[Sca-cooks] origin of cheese

[Stefan li Rous]

Olwen commented:
> > How about Zabar's for food and kitchen tools? 80th Street and 
> Broadway
> > http://www.zabars.cm/welcome.html
> > Lord Vincenzo Martino Mazza,
>
> I love their take on the origins of cheese!
>
> "Did You Know That...
> the first cheese was produced inadvertently. It is believed that the 
> actual
> "invention" of cheese was probably an accident resultig from the 
> practice
> of carrying milk in pouches, exposed to the heat of the sun for hours
> at a time."
I believe I've heard this before. I think a key fact is that these 
weren't just pouches, but pouches made from the stomachs of cattle and 
that they had rennet traces still inside.
Stefan
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