My brother works in the food industry and his theory is that the gritty texture of mature cheddar is due to lactose crystals...anyone know different?
yes, the sharper the cheese the longer the cheese is aged
You can purchase Aged Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese online at Wisconsin Cheese Mart. They have several different Wisconsin Cheeses to choose from. Nordic Creamery also sells Wisconsin Cheese online.
All cheese will nould if left out of fridge.
It doesn't, American cheese isn't really cheese. It is flavored vegetable oils congealed in a process similar to cheesemaking. Cheddar cheese is milk processed into cheese, pressed and smoked, then aged.
cheddar jack or a rich kind
No it is a soft cheese made from water buffalo milk.
A minimum of 3 months is needed but can be up to 30 months. The longer it is aged the "sharper" it becomes.
Yes, it is a mild cheese like Muenster, unaged cheddar, etc.
there really isnt, its just that this one person was bored one day and decided to create a cheese but the cheese they made was almost exactly the same as cheddar but they gave it another name so no one would suspect them of stealing a cheese recipe. (thats not true incase you dont already know. lol )
They are crisps ("chips", in the US) that are cheddar cheese flavour. Cheddar cheese is a mild tasting hard cheese, from the Cheddar region of the UK.
It depends on who packages the cheddar cheese. Velveeta is supposedly a cheddar cheese but some of its molecules are quite similar to plastic. I like natural cheddar cheese.
Aged cheeses, such as Cabot's naturally aged cheddar contain 0 grams of lactose. In fact, unlike many other dairy products, cheese in general is very low in lactose. Most contain less than 1 gram per serving and should not cause any lactose intolerance related symptoms. (cheddar cheese, not shredder cheese, no such thing).