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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.
A platter with cheese and garnishes Cheeses in art: Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels, Clara Peeters, c. 1615. Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep).
Once the cheese curd is judged to be ready, the cheese whey must be released. As with many foods the presence of water and the bacteria in it encourages decomposition. To prevent such decomposition it is necessary to remove most of the water (whey) from the cheese milk, and hence cheese curd, to make a partial dehydration of the curd. There are ...
However, it does contain many of the same ingredients that make cheese, namely milk and cheese culture. It just happens to have a lot of other processed ingredients in it that do not fall within ...
While most of the world's commercially available cheese is made from cow's milk, many parts of the world also produce cheese from goats and sheep. Examples include Roquefort (produced in France) and pecorino (produced in Italy) from ewe's milk. [6] One farm in Sweden also produces cheese from moose's milk (known as 'elk' in Europe). [7]
A good rule of thumb is to choose semi-hard and hard cheese (usually ones that have been aged for longer periods of time). Examples of good freezing cheeses include aged cheddar, gruyère ...
First, moisture evaporates, changing the texture of the cheese. The longer cheese is aged, the harder it will become. A young gouda aged for just a few months will still be creamy, for example ...
American cheese, a variety of processed cheese usually created from a combination of Colby and cheddar cheeses; Government cheese, variety of processed cheese food; Nacho cheese; Old English, a processed cheese from Kraft, often used in cheese balls, sold in a small glass jar; Pimento cheese; Pizza cheese, some varieties are not cheese but ...