The Ages Of Fromages
Soft, hard, yellow, blue, mouldy or just plain smelly, the world of cheese is a varied one. It's as fine as food as can be, but as ever, science is at the heart of successful production.
The type of milk used determines the quality of the product and this is directly linked to grazing, stage of lactation and even the weather!
The exact date of the first case of cheese making is open to debate but archaeological evidence suggests that it could be as early as 5000BC. It is believed that shepherds in Samaria, the mountainous region of the West Bank, made the first discovery quite by accident when milk curdled in their leather bottles.
The milk would have contained bacteria and the bottle, which was likely to have been made from calf stomachs, would have contained the enzyme rennin. This would first have caused acidi
The type of milk used determines the quality of the product and this is directly linked to grazing, stage of lactation and even the weather!
The exact date of the first case of cheese making is open to debate but archaeological evidence suggests that it could be as early as 5000BC. It is believed that shepherds in Samaria, the mountainous region of the West Bank, made the first discovery quite by accident when milk curdled in their leather bottles.
The milk would have contained bacteria and the bottle, which was likely to have been made from calf stomachs, would have contained the enzyme rennin. This would first have caused acidi