SC - Re: cheddar in beets recipe
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Tue Oct 19 07:53:38 PDT 1999
Ian Gourdon wrote:
>
> >Regarding the recipe you posted it sounds good but what justification is
> >there for the use of Cheddar cheese? Did this cheese exist at that time? - Ras
>
> Cheese Variety Year(AD)
> -------------- --------
> Gorgonzola 879
> Roquefort 1070
> Grana 1200
> Cheddar 1500
> Parmesan 1579
> Gouda 1697
> Gloucester 1697
> Stilton 1785
> Camembert 1791
>
> Data compiled from Scott (1986).
We know a cheese made around/marketed from Cheddar existed at that time.
We don't know what it was like, but I've recently had some uncooked (And
un"cheddared") English cheddar that might be pretty close to what it
was, and that was more like a hybrid Parmesan and aged Gouda.
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
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