Edam (was: Unfamiliar Words in GoF

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Sam Brown" <find_sam at h...> wrote:
> "Next moment, Ludo Bagman had charged into the [Top] Box. 'Everyone 
> ready?' he said, his round face gleaming like a great, excited 
> Edam."
> 
> A great, excited *what*? What on Earth is an 'Edam'?

Do you know those Dutch cheeses that are the shape of a flattened 
sphere and covered in a layer of bright red wax? One of them is 
named Edam and the other is named Gouda. Both are hard cheeses of 
yellow-white color, but I can't tell them apart by taste.