Category: Know Your Cheese

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Strong cheese, mild cheese, shredded cheese, moldy cheese. Cheese that smells awful but tastes fantastic. Cheese can be added to almost any recipe out there. We love cheese by itself and cheese with almost anything. Perhaps we draw the line just short of cheese that squirts out of a can. But even that cheese has [...]

What you should know about cheese »

In the United States, more than 10 billion pounds of natural and processed cheeses are made every year, from about one-third of all of the milk produced in the country; and the average American consumes about 27 pounds of cheese every year. Natural cheeses are made from whole, 2 percent, 1 percent or fat-free milk, [...]

A History of Cheese »

A History of Cheese Cheese, a highly nutritious and palatable food, is of significant value in the diet because it contains almost all of the protein and essential minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients of milk. According to ancient records passed down through the centuries, the making of cheese dates back more than 4,000 years. No [...]

Cheese for Vegetarians »

For people who are vegetarians and are careful about how their cheese are processed and made here is a list that it shows which cheese are made from animal rennet, vegetable rennet, and microbial rennet. A= Animal, M= Microbial, N= None, V= Vegetable Cheese Product Category Asiago Bel Gioiso A Blarney Irish A Blue Castello [...]

Cheese Knowledge & Facts »

Did you know that… 1. The U.S. produces more cheese than any other country – 6,717,000,000 pounds. 2. Wisconsin produces more cheese than any other state -1,913,681,000 pounds. 3. There are 5 steps in making cheese. 4. The first cheese was made 4,000 years ago. 5. The first cheese was made by nomadic tribes in [...]