Several interesting facts about cheese

Like many other human activity products, it may have a cheese in various communities, at the same time. The sheep were domesticated about 12,000 years ago, and in Ancient Egypt, at about the same time began to breed cows. It is assumed that the cheese appeared as soon as these animals became part of human society, because it was from their milk to the light and cheese appeared.

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According to popular history - once the shepherds transferred milk from the herd in the cables made from the stomach lamb. So milk and turned into cheese under the influence of heat and under the action of enzymes contained in the stomach. This legend gives us an idea of the most ancient way to obtain a wonderful dairy product.
Soldiers in ancient Rome regularly received cheese with bread, wine and salt into their diet. Thus, in those areas where the Roman military was created, cheese production quickly occurred and developed.

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So dampness has spread throughout the empire.
Medieval monasteries in Europe have become the main agricultural centers. Cheese was especially important for long starvation. Various religious orders created a wide variety of cheeses to brighten up a limited diet. Many of the famous types of cheese and today are associated with monasteries.