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Bibliography

Ensrud, Barbara (1981). The Pocket Guide to Cheese. Sydney: Lansdowne Press. ISBN 978-0-7018-1483-0.

Jenkins, Steven (1996). Cheese Primer. Workman Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-89480-762-6.

Mellgren, James (2003). "2003 Specialty Cheese Manual, Part II: Knowing the Family of Cheese". Archived from the original on June 24, 2003. Retrieved October 12, 2005.

Further reading

Layton, T.A. (1967) The ... Guide to Cheese and Cheese Cookery. London: Wine and Food Society (reissued by the Cookery Book Club, 1971)

Buckingham, Cheyenne (May 1, 2019). "Is It Bad to Eat Cheese With Mold On It?". Eat This, Not That!.

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The Complete Book of Cheese at Project Gutenberg

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"Chymosin". GMO Compass. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2011. Patrick F. Fox (2000). Fundamentals of cheese science. Springer. p. 388. ISBN978-0-8342-1260-2. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020. Patrick F. Fox (1999). Cheese: chemistry, physics and microbiology, Volume 1. Springer. p. 1. ISBN978-0-8342-1338-8. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2011. "Classification of cheese types using calcium and pH". www.dairyscience.info. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011. Barbara Ensrud (1981). The Pocket Guide to Cheese, Lansdowne Press/Quarto Marketing Ltd., ISBN0-7018-1483-7"Classification of Cheese". www.egr.msu.edu. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011. McGee, Harold (2004). On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. Scribner. ISBN978-0-684-80001-1. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2020. Xanthe, Clay (November 18, 2006). "Finishing in style". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018. "How to eat: cheese and biscuits". The Guardian. June 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 9, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017. Clara Olshansky (March 16, 2018). "Wisconsin Cheesemakers Just Created the World's Longest Cheeseboard". Food and Wine. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018. "2011 Assembly Joint Resolution 89: commending Ralph Bruno, the creator of the cheesehead hat". Wisconsin State Legislature. January 19, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018. "Nutrition facts for various cheeses per 100 g". Nutritiondata.com. Conde Nast; republished from the USDA National Nutrient Database, version SR-21. 2014. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016. "SELF Nutrition Data - Food Facts, Information & Calorie Calculator". nutritiondata.self.com. Sacks, Frank M.; Lichtenstein, Alice H.; Wu, Jason H.Y.; Appel, Lawrence J.; Creager, Mark A.; Kris-Etherton, Penny M.; Miller, Michael; Rimm, Eric B.; Rudel, Lawrence L.; Robinson, Jennifer G.; Stone, Neil J.; Van Horn, Linda V. (June 15, 2017). "Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association". Circulation. 136 (3): e1–e23. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000000510. PMID28620111. S2CID367602. "Food Fact Sheet - Cholesterol" (PDF). Association of UK Dietitians. December 1, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2019. "Eat less saturated fat". National Health Service. June 1, 2017. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2019. "Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart disease". Mayo Clinic. January 9, 2019. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019. FDA Warns About Soft Cheese Health Risk"Archived January 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Consumer Affairs. Retrieved October 15, 2005.

