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The consuming of fermented milk products (cheese) predates history. It is therefore impossible to say.

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William Yobe discovered mold in 1827 actually Alexander Fleming discovered mold in 1928


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Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of the mold in 1928.


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How did people make cheese in colonial times?

Archaeologist have discovered cheese making as far back as 6,000BC. Egyptian tomb murals of 2000 BC show butter and cheese being made. The Romans learned the early techniques for cheese making. The larger Roman houses had a separate cheese making kitchen, the caseale, and special areas where cheese could be matured. In large towns home made cheese could be taken to a special center to be smoked. By 300 BC cheese was regularly exported. Thus, the Roman expertise spread throughout Europe wherever their empire extended. With the fall of the Roman Empire around 410 AD cheese making spread slowly via the Mediterranean, Aegean and Adriatic seas to southern and central Europe. The river valleys easy access and methods adopted for production to suit the different terrain and climatic conditions. During the middle ages monks became the innovators and developers and because of them we have many types of cheese on the market today.Cheese making was done throughout Europe from ancient times. When the Romans got into contact with the people who lived in what is now Switzerland, the cheese they found there was already very like modern Swiss cheese. The manufacture of cheese in the Middle Ages was very much like it is today in the homestead. It consists of culturing milk, acidifying it, or using rennet; allowing it to curdle; cutting the curds; "cooking" it at temperatures that range from lukewarm to mildly warm, which causes the curds to contract; draining out the whey; pressing out the remaining whey; and possibly ageing. The ageing process can begin with soaking in brine to harden a rind, or covering with wax to prevent mold from growing, or it can include allowing or encouraging the mold to grow. At some point in the process, the milk, cheese or curds could be salted. Even in ancient times, cheese was sometimes smoked.

Related Questions

Can eating mold harm you?

It depends on the mold. I'm sure some of then would be very dangerous to ingest, but others are not - the "blue" in blue cheese is mold, and it is edible and delicious.


Does all cheese have mold?

Cheese with mould (mold) which has grown on it is not normally safe to eat. But many so-called 'blue' cheeses are made with special types of mould, veined throughout the cheese, which is perfectly edible.


Are molds poisonous to human?

That depends upon the mold. Consider Blue Cheese, Gorgonzola and Brie which are all made with mold which is quite edible. But don't eat mold that is a result of spoilage and doesn't normally belong on the food you intend to eat.


Can you eat feta cheese that has blue mold?

Blue cheese (or bleu cheese) is a cheese that has had Penicillium cultures added so that the final product is spotted or veined with blue-gray or blue-green mold.


Is cheese better when its old?

it depends most cheese is aged but so then there is no mold, then there is some cheese that you get fresh and then you have your bleu cheese with edible mold on it...i hope that this helps :)


Why is blue cheese made with mold?

It is not made with "moldy cheese" it is made with a type of blue mold added to it during its manufacturing but, this mold is not harmful to humans. Blue cheese is part of the blue veined cheese group.


What do you do to make blue cheese blue?

Cheese is molded on purpose. The blue in cheese is the color of mold.


Why is blue cheese green?

Blue cheese gets the name from the veins of blue colored mold that go through it. It is intentional, as it is a cheese curd infected with penecillium to have that result, which also gives it the pungent flavor.


Is blue cheese molded?

yes and no its made of items and milk compacted togetther in a mold it sits for a while and done cheese first off no ofens to the person who answered this but the answer is no because blue cheese has mold on it because it is aged of corse most cheese is but blue cheese has more mold on it than some other cheeses this mold contains many types of good bactearia wich are good for the digestive track so dn'tbe frightened by tis mold beacause it's acually doing you a favor p.s this was answered by a 7th grader


Is the blue in blue cheese really mold?

Yes it is, today most varieties of blue cheese are either injected with mold or it is mixed right in with the curd.


What is the color of blue cheese?

Blue cheese is mostly white with veins of blue mold growing in it.


What gives blue cheese its flavor?

blue mold