other regions of Georgia where partially Ossetian language is used. At the same time, initially in Megrelian language the name sounds as "selegin" ("sele" - verb. "to knead", "gin" - cattle family (buffalos, cows) whose milk is used to produce the cheese). Kneading of the primary cheese is the key stage of the final cheese production process. Thus, all these excludes etymologization on the basis of "sulu" (osset.). It is assumed that "selegin" was transformed into "suluguni" as a result of migration of the name into Georgian and to Eastern and other regions of Georgia. A folk etymology posits that the name ''sulguni'' comes from two Georgian words - ''suli'' (which means "soul") and ''guli'' (which means "heart"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sulguni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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