Types of Cheese
Cheese in "Pop Culture"
Cheese History
Cheese Facts
100

This cheese is naturally a pale yellow, but it is frequently dyed. Traditionally, the more vibrant the color, the higher the price

Cheddar

100

This Spanish cheese originates from a region in Spain that is also known as "the land of Don Quixote"

Manchego

100

During part of which decade in the 1900s did Wisconsin legally require its restaurants to serve cheese with every meal?

1930s

100

Wood pulp is very likely a filler in the unauthentic powdered stuff that you add to your spaghetti

"Parmesan"

200

This is possibly the most popular cheese, and it is traditionally made from buffalo's milk

Mozzarella

200

According to Homer's Odyssey, the cyclopes, Polyphemus, was the first to prepare this specific cheese.

Feta

200
This Queen of England once received a giant +1,000 pound wheel of Cheddar cheese as a wedding gift

Queen Victoria

200

Homemade mozzarella can be created with what three common household ingredients?

Milk, vinegar, and salt

300

This creamy French cheese is covered in a white layer and has a yellowish interior

Brie

300

This British kid's show is responsible for the survival and popularization of Wensleydale cheese.

Wallace and Gromit

300

Archeologists once found the remains of spreadable Egyptian cheese in a tomb. Roughly how many thousands of years old is this cheese?

3,000 years old

300

This is what causes fresh cheese curds to squeak

Elastic protein rubbing against teeth enamel
400

This cheese is named after a city in Holland where cheesemakers from the surrounding area still gather to have their cheese weighed, priced, and sold at the market

Gouda

400
This famous story features a character who suggests that the cheese he ate could be one of the reasons he is seeing the ghost of his old business partner
The Christmas Carol
400

This cheese was used as cannonballs (and killed two soldiers) during a battle between Montevideo and Buenos Aries in 1841

Edam

400

This chemical compound is what causes the holes/eyes in cheeses like Swiss

Carbon Dioxide