Cheshire cheese

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Cheshire cheese is a traditional, crumbly British cow's milk cheese from the county of Cheshire, known as one of England's oldest recorded cheese varieties.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British cheese
cheese
cow's milk cheese
agingTime 2 to 3 months
classification territorial cheese
coagulationMethod rennet
color orange
red
white
countryOfOrigin England
crumbStructure open and crumbly
curdTreatment cut and drained
fatContent medium fat
firstRecorded 12th century
flavor mild
slightly salty
tangy
historicalReference mentioned in the Domesday Book region
knownAs one of the oldest recorded British cheeses
madeFromMilkOf cow
milkTreatment pasteurized or unpasteurized
moistureContent relatively high for a hard cheese
primaryIngredient cow's milk
regionOfOrigin Cheshire
rindType natural rind
servingTemperature room temperature
similarTo Lancashire cheese
Wensleydale cheese
texture crumbly
semi-hard
traditionalProductionArea Cheshire
Denbighshire NERFINISHED
Flintshire
Shropshire NERFINISHED
Staffordshire NERFINISHED
traditionalStatus heritage British cheese
typicalShape cylindrical wheel
typicalUse cooking cheese
table cheese
typicalWeight large wheels
usedInDish cheese and onion pie
ploughman's lunch
salads
sandwiches
variety blue Cheshire
red Cheshire
white Cheshire

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cheshire
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