I Need a interesting cheese fact!?

Question

I am putting in a newsletter to our employees....we mainly deal in cheese!

Answer 1

Did you know that...

Cheese is made from milk and it takes around 10 litres of milk to make 1kg of cheese.

Cheese can be made from lots of different types of milk, such as buffaloes' milk, sheeps' milk and goats' milk; most of the cheese eaten in the UK is made from cows' milk.

We all know that "Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her Curds and Whey"¦ but I bet you didn't know that to make cheese, milk has to be separated into curds which are the lumpy bits and whey which is the liquid bit. We make cheese with the curds!
Some cheeses, like Mature Cheddar, are stored for one year or longer before they are ready to eat. They are kept in special rooms and sometimes even caves!

There are over 700 different cheeses produced in Britain.

Cheddar is named after the Cheddar Gorge caves in Somerset where the cheese used to be stored to ripen. Cheddar is one of the most widely made cheeses in the world. King Henry II declared Cheddar Cheese to be the best in Britain!


Cornish Yarg came from a recipe found in a book in a farmer's attic - his name was Mr Gray (Yarg spelt backwards!)

Caerphilly was traditionally eaten by Welsh coal miners for their lunch.

Every spring sees locals in the village of Stilton, Peterborough, race along a course rolling giant, Stilton shaped wheels.

Cheese comes in many different colours, textures, tastes and appearances. They can be hard, soft and some are runny!

Cheese is packed with the protein that we all need to build and maintain our bodies. From hair to muscle, almost 20% of your body is made from protein.

A small matchbox-sized piece of Cheddar contains as much calcium as a third of a pint of milk.

Cheese is a great source of vitamin A, which you need for healthy skin and eyes and to keep your defence system working properly, helping to fight illnesses caused by nasty bugs and viruses.

Cheese is an excellent source of energy - a bite of cheese instead of a sugary drink keeps you and your teeth, on the go all day!

Each day our friends in France, Italy, Greece and Germany eat nearly twice as much cheese, per person, as we do.
Cheese is one of the most versatile foods around and can be used as a starter, a main course or as a dessert - you can't do that with many other foods!

Answer 2

To make 1 pound of cheese, a dairy cow must first eat 3 pounds of food.

Anyone could come to Andrew Jackson's public parties at the White House, and just about everyone did! At his last one, a wheel of cheese weighing 1,400 lbs. was eaten in two hours. The White House smelled of cheese for weeks.

Over 160 types of cheese are produced from the milk of California cows.

Answer 3

Alex Lifeson (of the rock band Rush) once ate more than nineteen thousand dollars worth of cheese in a single afternoon.

Answer 4

Human breast milk cheese is the largest growing sector of the cheese industry.

Answer 5

maggots still make some cheeses in other countries, but it has become illegal to selll to the public so there is a black cheese market

Answer 6

there are three different types of cheese. theres aged cheese, fresh cheese, and mid aged cheese.

Answer 7

If you can't brush your teeth for some reason, eat cheese. It inhibits the cavity process.

Answer 8

cheese only sleeps three hours a day and does most of its hunting at night.

Answer 9

The best cheese for catching trout is white cheese whilst the best for chub is yellow processed..............fact.

Answer 10

i'm lactose illiberal yet i won't be able to stay far flung from cheese. American, Mozzarella, Cheddar or perhaps cream cheese. It makes me unwell yet i won't be able to offer it up. appears like magic to me.