Cheshire
Country of origin	England
Region, town	Cheshire
Source of milk	Cows
Pasteurized	Frequently
Texture	hard crumbly
Aging time	4-8 weeks depending on variety
Certification	No

Cheshire [ˈtʃɛʃə] (IPA) cheese is a dense and crumbly cheese produced in Cheshire, England, and the neighbouring counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 143 KB)Cheshire Cheese. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a palatine... COW is an acronym for a number of things: Can of worms The COW programming language, an esoteric programming language. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a palatine... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ... Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) is a traditional county and principal area in northern Wales. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

History

Cheshire cheese is the one of the oldest recorded cheeses in British history and is referred to in the Domesday Book. Cheese is a solid food made from the curdled milk of cows, goats, sheep, buffalo or other mammals. ... Doomesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ...

Cheshire was the most popular cheese on the market in the late eighteenth century. In 1758 the Royal Navy ordered that ships be stocked with Cheshire and Gloucester cheeses. By 1823, Cheshire cheese production was estimated at 10,000 tonnes per year. 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Until the late 19th century, the different varieties of Cheshire Cheeses were aged to a sufficient level of hardness to withstand the rigours of transport (by horse and cart, and later by boat) to London for trading purposes. Younger, fresher, crumbly cheese that required shorter storage – similar to the Cheshire cheese of today - began to develop in popularity towards the end of the 19th century particularly in the industrial areas in the North and the Midlands. It was a cheaper cheese to make as it required less storage.

Sales of Cheshire peaked at around 40,000 tonnes in 1960 subsequently declining as the range of cheeses available in the UK grew considerably. Cheshire Cheese remains the UK’s largest selling crumbly cheese with sales of around 6,500 tonnes per year. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

Form

It is a dense and crumbly cheese with a very sharp flavour derived from the area's abundant deposits of salt. It comes in three varieties: white, red (which has been dyed with annatto), and blue-veined (also known as Shropshire cheese). The blue-veined variety, which was once considered undesirable, is caused by mould penetration during aging. A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ... A new article is underway at Talk:Annatto/Temp which conforms to the template laid out at Wikipedia:WikiProject-Herbs-and-Spices/Template. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

Cheshire cheese is considered by some to be a variety of Cheddar cheese, although cheshire cheese is not aged as long as most cheddars. Country of origin England Region, town Somerset, Cheddar Source of milk Cows Pasteurized Frequently Texture hard/semi-hard Aging time 3-4 months depending on variety Certification No Cheddar cheese is a pale yellow, sharp-tasting cheese originally made in the English village of Cheddar, in Somerset. ...

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is an historic pub in London, located in an alley on Fleet Street. The name has been mimicked by other similar businesses. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

External links

• Appleby's Cheshire
• Cheese and the Navy
• Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub
• British Cheese
• HS Bourne Cheshire Cheese