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Thousands of cheese lovers to log on...to watch cheddar mature
The Daily Mail ^
| 17th September 2007
| Staff
Posted on 09/17/2007 12:43:53 PM PDT by fanfan
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To: xp38
21
posted on
09/17/2007 12:59:48 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fanfan
Probably some chemical reaction in the cheese itself. Blue Cheese is actually a fungus growing in the cheese.............
22
posted on
09/17/2007 1:00:11 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: fanfan
From WIKI:
Like many cheeses, the colour of Cheddar cheese is sometimes modified by the use of food colourings. In parts of the United States and Canada, Annatto, extracted from the tropical achiote tree, is used to give Cheddar cheese a deep orange colour. The origins of this practice have been long since forgotten, but the three leading theories appear to be:
* to allow the cheese to have a consistent colour from batch to batch
* to assist the purchaser in identifying the type of cheese when it is unlabelled
* to identify the cheese’s region of origin.
Cheddar cheese was traditionally packaged sometimes in black wax, but commonly in larded cloth, impermeable to contaminants but still allowing the cheese to breathe, though this practice is now limited to Europe and to artisan cheese makers. In the United States, Cheddar cheese comes in several varieties, including mild, medium, sharp, New York Style, Colby/Longhorn, white, and Vermont. New York style Cheddar cheese is a particularly sharp Cheddar cheese, sometimes with a hint of smoke. It is usually slightly softer than milder Cheddar cheese. Colby/Longhorn Cheddar cheese has a mild to medium flavour. The curds are still distinct, often marbled in colour, varying from cream to yellow. Cheddar that has not been coloured is frequently labelled as “white Cheddar” or “Vermont Cheddar”, regardless of whether it was produced in the state of Vermont.
A bowl of cheese curds
A bowl of cheese curds
Cheddar cheese is one of several products used by the United States Department of Agriculture to track the dairy industry; reports are issued weekly detailing prices and production quantities. The state of Wisconsin produces the most Cheddar cheese in the United States; other centres of production include upstate New York, Vermont, and Tillamook, Oregon.
Cheddar cheese is a good source of vitamin B12. A slice of vegetarian Cheddar cheese (40 g) contains about 0.5 µg of vitamin B12 (required daily intake for an adult is 2.4 µg).
Famous Cheddar cheeses from Somerset include Keen’s, with a strong tang, and Montgomery’s, with an apple after taste and the unpasteurised Cheddar made by the Gorge Cheese Company in Cheddar itself.
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posted on
09/17/2007 1:02:46 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
The OFFICIAL Watching Paint Dry WebcamWho pays for that server?
Too funny!
24
posted on
09/17/2007 1:02:56 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fanfan
OK. So what makes it turn orange? It doesn't. Cheddar is naturally white. Orange cheddar comes from adding annatto food coloring to the mixture before it hardens curing fermentation.
25
posted on
09/17/2007 1:05:05 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
To: Red Badger
Heh, I don’t eat blue cheese.
It’s too sharp.
26
posted on
09/17/2007 1:05:38 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fanfan
This story has a lot of holes in it...
27
posted on
09/17/2007 1:09:39 PM PDT
by
Lucky9teen
(This country feels the same when Congress is in session as when a baby gets hold of a hammer.)
To: wideawake; Drew68
Post #20 has the answer.
:-)
28
posted on
09/17/2007 1:09:50 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fanfan
Watch out. I bought some cheese from the deli. And I think something's living in it?
29
posted on
09/17/2007 1:13:12 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: fanfan
It’s good for you. The blue is from the penicillium mold.............
30
posted on
09/17/2007 1:25:17 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: Red Badger
I'm not too fond of blue food. ;-)
Except blueberries.
31
posted on
09/17/2007 2:26:04 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fanfan
I like blue tortilla chips.........
32
posted on
09/17/2007 2:37:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: fanfan
I thought they were going to televise it on the Grass Growing Network.
To: fanfan
made from Blue Navajo Corn...........
34
posted on
09/17/2007 2:41:17 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: Red Badger
They grow that from blue corn, right?
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posted on
09/17/2007 2:41:42 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: Red Badger
36
posted on
09/17/2007 2:43:00 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: Daffynition
I don’t see any whiskers......
I’d go ahead and eat it.
37
posted on
09/17/2007 2:44:22 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: Red Badger
Is it in HD?.............. Nope! Everybody knows that HD's are made out of butter! ;-)
38
posted on
09/17/2007 4:24:28 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(relaxing in a luxuriant cloud of quality, aromatic, pre-owned tobacco essence)
To: fanfan
This give a whole new meaning to the ‘watching paint dry’ groupies.
39
posted on
09/18/2007 8:36:23 AM PDT
by
poobear
(Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
To: fanfan
Do they do this in Wisconsin?
40
posted on
09/18/2007 8:38:52 AM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(Reunite Gondwanaland!)
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