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Cheese Terminology
100

This cheese has holes and is often featured in cartoons when portraying "mice food."

What is Swiss cheese (Emmental)?

100

In this animated movie, Wallace and Gromit express their love for Wensleydale cheese.

What is "Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out"?

100

Gouda is a popular cheese that originated in this European country, known for its windmills and tulips.

What is the Netherlands?

100

The primary ingredient in cheese is this liquid, which can come from cows, goats, or sheep.

What is milk?

100

This word refers to a cheese's outer covering, which can be natural, waxed, or bloomy.

What is rind?

200

This Italian cheese is shredded on pasta and is known for its hard, granular texture.

What is Parmesan (Parmigiano-Reggiano)?

200

This famous comedy film from 1979 features the line “Blessed are the cheesemakers.”

What is Monty Python's Life of Brian?

200

Feta cheese is traditionally made in this Mediterranean country and is often used in salads.

What is Greece?

200

This enzyme is added to milk to help curdle it and separate the curds from the whey.

What is rennet?

200

This term describes the holes in Swiss cheese caused by gas produced by bacteria.

What are eyes?

300

This French cheese is known for its white, bloomy rind and creamy interior, typically served on a cheese board.

What is Brie?

300

In this Pixar movie, the lead character is a rat with an exceptional palate for cheese and fine foods.

What is Ratatouille?

300

Cheddar cheese, named after a village, originally comes from this country.

What is England?

300

During the aging process, this edible mold is intentionally introduced into blue cheese to create its veins and distinct flavor.

What is Penicillium?

300

This French word refers to a cheese maker, or someone who specializes in crafting cheese.

What is a fromager?

400

This blue-veined cheese is often crumbled onto salads and has a pungent aroma.

What is Gorgonzola?

400

In which TV show does the character Michael Scott from The Office create a "cheese puff pyramid"?

What is The Office?

400

Gruyère cheese, famous for its use in fondue, is a product of this Alpine country.

What is Switzerland?

400

This cheese-making process involves removing moisture from the curds to give cheese its final shape and texture.

What is pressing?

400

This process, common in hard cheeses like Parmesan, refers to the development of tiny crunchy crystals within the cheese, which are actually amino acids.

What is tyrosine crystallization?

500

This Spanish cheese is made from sheep’s milk and aged for at least 60 days, with a firm texture and a distinctive zigzag pattern on the rind.

What is Manchego?

500

In this romantic comedy, Hugh Grant's character owns a bookshop that features a scene discussing how to pair wine and cheese.

What is Notting Hill?

500

Halloumi, a semi-hard cheese, is primarily associated with this Eastern Mediterranean Island country.

What is Cyprus?

500

In this traditional method, cheese curds are heated and stretched to create a smooth, elastic texture, as seen in the production of mozzarella.

What is pasta filata?

500

This term refers to a cheese that is made by blending or combining different curds, often with unique textures and flavors.

What is a mixed-milk cheese?

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