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Period: 400 to
History of Cheese
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The Cheese Voyage
As cheese making continued to flourish in Europe, the pilgrims were sure to have it aboard the Mayflower on their voyage to America! -
Cheese Takes the U.S.
Jesse Williams opened the first cheese manufacturing plant in the United States located in Oneid County, New York. -
Limburger for Survival
Swiss immigrants settled in the small area of WIsconson, and a few years later open the LImburger Plant, which they begana to believe would be their main way of surviving. -
Cheese Sweeps the Nation
By 1880 there were 3,923 dairy factories nationwide. -
Asiago Cheese
This cheese has a very nutty flavor and was first produced in Europe, concentrated in Italy. -
Blue Cheese
This cheese has had penicillum injected into the cultures making it spotted or viened blue. The tates is typically sharp and salty and an aquired tates. -
Cheddar Cheese
This cheese is typically creamy. Its flavor can be mild or very sharp depending on the aging period. -
Cream Cheese
Considered a freash cheese, Cream Cheese is typically creamy with a fresh, sweet, but slightly tangy taste. -
Feta Cheese
This cheese is typically softer but has a slight sour taste and a very rich aroma. -
Goat Cheese
This cheese is very tangy and often taste much like the goats milk. Its flavor is typically tangy and sour because of the plants they eat. -
Swiss Cheese
This famously holey cheese has a very sweet and nutty flavor. -
Vegitarian Cheese
This cheese isnt cultured with rennet, like most cheese, which is a bacteria found in most animals guts. In order for this to be curded the processor must add a different bacteria or fungi. -
Gorganzola Opens Gates
Gorganzola, one of the very first cheeses, is made regularly in Po Valley, Italy.
