Cheese
Meaning
A food made from the pressed curds of milk, firm and elastic or soft and semi-liquid in texture.
Pronunciation
UK tʃiːz
US tʃiːz
Example Sentences
- Cheesecake is a kind of rich sweet tart made with cream and fresh cheese (typically cream cheese or ricotta) on a biscuit base.
- The first “cheese cake” was created on the Greek island of Samos.
- Physical anthropologists excavated cheese moldsthere which were dated circa 2,000 BC.
- The Ancient Greeks used the simple ingredients of flour, wheat, honey and cheese formed into a cake and baked.
- Modern commercial American cream cheese was developed in 1872, when [William] [Lawrence], from Chester, New York, while looking for a way to recreate the soft, French cheese [Neufchâtel], accidentally came up with a way of making an “unripened cheese” that is heavier and creamier, other dairymen came up with similar creations independently.
- The milk and honey yogurt has a rich, cream cheese-like texture.
- Moreover, [Saulsbury's] book contains numerous suggestions for savory renderings of the dish, including those made with varied vegetables and goat cheese.
- If you want to know some interesting facts about cheese, you've come to the right place, here are 20 awesome cheesy facts!
- 'Cheese' comes from the Latin word '[caseus]', which has been found to mean 'to ferment/to sour'.
- Cheese is made from the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, horses and camels.
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