Oldest Cheese Ever Found in Egyptian Tomb

Smithsonian ^ | August 16, 2018 | Katherine J. Wu

[Billthedrill]

Thanks for reminding me it’s time to clean the refrigerator.

[FoxInSocks]

tens of thousands around the world immediately petitioned for the right to sip from the freshly uncorked casket of amontillado. . . . But fear not, coffin connoisseurs

We're lucky to have such experts working and writing for the Smithsonian.

[SunkenCiv]

Hard to say, those figures are always pointing in both directions at once.

[a fool in paradise]

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Would you want to be the first to “cut that cheese”?

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe, it must be great to have lasted this long, wasn't even grated to start with.

[SunkenCiv]

Just the pharaohs were, they had the wealth -- the rest of Egyptians were Poe.

[joshua c]

I’m not going to eat it, you eat it.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I thought the ancient Egyptians were lactose intolerant and could only eat cheese, but could not drink milk. Do I have that wrong?

[SunkenCiv]

I'd never heard that. They domesticated cattle, or at least they adopted that practice, and grew huge surpluses of wheat. Probably not lactose intolerant or gluten allergic.

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQ0LZSnJFE

[trebb]

I’m waiting for them to dig up a 3,000 year old Twinkie - bet it’s still edible.

[p. henry]

Ouch

[redfreedom]

Why on Earth would sickos want to drink that nasty stuff when they can just go rob a local grave and probably get similar results?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Oldest cheese ever? Aisle five.

[SunkenCiv]

I think it pertained to some witless superstition that the liquid worked like the fountain of youth or some ****. The link to the earlier topic should lead to whatever paassed for the explanation. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

“They are not exactly real meat. But they don’t spoil.” — Herb Tarleck

[oldvirginian]

“I’m not going to eat it, you eat it.”

Give it to Mikey.
He’ll eat anything.

[Colorado Doug]

It's the same question, fromage to age.

Well played