Thursday, September 11, 2008

enjoy your cheese


Cheese is a food made from milk usually milk from cows, goat, so on.The milk is acidified, typically with a bacteria culture, causes coagulation, to give "curds and whey". Some cheeses also have mold, either on the outer rind or throughout.there are more than Hundreds of kind of cheese produced. Their different styles, look and flavors depend on the origin of the milk, whether it has been pasteurise, low fat content, the species of bacteria and mold, and the processing including the length of aging. Spices, herbs may be used as flavoring agents. Cheeses are eaten both on their own and cooked in various dishes; most cheeses melt when heated. Vegetables alternatives to rennet are available; most are produced by fermentation, but others have been extracted from various species of the Cyanara thistle family.Cheese also suitable as a travel food. It is portability, long life, and high content of calcium, phoaphorus, protein, and fat. Cheese is more compact and has a longer shelf life than the milk from which it is made. The long storage life of cheese allows selling it when markets are more favorable.

source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese

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