History of cheese

The production of cheese predates recorded history, beginning well over 7,000 years ago. Humans likely developed cheese and other dairy foods by accident, as a result of storing and transporting milk in bladders made of ruminants' stomachs; within the stomach an inherent supply of rennet would encourage curdling, forming cheese. There is no conclusive evidence indicating where cheese-making originated: possibly Europe, or Central Asia, the Middle East, or the Sahara.

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