Brynza
The Eastern European name for a white brined cheese of sheep, cow or mixed milk, close to feta.
Also: брынза, brânză, бринза
Brynza, spelt брынза in Russian and бринза in Ukrainian, is a white, crumbly, salty cheese kept in brine, made across Moldova, Romania, Ukraine and southern Russia from sheep, cow or mixed milk. The word comes from Romanian, where brânză simply means cheese, and Romanian shepherds carried both the word and the cheese along the Carpathians. Brynza is close to feta and sirene in texture and use: crumbled into salads, folded into pastries such as placinta, mixed into hominy dishes such as mămăligă, or eaten with bread and tomatoes. It should not be confused with the soft, spreadable Slovak bryndza, which shares its root but is made quite differently.