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The production of cheese predates recorded history, beginning well over 7,000 years ago. [1][2][3] Humans likely developed cheese and other dairy foods by accident, as a result of storing and transporting milk in bladders made of ruminants ' stomachs, as their inherent supply of rennet would encourage curdling.
- Roquefort
- Cheddar
- Monterey Jack
- Colby
- Pecorino
- Havarti
- Mozzarella
- American Cheese
Roquefort has a decidedly romantic origin story. According to French legend, a young shepherd was eating his lunch at the mouth of a cave one day when he spied a gorgeous shepherdess in the distance. He left his bread and cheese to pursue the girl, only to find the forgotten cheese several months later. By that time, the cave’s mold had transformed...
Roquefort’s not the only cheese that takes its name from an area with lots of caves. Cheddar, which has been around since at least the 12th century, takes its name from the English village of Cheddar. The nearby Cheddar Gorge is full of caves that offer ideal conditions for aging cheese, so dairy farmers and their wives began using their surplus mi...
Monterey Jack only takes half of its name from a place. Franciscan friars around Monterey, CA, crafted a mild white cheese throughout the 19th century, but the semi-hard treat didn’t begin spreading until Scottish immigrant David Jack started marketing his own version of the cheese. When Jack first came to the U.S. in 1841 he worked as an army cont...
Monterey Jack’s frequent partner in deliciousness is also an American invention. In 1885 Wisconsin cheesemaker Joseph F. Steinwand started varying his production process for cheddar by washing the curds with cold water. The washing process cut down on the acidity of the cheese and gave it a milder flavor than regular cheddar. Steinwand named his cr...
This one’s pretty straightforward. Pecora is the Italian word for sheep, so the family of hard Italian sheep milk cheeses goes by the name pecorino.
If you enjoy Havarti, thank Hanne Nielson. Nielson created the cheese at her family’s farm in Øverød, just north of Copenhagen, during the mid-19th century. Nielson had decided that she wanted to create a Danish equivalent to Switzerland’s tasty semihard cheeses after doing some traveling around Europe, and the buttery Havarti was the end result of...
The pizza lover’s best friend takes its name from the diminutive of the word mozza, which in Neapolitan dialect means “cut.” “Mozza” in turn derives from the verb mozzare, which means “to cut off.” The name refers to how the cheese is produced; making mozzarella involves cutting the curds and then shaping them into the familiar balls you see in che...
The processed cheese that so frequently ends up atop our burgers didn’t get its name from Americans. Instead, we can thank the British for this moniker. When British colonists first came to North America, they brought their knowledge of cheddar production with them and began cranking out cheeses in impressive volumes. These early colonial cheddars ...
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Jan 9, 2024 · The invention of processed cheese by Walter Gerber and Fritz Stettler in 1911 revolutionized the cheese industry. Cheese factories became a common sight, pioneering the large-scale production and standardization of cheese making. These established factories optimized the cheesemaking process by employing pure microbial cultures, mass-produced ...
Jan 24, 2021 · 1854: A discovery by Louis Pasteur that yeasts are responsible for fermentation and heating milk could halt microbial activity without damaging flavor and quality. 1919: The well-known Cabot Creamery is founded in Vermont. 1937: Kraft Dinner’s first mac-and-cheese box made its debut in the U.S.
Feb 6, 2006 · Cheese and Cheese Making. Article by Douglas B. Emmons. Published Online February 6, 2006. Last Edited March 4, 2015. In Canada, 408,197 tonnes of cheese were produced in 2012; per capita consumption was 12.18 kg, consisting of 3.9 kg of cheddar, 7.54 kg of mozzarella and other specialty cheeses, and 0.74 kg of cottage cheese.
Jun 24, 2020 · The earliest cheesemakers. The Fertile Crescent—the region of Southwest Asia that includes portions of present-day Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria—is where humans first began domesticating livestock around 8000 BCE, starting with goats and sheep. Around 7000 BCE, the first cattle were domesticated, and by 6500 BCE, humans had ...
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