Hi I haven't had cottage cheese for years, I like most cheeses, especially some of these french cheeses.
Regards Adrien -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] .info] On Behalf Of Tuvix Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Best-circle-of-friends2] The History of Cheese my 2 favorite kinds of cheese are cottage cheese, and pepperjack cheese. I've never tried limberger, but I'm not sure I want too from what I've heard. hehehe! Chris W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [Best-circle-of-friends2] The History of Cheese > yeh like on a deep dish pizza > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tuvix" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Best-circle-of-friends2] The History of Cheese > > > sounds delicious! hehehe! > > > > Chris W. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trish" <[email protected]> > To: "bcf2" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:23 PM > Subject: [Best-circle-of-friends2] The History of Cheese > > >> The History of Cheese >> >> The story goes something like this: an ancient Arab sets out on a journey >> across the desert. In preparation, he puts a ration of milk into a handy >> sheep's stomach to transport it. (Those ancient Arabs didn't waste many >> animal parts.) When the sun goes down, he makes camp and discovers that, >> due >> to the rennet in the sheep's stomach and the hot sun, his milk has >> separated >> into thin, milky whey and lumpy curds of cheese. He drinks one and eats >> the >> other, discovering that the whey is refreshing and the curds are utterly >> delicious. >> There's probably nothing much to this story. Perhaps it's the work of the >> imaginative Ancient Arabian Dairy Association, if there was such an >> institution. What we do know for sure is that cheese predates recorded >> history. It may have originated accidentally in Arabia like the story >> goes, >> or it could be European. Wherever it happened, it does seem somewhat >> plausible that the practice of storing liquids in such things as the >> stomach >> of animal may really have led to the accidental invention of cheese >> because >> of the rennet, as noted. >> Whatever the case, what we know for sure is that by the time the Roman >> Empire began conquering nations, cheese was already on the menu-and >> cheese >> making was a firmly established enterprise. The wealthiest of Romans even >> had a separate kitchen just for the making of cheese, and in this >> caseale, >> cheese could be stored to mature or be smoked. The Roman legions packed >> it >> along when they conquered Gaul. The ancient Greeks credited Aristaeus, a >> son >> of Apollo, with its discovery, and the Old Testament refers to it. >> Likewise, the Egyptians depict cheese making on tomb walls that date back >> to >> 2000 BC. There's archaeological evidence of cheese making in Poland three >> thousand years earlier than that. In Homer's Odyssey, the Cyclops made >> cheese from goat's and sheep's milk, and by the time Pliny the Elder >> penned >> his Natural History in 77 AD, he devoted an entire chapter to the variety >> of >> cheeses available around the Empire, including a smoked goat's milk that >> sounds like it could still win some ribbons at the Wisconsin State Fair. >> Six hundred years before the proposition that the moon was made of green >> cheese (it's not. or so scientists of the world would have us believe so >> they can keep all the cheese to themselves. Facts: Nerds often become >> scientists. Nerds can often be seen in labs eating pizza. Pizza typically >> has generous amounts of cheese on it. Wake up sheeple!). Where was I? Ah >> yes, around the 8th century, Emperor Charlemagne was encountering a >> mellow >> white cheese encased in an edible rind that might be likened to brie. >> Gorgonzola has been made in the Po River Valley since 897. French monks >> have >> been producing Roquefort since as far back as 1070. Cheddar dates back to >> about 1500 in England, while records show that Italy has been producing >> Parmesan since 1597. The resourceful Dutch have been making wheels of >> Gouda >> since 1697, and mild French Camembert dates from before 1791. >> While cheese is certainly ancient, it is by no means universal. Ancient >> European and Middle Eastern texts are full of references to cheese, but >> other parts of the world never mention it. One of the chief differences >> is >> the era in which domestication of milk-producing animals began in >> different >> parts of the world. Sheep and goats were domesticated about 8500 BC in >> Western Asia; cattle debuted as domestic critters around 7000 BC in the >> Eastern Sahara-both cheese-making regions. The alpaca and llama became >> domesticated in the Andes Mountains of South America around 4500 BC; >> while >> Tibet tamed the yak and Pakistanis began herding water buffalo about 2500 >> BC. Evidence abounds that cheese making came along very soon after in >> each >> locale. >> Meanwhile, the enterprising Chinese tamed the silkworm as early as 3500 >> BC >> and began spinning and weaving garments soon after, but they didn't tame >> any >> milk-producing animals until much later-and they never acquired the taste >> for cheese. Until relatively recent times, cheese was unheard of in East >> Asia or sub-Mediterranean Africa, while cheese culture spread across >> Europe, >> the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East, and spread further with the >> expansion of European imperialism. >> Historically cheese was largely made at home or in monasteries in Europe >> during the dark ages and Renaissance. The first cheese factory opened in >> Switzerland in 1815, commercially producing gruyere. Though it's refuted >> by >> some, Wisconsin celebrates Anne Pickett for establishing the first cheese >> factory in the U.S. in 1841. >> In 1851, Jesse Williams, a dairy farmer in Rome, New York, started the >> assembly-line production of cheese, using milk from neighboring dairy >> farms >> and creating the first of many dairy associations. In Wisconsin, the >> U.S.'s >> most celebrated cheese state, limburger was the first cheese produced >> commercially; its Green County factory opening in 1868. >> Perhaps the greatest step toward consistent flavor in cheeses came in the >> 1860s when rennet became a mass-produced commodity and forty years later, >> pure microbial cultures were created to replace whey recycled from the >> previous day's cheese production as the source of essential bacteria. >> Regardless of regional variety, cheese is essentially water, lactose, >> fat, >> protein and minerals. The protein is both whey, the liquid, and casein >> which >> makes up the bulk of cheese solids. Cheese can be made from the milk of >> just >> about any milk producing animal-from cow to camel, goat to sheep, water >> buffalo to yak. The variety of flavors is the result of the differences >> in >> milk, salt content, aging, storage and handling, and any additives that >> may >> find their way into the finished product. >> Cheese caught on as a way to preserve the nutrition of milk for longer >> than >> a day or two. Europeans spread this idea to the Americas, even packing it >> away on the Mayflower and in the hold of explorers' ships that >> circumvented >> the globe. But if it wasn't so universally enjoyed, it would never have >> become one of the world's favorite foods. Think of it this way, you could >> eat a different variety of cheese every day for the next four years and >> not >> start repeating your favorites until the last three months. 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