Do you know???
By phoebe_02ph
@phoebe_02ph (6)
Philippines
February 8, 2007 6:23am CST
Do you know the legend of the cheese? according to legend, cheese was first made in the middle east when a man travelled across the dessert with his saddled bag full of milk for his journey. After some time he stopped for a drink and found that the milk has soured. it had become solid lumps and watery liquid... i just read it in some articles in internet..
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5 responses
@selina0625 (1379)
• Philippines
3 Mar 07
That a cool trivia. I like readings things like these. Acquiring knowledge on the things that are easily taken for granted like cheeses can make you win friends, hope I'm right. But it can be a conversation piece.I do believe that "we can be more, if we read more". Knowledge is Power!
@Tenerifelynn (575)
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19 Feb 07
Interesting?? Would love to learn more about this fact. Might be something to pass on to my cousin as he is a school teacher.. Do you have the website where you found the info?
Lynn-Marie
@mikeyr6000le (2123)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Yes I have heard that story. The only thing I don't get though is why he didn't just toss it afterwards. Would you continue to drink/eat something that was clumpy? Kind of like the first person to eat an egg. Who said I'm gonna eat that white thing coming out of that chickens butt? Makes ya wonder how the human race every servived lol.
@francisferns (671)
• India
19 Feb 07
The exact origins of cheesemaking are debated or unknown, and estimates range from around 8000 BCE (when sheep were domesticated) to around 3000 BCE. Credit for the discovery most likely goes to nomadic Turkic tribes in Central Asia, around the same time that they developed yogurt, or to people in the Middle East. A common tale about the discovery of cheese tells of an Arab nomad carrying milk across the desert in a container made from an animal's stomach, only to discover the milk had been separated into curd and whey by the rennet from the stomach.
Folktales aside, cheese likely began as a way of preserving soured and curdled milk through pressing and salting, with rennet introduced later— perhaps when someone noticed that cheese made in an animal stomach produced more solid and better-textured curds. The earliest archaeological evidence of cheesemaking has been found in Egyptian tomb murals, dating to about 2300 BCE. The earliest cheeses would likely have been quite sour and salty, similar in texture to rustic cottage cheese or feta.
From the Middle East, basic cheesemaking found its way into Europe, where cooler climates meant less aggressive salting was needed for preservation. With moderate salt and acidity, the cheese became a suitable environment for a variety of beneficial microbes and molds, which are what give aged cheeses their pronounced and interesting flavors.
