Ziger

Ziger (or Zieger, Zigercäse) is a cheese made from the whey of milk, produced in the  region of  (formerly ). At one time this cheese was produced in a vast area which went from the (Pustertal in, Val Pusteria in ), to the  (Eisacktal or Valle Isarco), to the. Its name may date back to times (from tsigros = cheese), or perhaps more simply from the  Ziege, or. It also may be noted that ziger is a word for the milk   that remain after the whey has been separated, and a similar cheese, called Schabziger, is made in.