Fun facts you need to know about cheese!

Why is cheese named cheese?

Cheese, as well as the Spanish queso and German Kaese and a few other cheese words, all can be traced to the Latin word for cheese, caseus. Going back a little further, the root is a term that refers “to ferment, to become sour.”

Fun facts you need to know about cheese!

People have been making cheese since before the dawn of recorded history. It is unknown who first curdled milk and separated the solid curds from liquid whey, but archaeologists have found traces of cheesemaking in artifacts that go back at least 7,200 years. It seems like we have loved cheese from day one and every day thereafter!. And no wonder, because what other food has so much variety, flavour, texture, and pairs so well with everything from wine, to beer, to meats, pasta and bread? Some would say nature’s perfect food!