sapsago
[ sap-sey-goh, sap-suh-goh ]
/ sæpˈseɪ goʊ, ˈsæp səˌgoʊ /
noun
a strong, hard, usually green cheese of Swiss origin, made with sour skim milk and sweet clover.
Origin of sapsago
1840–50,
Americanism; alteration of German
Schabziger, Schabzieger, equivalent to
schab(en) to grate +
Zi(e)ger a kind of cheese
Words nearby sapsago
saprophyte,
saprotroph,
saprozoic,
saprozoonosis,
saps,
sapsago,
sapsucker,
sapulpa,
sapwood,
saqqara,
sar
Example sentences from the Web for sapsago
Roll these in little balls and serve with fruit salads, dusting lightly with finely grated Sapsago.
The Complete Book of Cheese |Robert Carlton BrownAfter that add the Sapsago, finely grated, and wine in small splashes.
The Complete Book of Cheese |Robert Carlton BrownThe name Sapsago is a corruption of Schabziger, German for whey cheese.
The Complete Book of Cheese |Robert Carlton BrownGood when overlaid with cheese butter of contrasting piquance, say one mixed with Sapsago.
The Complete Book of Cheese |Robert Carlton Brown
British Dictionary definitions for sapsago
sapsago
/ (ˈsæpsəˌɡəʊ) /
noun
a hard greenish Swiss cheese made with sour skimmed milk and coloured and flavoured with clover
Word Origin for sapsago
C19: changed from German
Schabziger, from
schaben to grate + dialect
Ziger a kind of cheese