Helpful Hints

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It is best to keep cheese in the bottom part of your fridge.

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Cheese is an excellent source of nutrients, containing useful amounts of protein, vitamins and other important minerals.

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The term "big Cheese" derives from a medieval term of envy for those who could afford to buy expensive whole wheels of cheese.

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Cheese cannot really be said to have been "invented" - there is evidence that cheese came into being in prehistoric times.

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Beer and cider are good with most cheeses, particularly mature ones.

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Turophile is the official term for a cheese lover.

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That eating a piece of cheese after meals can help prevent tooth decay.

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For her 1858 wedding, Queen Victoria - a renowned cheese enthusiast was presented with a giant wheel of Cheddar cheese weighing over 1000 lbs.

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Mice actually prefer sweet smelling foods to cheese.  A piece of chocolate or peanut butter make more successful bait in a mousetrap.

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To bring out its full flavour, cheese should be served at room temperature.

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The French consume the most cheese - an average of 24.1kg per head.  They are closely followed by the Greeks with 24kg per head.  IDF Bulletin 2000.

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Cheese can help you have a good night's sleep.  One of the essential amino acids in cheese - tryptophan - has been shown to reduce stress and induce sleep.

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Wrap blue cheese all over as mould spores spread readily not only to other cheeses but also to anything near.

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Dessert wines and fortified wines stand up well to the rich, distinctively piquant flavour of blue cheese.

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The small holes in cheese like Emmental is because of a special starter culture that is added.

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The blue in blue cheese is NOT melted copper wire, but a harmless penicillin mould.

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Off dry white wines or crisp dry whites are best with goats' cheese.

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There are hundreds of different types of cheese that can be differentiated both by the type of milk - raw, skimmed or pasteurised, or by the animal - cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, horse or camel.