Hello Douglas,
I'll check with our person that did the buying --it is always possible that
the name was incorrect. Thanks again for you input.

Barbara
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"Douglas S. Ladden" > wrote in message
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> BCBPROJXX on 30 Oct 2003 suggested:
>
> > Hello All,
> > We've been tracking down Mexican cheeses for an article and we found
> > one up at Casa Lucas market in SF, CA that we can't find any info
> > on. The cheese is called "Lolita". A web search netted me a variety
> > of mostly "unsavory" shall we say topics. Is anyone familiar with
> > this product or if you can recommend a reference that may have some
> > information.
> >
> > Unfortunately my Spanish is lacking so I was unable to get more info
> > from the market. The cheese is fairly dry, moderately salty and a
> > "crumbling" rather than "melting" cheese. It's not as dry as cotija
> > and it's not the more common queso fresco..
> >
> > If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate it.
> >
> Are you sure it was queso "lolita" and not queso "lupita"?? What
> you describe sounds like what my grandmother used to buy as queso
> "lupita". Of course her name was "lupita" so she might have just been
> telling me a cute story, since I was a kid. I have never in my life heard
> of queso "lolita". You might want to check this page, and see how it
> compares: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recip.../kgqueso1.html
>
> --Douglas