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Layton, Thomas Arthur (1973). The Cheese Handbook: Over 250 Varieties Described, with Recipes. Courier Dover Publications. p. 130. ISBN9780486229553. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023. the caseus helveticus mentioned by Columella was probably a Sbrinz"The History Of Cheese: From An Ancient Nomad's Horseback To Today's Luxury Cheese Cart". The Nibble. Lifestyle Direct, Inc. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2009. "British Cheese homepage". British Cheese Board. 2007. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2007. Quoted in Newsweek, October 1, 1962, according to The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (Columbia University Press, 1993 ISBN0-231-07194-9, p. 345). Numbers besides 246 are often cited in very similar quotes; whether these are misquotes or whether de Gaulle repeated the same quote with different numbers is unclear. Smith, John H. (1995). Cheesemaking in Scotland – A History. The Scottish Dairy Association. ISBN978-0-9525323-0-9.. Full text (Archived link), Chapter with cheese timetable (Archived link). Cecil Adams (1999). "Straight Dope: How did the moon=green cheese myth start?".Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 15, 2005. Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (April 1, 2006). "Hubble Resolves Expiration Date For Green Cheese Moon". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved October 8, 2009. "A Brief History of America's Appetite for Macaroni and Cheese". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022. Thom, Charles (1918). The Book of Cheese. New York: The Macmillan company. "History of Cheese". traditionalfrenchfood.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2011. McGee, Harold (2004). On Food and Cooking (Revised ed.). Scribner. p. 54. ISBN0-684-80001-2. In the United States, the market for process cheese [...] is now larger than the market for 'natural' cheese, which itself is almost exclusively factory-made. Barkham, Patrick (January 10, 2012). "Why is cheese the most shoplifted food item in the world?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022. "World production of cheese (from whole cow milk) in 2014; Browse Data/Livestock Processed/World Regions/Production Quantity from pick lists". United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT). 2017. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2017. Workman, Daniel (April 12, 2016). "Cheese Exports by Country in 2015". World's Top Exports. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2016. "Carbon footprint of meat, egg, cheese and plant-based protein sources" (PDF). p. 24. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022. "Cheese Consumption – Kilograms per Capita". Canadian Dairy Information Centre. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.

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Effect on sleep

There is some support from studies that dairy products can help with insomnia.[62]

Scientists have debated how cheese might affect sleep. An antithetical folk belief that cheese eaten close to bedtime can cause nightmares may have arisen from the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol, in which Ebenezer Scrooge attributes his visions of Jacob Marley to the cheese he ate.[63] This belief can also be found in folklore that predates this story.[64] The theory has been disproven multiple times, although night cheese may cause vivid dreams or otherwise disrupt sleep due to its high saturated fat content, according to studies by the British Cheese Board. Other studies indicate it may actually make people dream less.[63][65]

Figurative expressions

In the 19th century, "cheese" was used as a figurative way of saying "the proper thing"; this usage comes from Urdu cheez "a thing", from Persian cheez, from Old Persian...ciš-ciy [which means] "something". The term "cheese" in this sense was "[p]icked up by [colonial] British in India by 1818 and [was also] used in the sense of "a big thing", for example in the expression "he's the real cheez".[6] The expression "big cheese" was attested in use in 1914 to mean an "important person"; this is likely "American English in origin". The expression "to cut a big cheese" was used to mean "to look important"; this figurative expression referred to the huge wheels of cheese displayed by cheese retailers as a publicity stunt.[6] The phrase "cut the cheese" also became an American slang term meaning to flatulate. The word "cheese" has also had the meaning of "an ignorant, stupid person".[6]

Other figurative meanings involve the word "cheese" used as a verb. To "cheese" is recorded as meaning to "stop (what one is doing), run off", in 1812 (this was "thieves' slang").[6] To be "cheesed off" means to be annoyed.[6] The expression "say 'cheese'" in a photograph-taking context (when the photographer wants the people to smile for the photo), which means "smile", dates from 1930 (the word was probably chosen because the "ee" encourages people to make a smile).[6] The verb "cheese" was used as slang for "be quiet" in the early 19th century in Britain.[6] The fictional "...notion that the moon is made of green cheese as a type of a ridiculous assertion is from 1520s".[6] The figurative expression "to make cheeses" is an 1830s phrase referring to schoolgirls who amuse themselves by "...wheeling rapidly so one's petticoats blew out in a circle then dropping down so they came to rest inflated and resembling a wheel of cheese".[6] In video game slang "to cheese it" means to win a game by using a strategy that requires minimal skill and knowledge or that exploits a glitch or flaw in game design.[66]

The adjective "cheesy" has two meanings. The first is literal, and means "cheese-like"; this definition is attested to from the late 14th century (e.g., "a cheesy substance oozed from the broken jar").[6] In the late 19th century, medical writers used the term "cheesy" in a more literal sense, "to describe morbid substances found in tumors, decaying flesh, etc."[6] The adjective also has a figurative sense, meaning "cheap, inferior"; this use "... is attested from 1896, perhaps originally U.S. student slang". In the late 19th century in British slang, "cheesy" meant "fine, showy"; this use is attested to in the 1850s. In writing lyrics for pop music, rock music or musical theatre, "cheesy" is a pejorative term which means "blatantly artificial" (OED).

