SC - Re: Making cheese
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Tue Aug 29 10:38:43 PDT 2000
In a message dated 8/29/00 7:00:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Tollhase1 at aol.com writes:
<< OK, where did they make cheese. I would imagine that in the bigger
cities,
their were cheese houses, but else where would not have cottage industries
or
home based been more prevalent?
Frederich. >>
In understanding the MAs, we tend to forget that each 'trade' was done by
individuals. Each village had a shoemaker, a spice person, a leather worker,
an apothecary, a communal oven. , etc., <insert specialist of your choice> ,
ad nauseum.
Today we have Giant, Acme, Wegman's, etc. Then they had the cabbage man, the
spice grinder, the apple grower, the pig farmer, the milk man, the cheese
maker, etc. Even in the manor houses duties were specialized. For instance
today the gardener takes care of everything, then there would have been the
head gardener (e.g., overseer), the plowboy, the herb attendant, the fruit
grower, etc., etc. Alternatively you would have went to the shoe shop, the
produce street, the butcher's street with each merchant specializing in a
particular animal, the cloth merchant, the thread merchant, the cheese
merchant. Each of those in turn purchasing their product from the person that
actually made it.
While any single individual might have knowledge of cheese making, that
individual sold his product to the other houses. That is why it would have
been rare to see such activity occur in any given household.
I hope I have clarified my thoughts......
Ras
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