The most interesting about the cheese

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The mankind knows about cheese for thousands of years. His species in the world there is a great variety, the cheapest of them cost a little less than a dollar, and for the most expensive varieties you will have to shell out. In this article we will tell you about the most interesting facts about cheese.

1. To produce one kilogram of cheese will need about 10 liters of milk, but cheese comes not only from him. There is cheese made from pork liver, soy, sour cream and even peas. In General, the technology of production of cheese is not is very complex, although it has a few features.

2. Some peoples of the Caucasus in all seriousness consider cheese to be aphrodisiac. That is why every wedding should be present in the product.

3. Mention of cheese was first recorded in ancient Egypt 5 thousand years ago. Famous Homer also not spared of this product and describe its production in the Odyssey, in one of his stories. And the first country which started to produce cheese in large quantities became the Netherlands. Product of them were large round head and sold well, bringing a good profit. Interestingly, from the 14th century and to this day the appearance and shape of the cheese is almost unchanged.





4. Since ancient times in order to give the cheese some unusual color, it was dyed with carrot juice, the leaves of calendula and other natural dyes.

5. Britain generally refers to this milk product with more respect, because even the English Queen Victoria at the wedding gave the cheese weighing more than 500 kg. And in our time each year in the UK is the championship of eating cheese.

6. There is also a legend that the famous philosopher Zarathustra more than two decades, eating only one cheese.

 

Source: mif-facts.com.ua