According to legend, the first cheese was made when someone, probably in the Middle East, discovered that storing milk in a calf's stomach over a long journey made it separate into curds and whey. Cheese was found in an Egyptian tomb dating to 3200 B.C., and Homer mentioned it in "The Odyssey".
It became popular as a way to preserve milk and keep it from spoiling in warm climates. Eventually, travelers brought cheese to Europe. During medieval times, cheese was perfected by monks in monasteries, who aged it in caves. Bacteria and molds that are now added by hand originally existed naturally or were accidentally introduced, creating new types of cheeses.
This week, a look at how cheese is made.
TTFN, Fred.
Quote of the week: "Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance." - Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus (US novelist, 1922 - 2007)
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