Marianne, is this what they call kesam in Norway and kvark in Sweden?  I
think it is a non-ripened, rennet-free cheese made by hanging yogurt in
cheesecloth to drain water out of it.  Don't know what it is called in
German but it is apparently in widespread use in Germany.  A colleague from
Germany was very surprised to learn on moving here that we in Norway don't
have large buckets of the stuff to slather all over engorged mothers
postpartum.  She tried to explain the mechanism of action for me, which was
partly by chilling and partly by drawing out the swelling.  It was not
applied to the nipple or areola, only the breasts themselves, and it was
washed off before feeding baby.  This colleague did not know of any research
on the method but is very convinced that it is more effective than any other
method for dealing with postpartum engorgement.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway, where she is disturbed to have had to look up the
Norwegian word for rennet in her Norwegian-English dictionary because she
could not remember what it was called in English

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