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20 cheese facts
If you want to know some cool facts about cheese, you have come to the right place, here are 20 great cheese facts!
‘Cheese’ comes from the Latin word ‘caseus’, found to mean ‘fermented / sour’.
Cheese is made from the milk of cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, horses and camels.
Milk is boiled at a high temperature before the curd and liquid whey are separated, and rennet (an enzyme found in mammalian stomachs) is added.
Some cheeses can be frozen by adding lemon juice or vinegar.
The yellow to red color of the cheese is achieved through the addition of annatto (tropical tree seeds).
There are a variety of cheeses such as hard, soft, cream, and processed, all of which can be used in cooking.
Hard cheeses have a longer shelf life than soft cheeses.
Green cheese, has a distinctive odor and taste, has green veins running through it, caused by using stainless steel needles and copper wire through the cheese and its crust to let air into the product.
The production of cheese dates back to 8000 BC when sheep were first domesticated.
The ancient Greeks credited the mythological hero Aristaeus, who discovered feta cheese, a cheese still widely used in Greek cuisine.
There are many types of cheeses;
The US produces more than 4275 tons of cheese per year.
Greece consumes more than 31.1 kg of cheese per year.
A cheese seller is known as the 'cheese seller'.
People with lactose intolerance (who cannot process a sugar found in milk and dairy products) should avoid eating cheese.
Vegetarians eat plant-based cheeses, usually almond or soy cheese.
It was once believed that eating cheese before bed could cause nightmares, but it was actually beneficial for health.
People once believed in the proverb that "the moon is made of blue cheese".
Collect labels of cheese called 'tyrosemiophilia'.
Celebrities Wallace and Gromit are part of the Wensleydale cheese on crackers.
If you have any more cheesy facts, leave them in the comments below!
