Tetilla Cheese!!

On a dull, dreary, damp day, a little light titillation for you! A present that I received today from Santiago de Compostela!!

“Tetilla Cheese… is shaped and named after the “nipple.”  This is attributed to the shape of the wooden mold the boiled milk is poured into, but there is also a legend that related to Santiago de Compostela’s famous cathedral.

When the cathedral was being rebuilt in the Gothic style, stone carvers were hired to complete the friezes on the arched doors.  One statue was a well-endowed woman.  This scandalized the pious citizens and there was a public outcry to have the statue’s offending bosom reduced (maybe the first boob job in Spain!).  However, after the church officials completed the reduction, other citizens were outraged, claiming that there was no reason to deface the artist’s work.  For their rebellion, they started making their famous cheese in the shape of a “tetilla” to celebrate the fact that God loves all people, large and small!”

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