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The nutritional value of cheese varies widely. Cottage cheese may consist of 4% fat and 11% protein while some whey cheeses are 15% fat and 11% protein, and triple-crème cheeses are 36% fat and 7% protein.[44] In general, cheese is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) of calcium, protein, phosphorus, sodium and saturated fat. A 28-gram (one ounce) serving of cheddar cheese contains about 7 grams (0.25 oz) of protein and 202 milligrams of calcium.[44] Nutritionally, cheese is essentially concentrated milk, but altered by the culturing and aging processes: it takes about 200 grams (7.1 oz) of milk to provide that much protein, and 150 grams (5.3 oz) to equal the calcium, though values for water-soluble vitamins and minerals can vary widely.[44] Macronutrient content of common cheeses, g per 100 g Water Protein Fat Carbs Swiss 37.1 26.9 27.8 5.4 Feta 55.2 14.2 21.3 4.1 Cheddar 36.8 24.9 33.1 1.3 Mozzarella 50 22.2 22.4 2.2 Cottage 80 11.1 4.3 3.4 Vitamin content of common cheeses, DV% per 100 g A B1 B2 B3 B5 B6 B9 B12 C D E K Swiss 17 4 17 0 4 4 1 56 0 11 2 3 Feta 8 10 50 5 10 21 8 28 0 0 1 2 Cheddar 20 2 22 0 4 4 5 14 0 3 1 3 Mozzarella 14 2 17 1 1 2 2 38 0 0 1 3 Cottage 3 2 10 0 6 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 Mineral content of common cheeses, DV% per 100 g Cl Ca Fe Mg P K Na Zn Cu Mn Se Swiss 2.8 79 10 1 57 2 8 29 2 0 26 Feta 2.2 49 4 5 34 2 46 19 2 1 21 Cheddar 3 72 4 7 51 3 26 21 2 1 20 Mozzarella 2.8 51 2 5 35 2 26 19 1 1 24 Cottage 3.3 8 0 2 16 3 15 3 1 0 14

Nutrient data from SELF.com.[45] Abbreviations: Cl = Choline; Ca = Calcium; Fe = Iron; Mg = Magnesium; P = Phosphorus; K = Potassium; Na = Sodium; Zn = Zinc; Cu = Copper; Mn = Manganese; Se = Selenium.

Cardiovascular disease

National health organizations, such as the American Heart Association, Association of UK Dietitians, British National Health Service, and Mayo Clinic, among others, recommend that cheese consumption be minimized, replaced in snacks and meals by plant foods, or restricted to low-fat cheeses to reduce caloric intake and blood levels of LDL fat, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.[46][47][48][49] There is no high-quality clinical evidence that cheese consumption lowers the risk of cardiovascular diseases.[46]

Pasteurization

A number of food safety agencies around the world have warned of the risks of raw-milk cheeses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that soft raw-milk cheeses can cause "serious infectious diseases including listeriosis, brucellosis, salmonellosis and tuberculosis".[50] It is U.S. law since 1944 that all raw-milk cheeses (including imports since 1951) must be aged at least 60 days. Australia has a wide ban on raw-milk cheeses as well, though in recent years exceptions have been made for Swiss Gruyère, Emmental and Sbrinz, and for French Roquefort.[51] There is a trend for cheeses to be pasteurized even when not required by law.

