Cheese: ~ Cheese takes up about 1/10 the volume of the milk it was made from.
~ In 1936 the first American blue cheese plant was founded by Felix Frederickson in Faribault, Minnesota. ~ Turophilia is a love of or obsession with cheese. ~ Consuming cheese immediately after meals or as a between-meal snack helps to reduce the risk of tooth decay. Certain cheeses - aged Cheddar, Swiss, blue, Monterey Jack, Brie, Gouda and processed American cheese - have been shown to help prevent tooth decay. Calcium, phosphorus and other components in cheese may contribute to this beneficial effect. ~ Richard Nixon liked ketchup on his cottage cheese. ~ More than one-third of all milk produced each year in the U.S. is used to make cheese. ~ The oldest evidence we have of cheese making dates from about 2300 B.C. from the residue in an Egyptian pot. ~ Parmesan cheese probably originated in Parma or in Tuscany in the 11th century. Boccaccio mentioned it in 1364. ~ Philadelphia brand cream cheese is one of the oldest American packaged foods; it went on sale in its protective wrapper in 1885. ~ The United States produces more than 30% of the world's cheese. -- Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
