[Sca-cooks] Cheese (was:Today in History.....

[Mairi Ceilidh]

But...but...but.....do you mean I can't trust what I find on the internet
and use it as primary documentation???  Even if it comes through my email???
AAARRRGGG!  There goes my whole Art/Sci career!!

Seriously, I'm thinking that cheese is going to be one of my next big
passions (making it, that is--eating it already is).  Since I am somewhat of
an authenticity freak, I would enjoy having more information on sources of
cheese facts.  I do not want someone else to do my research for me, but a
nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

While on the subject, anybody out there have any experience with using beer
or rose water as a clotting agent in cheese making?

Thank You!

Mairi Ceilidh




> IIRC, Pliny makes some favorable comments on a cheese from Lacanne which
is
> probably Rouquefort.  That is 79 CE so the date of this fact is only off
by
> a 1000 and some years.  There is also some evidence that Roquefort was
part
> of the annual taxes paid to Charlemagne, because he enjoyed the cheese.
>
> Presumably (because I haven't vetted the source), sole rights to the
cheese
> and its aging were conveyed to the village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in
1411
> by Charles VI of France.
>
> Ahh sniff at zees "fac'".
>
> Bear
>
>
> .....In 1070 Roquefort cheese discovered
>
> What?  Did they find a long lost "science project" in a back corner of the
> cheese cave?  And recorded they date?  Maybe I should be keeping better
> track of some of the things I dig out of the dark recesses of my ice box
> occasionally.
>
> Sorry, I'm not awake yet, and this just struck me as funny.  Please carry
on
> with your meaningful work.
>
> Mairi Ceilidh