Pregnant women may face an additional risk from cheese; the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has warned pregnant women against eating soft-ripened cheeses and blue-veined cheeses, due to the listeria risk, which can cause miscarriage or harm the fetus.[52]

Cultural attitudes

A cheese merchant in a French market

A traditional Polishsheep's cheese market in Zakopane, Poland

Although cheese is a vital source of nutrition in many regions of the world and it is extensively consumed in others, its use is not universal.

Cheese is rarely found in Southeast and East Asian cuisines, presumably for historical reasons as dairy farming has historically been rare in these regions, due in part to low rates of lactase persistence. Paneer (pronounced [pəniːr]) is a fresh cheese common in North India and Pakistan. It is an unaged, non-melting soft cheese made by curdling milk with a fruit- or vegetable-derived acid, such as lemon juice. Its acid-set form (cheese curd), before pressing, is called chhena. In Nepal, the Dairy Development Corporation commercially manufactures cheese made from yak milk and a hard cheese made from either cow or yak milk known as chhurpi.[53] Bhutan also produces a similar cheese called Datshi which is a staple in most Bhutanese curries.[54] The national dish of Bhutan, ema datshi, is made from homemade yak or mare milk cheese and hot peppers.[55] In Yunnan, China, several ethnic minority groups produce Rushan and Rubing from cow's milk.[56] Cheese consumption may be increasing in China, with annual sales doubling from 1996 to 2003 (to a still small 30 million U.S. dollars a year).[57] Certain kinds of Chinese preserved bean curd are sometimes misleadingly referred to in English as "Chinese cheese" because of their texture and strong flavor.

Strict followers of the dietary laws of Islam and Judaism must avoid cheeses made with rennet from animals not slaughtered in a manner adhering to halal or kosher laws.[58] Both faiths allow cheese made with vegetable-based rennet or with rennet made from animals that were processed in a halal or kosher manner. Many less orthodox Jews also believe that rennet undergoes enough processing to change its nature entirely and do not consider it to ever violate kosher law (see Cheese and kashrut). As cheese is a dairy food, under kosher rules it cannot be eaten in the same meal with any meat.

Rennet derived from animal slaughter, and thus cheese made with animal-derived rennet, is not vegetarian. Most widely available vegetarian cheeses are made using rennet produced by fermentation of the fungus Mucor miehei.[59] Vegans and other dairy-avoiding vegetarians do not eat conventional cheese, but some vegetable-based cheese substitutes (soy or almond) are used as substitutes.[59]

Collecting cheese labels is called "tyrosemiophilia".[60]

Odorous cheeses

Even in cultures with long cheese traditions, consumers may perceive some cheeses that are especially pungent-smelling, or mold-bearing varieties such as Limburger or Roquefort, as unpalatable. Such cheeses are an acquired taste because they are processed using molds or microbiological cultures,[61] allowing odor and flavor molecules to resemble those in rotten foods. One author stated: "An aversion to the odor of decay has the obvious biological value of steering us away from possible food poisoning, so it is no wonder that an animal food that gives off whiffs of shoes and soil and the stable takes some getting used to".[39]

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Main article: Types of cheese

There are many types of cheese, with around 500 different varieties recognized by the International Dairy Federation,[34] more than 400 identified by Walter and Hargrove, more than 500 by Burkhalter, and more than 1,000 by Sandine and Elliker.[35] The varieties may be grouped or classified into types according to criteria such as length of ageing, texture, methods of making, fat content, animal milk, country or region of origin, etc.—with these criteria either being used singly or in combination,[36] but with no single method being universally used.[37] The method most commonly and traditionally used is based on moisture content, which is then further discriminated by fat content and curing or ripening methods.[34][38] Some attempts have been made to rationalise the classification of cheese—a scheme was proposed by Pieter Walstra which uses the primary and secondary starter combined with moisture content, and Walter and Hargrove suggested classifying by production methods which produces 18 types, which are then further grouped by moisture content.[34]

