CHEESE!

So this page might seem fairly random just stumbling across it on my page. So let me explain. While I was at work, my coworkers and I starting talking about cheese. Next, we started telling each other our favorite types of cheese. Then we moved to looking up random cheese facts to tell each other. Weird, I know. But we're crazy college students. What do you expect? So here are some cheese facts to blow your mind!

Facts

We'll start off with a basic one. The word "cheese" comes from the Latin word caseus which means "to ferment" or "to sour".
A person who sells cheese is known as a cheesemonger.
The ancient Greek hero Aristaeus is credited for the discovery of feta cheese.
Collecting cheese labels is called tyrosemiophilia.
A giant wheel of Cheddar cheese was given to Queen Victoria (1837-1901) for a wedding gift. It weighed over 1,000 pounds. A normal Cheddar wheel weighs 60-75 pounds.
In the United States the month of June is National Dairy Month and the last week of June is National Cheese Week.
A benefit associated with cheese is that it helps protect tooth enamel and has an antibacterial effect. If consumed in moderate quantities it has various health benefits.
Pizza Hut is the largest cheese user. They use 30 million pounds of cheese annually--mostly on pizza.
In the Roman empire, houses had separate kitchens for producing cheese. These were called "careale".
The most stolen food item in the world is cheese. Four percent of all cheese sold ends up being stolen.
When cheese is digested, it breaks down into an opiod. Common opiods are herion and morphine.
Stilton blue cheese is known to frequently cause odd, vivid dreams.
Scientists have successfully created cheese using human bacteria collected from toes and belly buttons.
The French have a cheese for every day of the year.
Cheese existed before written language did.
Every pound of cheese requires ten pounds of milk.
There are hundreds of types of cheese. Cheese.com has a very impressive list.
As a country, the U.S. produces the most cheese in the world annually.
Wisconsin has the most cheesemaking plants in the U.S. with 90 percent of the state’s milk being made into cheese—about 2.8 billion pounds per year.
The world's most expensive sandwich ($214 per sandwich) uses Caciocavallo Padolico--a rare, Italian cheese.
There are some scientists who say that regularly eating Roquefort blue cheese can help you live longer.
In 2005, a study found that eating cheese thirty minutes before going to sleep could give you a better nights rest.
Cheese wheels were originally used by cheesemongers to roll their wares, instead of carrying them.
Turophile is someone who loves cheese.
On September 18, 2015, the largest cheese sculpture was finished--weighing over 1,500 pounds!
Cheese is a living and breathing thing, so it needs air. Cheese paper is specifically made to maintain partial air and moisture, but waxed or parchment paper will also do the trick.
Fresh cheeses such as ricotta, burrata, and cottage cheese should not have much of an aroma—if they have a strong smell, they are likely spoiled. These should be kept for a maximum of 7-10 days.
As cheese sits, its moisture collects at the bottom. Soft cheeses should be turned over every few days to distribute the moisture and oil content.
While you can safely cut mold off the outside of a hard cheese, any fresh cheese with mold on it should be thrown out.

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