Hi there everyone! Welcome back to Our Foods and Cuisine blog. So, today i will be writing about Cheese. Who doesn't know Cheese? even the Tibetan and Mongolian people who lived in the mountains are familiar with it. And i think that the whole world is obsessed with Cheese. It's like the garnish and the complementary side dish that you can't miss to have in every meal.
The word "Cheese" came from a Latin word '
Caesus' or Caesin which means "To Ferment" or "Become Sour".
Cheese came from milk with various flavor, texture, and forms by Freezing the Protein of milk. Cheese usually contains the fat and protein of milk, and usually mad from Cow's, Buffalo's, Goat's, or Sheep's milk.
Cheese is Valuable because it can be stored for a long time, and has a great amount of calcium, fat, protein, an phosphorus.
To be a Cheese expert or
Cheesemonger requires a formal education which consist of years of tasting and hand experience. Once you become a Cheesemonger, you are responsible in selecting cheese menu, purchasing, ripening, receiving, and storing the Cheese.
Cheese is an ancient dish. There are no evidence to whether where the first cheese making was originated. But, the practice of Cheese making was spread in Europe during the Roman time. In archaeological records, the oldest evidence of cheese making was trace back to 5,500 BCE in what is now known as Kujawy, Poland. And the earliest record of Cheese preserving was traced back to 1615 BCE in the Taklamakan Desert in Northwest China.
The Cheese making process was probably an accidental discoveries. Around 8000 BCE, animal skin and internal organs was provided as storage vessels for foods. And while storing milk into a container made of animal stomach, the milk turns into curd and whey.
In the Roman times, Cheese making was considered mature art. Pliny's Natural History (77 CE) describes the variety of Cheese that the Roman's enjoy in the early Empire. The best Cheese was made in the villages near
Nîmes, but it didn't preserve long so it had to be eaten fresh.
In the pre-Colombian era, Cheese was only popular in Europe and was not familiar in east Asian culture. Later on, Cheese was brought and introduced to the world by the European Imperialism and in the Euro-American culture, Cheese was known worldwide and increasingly popular. In the 1860s, Cheese was produced in massive manner. And during the World War II, Factory made Cheese overtook the traditional way of making Cheese.
So, that's all from me today guys. Hope you enjoy reading the article. Until next time! Bye!