Brie cheese

Bleu de Gex

Maccagno cheese

Berkswell Cheese

Maroilles cheese

Mozzarella

Queso fresco

Smoked cheese

Bergader Almkase cheese

Sheep milk cheese from Poland

Cœur de Neufchâtel

Devil's Gulch cheese

Camembert

Saint-Julien aux noix

Bavaria blu cheese

Edam

Sainte-Maure de Touraine

Tentation du Vercors

Bleu d'Élizabeth

Météorite fromage

Ricotta

Rigotte de Condrieu

Parmigiano-Reggiano

Chabichou du Poitou

Österkron blue cheese

Reblochon

Saint-Pierre Cheese

Fourme d'Ambert

Stilton cheese

Langres

Emmental

Bergkäse

Isle of Mull Cheese

Zacharie cheese

Diverse Sauermilchkäse sour cheese

Red Hawk cheese

Gruyère

Brie de Nangis

Rouelle du Tarn

Comté

Cooking and eating

Saganaki, lit on fire, served in Chicago

At refrigerator temperatures, the fat in a piece of cheese is as hard as unsoftened butter, and its protein structure is stiff as well. Flavor and odor compounds are less easily liberated when cold. For improvements in flavor and texture, it is widely advised that cheeses be allowed to warm up to room temperature before eating. If the cheese is further warmed, to 26–32 °C (79–90 °F), the fats will begin to "sweat out" as they go beyond soft to fully liquid.[39]

Above room temperatures, most hard cheeses melt. Rennet-curdled cheeses have a gel-like protein matrix that is broken down by heat. When enough protein bonds are broken, the cheese itself turns from a solid to a viscous liquid. Soft, high-moisture cheeses will melt at around 55 °C (131 °F), while hard, low-moisture cheeses such as Parmesan remain solid until they reach about 82 °C (180 °F).[39] Acid-set cheeses, including halloumi, paneer, some whey cheeses and many varieties of fresh goat cheese, have a protein structure that remains intact at high temperatures. When cooked, these cheeses just get firmer as water evaporates.

Some cheeses, like raclette, melt smoothly; many tend to become stringy or suffer from a separation of their fats. Many of these can be coaxed into melting smoothly in the presence of acids or starch. Fondue, with wine providing the acidity, is a good example of a smoothly melted cheese dish.[39] Elastic stringiness is a quality that is sometimes enjoyed, in dishes including pizza and Welsh rarebit. Even a melted cheese eventually turns solid again, after enough moisture is cooked off. The saying "you can't melt cheese twice" (meaning "some things can only be done once") refers to the fact that oils leach out during the first melting and are gone, leaving the non-meltable solids behind.

As its temperature continues to rise, cheese will brown and eventually burn. Browned, partially burned cheese has a particular distinct flavor of its own and is frequently used in cooking (e.g., sprinkling atop items before baking them).

Cheeseboard

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"Cheese plate" redirects here. For dishware, see Plate (dishware) § Side plate.

Various cheeses on a cheeseboard served with wine for lunch

A cheeseboard (or cheese course) may be served at the end of a meal before or following dessert, or replacing the last course. The British tradition is to have cheese after dessert, accompanied by sweet wines like Port. In France, cheese is consumed before dessert, with robust red wine.[40][41] A cheeseboard typically has contrasting cheeses with accompaniments, such as crackers, biscuits, grapes, nuts, celery or chutney.[41] A typical cheeseboard may contain four to six cheeses, for example: Mature Cheddar or Comté (hard: cow's milk cheeses); Brie or Camembert (soft: cow's milk); a blue cheese such as Stilton (hard: cow's milk), Roquefort (medium: ewe's milk) or Bleu d'Auvergne (medium-soft cow's milk); a soft/medium-soft goat's cheese (e.g. Sainte-Maure de Touraine, Pantysgawn, Crottin de Chavignol).[41] A cheeseboard 70 feet (21 m) long was used to feature the variety of cheeses manufactured in Wisconsin,[42] where the state legislature recognizes a "cheesehead" hat as a state symbol.[43]