Where Did Cheese Really Come From?

What is your favorite cheese?

As a professional Dutch cheese salesman, I was impressed by how informative and thorough this video is. I might also be a tiny bit biased. To me, the best cheese in the world is a large model farmhouse Gouda, aged to the point where it has a great savory flavor that lingers. The cheese tingles your tongue, while still feeling smooth in the mouth. I'd invite you all to visit the Netherlands just to get a sample of this supreme type of Gouda. You can return home with as many kilos of it as your luggage limit allows, vacuum sealed in convenient pieces ;)

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As a Belgian with French roots i remembered how we went to visit our grandmother in Normandy a few times a year for the holidays. She always prepared us a complete french dinner and after the main course and before the dessert there was always a cheese platter served on one of these round wooden boards with a cheese knife. She always took the time of explaining to us kids which were the 3-5 cheeses she served that day and also instruct us the proper way to cut cheese. Cause yeah for each form a cheese has there is a right and a wrong way to cut them and all hell broke loose if we happened to cut it the wrong way in her presence.

As a Vermont dairy farmer and professional cheesemaker, I really appreciated this video. I particularly enjoyed seeing the illustrations from the past, documenting our craft. It is really nice to see the resurgence of micro-dairies in our state that not only make traditional cheeses, but also those of their own creation. On our state licensed farm and creamery, we specialize in a variety of artisan goat cheeses ranging from creamy Chevre, to bloomy rind semi-soft varieties like Brie and Petit Bucheron (my own creation), as well as traditional Feta and Romano. My only pet peeve with some cheesemakers is their incorrect use of the term Farmstead Cheese. By law you can only label a cheese as "farmstead" if at least 50% of the milk comes from your own herd located on the same premises as the creamery. With our cheeses, 100% of the milk is from our goat herd. As for my favorite cheeses: Our own Petit Bucheron, Gorgonzola Dolce and Bleu d'Auvergne, Tomme, and Raclette. Unfortunately, we cannot make any blue cheese varieties, as Pencillium Roqueforti is notorius for "infecting" an entire cheese cave and make-room.

We were on a camping site in Italy when a German lady asked me from which Dutch town we were from. I answered Gouda which made her look puzzled and after about half a minute, she said: "You are living in a cheese?!!"

Interesting linguistic note here. The Latin name for Cheese is 'Caseus'. From this word, among others, the English 'Cheese', the Spanish 'Queso', the German Kase, and the Romanian 'Cascaval' names are derived. While, as correctly mentioned in the video, techniques for making hard cheese existed at least since the time of ancient Greece, they were not perfected and widely used until the Roman times. Until then, most cheese types were made of curds, mostly preserved in salt or brine (similar to Feta). During Roman times, hard cheese (in wheels or similar forms) became popular, and was called 'caseus formatus' i.e. 'formed cheese' (from the Greek morfi, meaning form / shape), and later 'formaticum'. From this word the French Fromage and the Italian Formaggio derive.

I got back in touch with my long lost father today. I thank you for posting this video. Makes my day much better ❤

THAT was fascinating! I love the little models that were used to illustrate points as well, and (as usual) the irreverent delivery from your excellent narrator. Thanks, Weird History!

But how did all this amazing cheese history never makes it's way to Asia?? There's basically no cheese in traditional Asian cuisine and many Asians are lactose intolerant because there's basically no dairy in their diet.

I really do wonder how half the foods we eat were even discovered in the first place, like making chocolate for example. It's crazy how some of these foods come about

❤ A very tasty and informative video I will share and guard, going back to look at from time to time! Having lived in France for eleven years (being a Swede married to a French woman), cheese is (almost) my religion! Already as a boy in Sweden, I loved cheese, beginning with Swedish cheeses, then cheeses from different countries, not least France. One of my cousins were married to a man who, with his father ran the first company importing French specialities to Sweden, among them, cheese. Almost every holiday he came visiting my mother and me, bringing a plate with French cheeses, with the map of France on it, showing where they were made! Vive le fromage!

I really appreciate the fine artisanal cheeses , their complexity in flavors and textures just are something to behold , but there is something about a slice of processed American cheese on a burger that just can’t be replicated for me

As Eurythmices (🐁🐁) once sang: "Sweet dreams are made of cheese, Who am I to diss a brie?"

I knew of a Wisconsin couple who went on vacation to Switzerland and bought a round of Swiss Cheese. On their return home they notified their friends that they brought back a "round of true swiss cheese." When they and their friends got together to taste real Swiss Cheese and opened their new round of cheese, it stated inside the wrapper, "Made in Wisconsin."

For a silly channel that usually covers topics superficially and humorously, I found this video to be surprisingly thourough and well researched.

Favorite cheese is probably Smoked Gouda. Although I do also love Muenster. Hard to choose.

This new series is fantastic.Really liking the new editing style.

Cheese is one of the greatest innovations in human history.

I work in an artisanal cheese factory, very fun informative video