| The minimum maturing period is 20 days for soft cheese and no less than four months for the semihard type. |
| Fontina, semihard cow's-milk cheese that originated in the Valle d'Aosta region of northern Italy. |
| Soft-ground etching is basically the same as hard-ground etching except that the ground contains about one-third grease, which keeps it in a semihard, or tacky, condition. |
| Camerano is a semihard goat's milk cheese with a bit of bite and hint of sweetness. |
| The most sought after is Bethlehem, a fungal, surface-ripened semihard cheese based on a French recipe. |
| There was the cone with vanilla ice cream and a semihard hood of nut-sprinkled chocolate over that. |
