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Article: The big cheese // Dry Monterey Jack wins `grater' renown
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 30, 1990
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The "Jack" in Monterey Jack cheese was David Jacks, who went to
California's gold territory in the 1800s. His fortune, however,
wasn't made in panning the streams but in producing cheese in the
store he eventually owned in Monterey. He gave his name to a creamy,
white table cheese that became ubiquitous in the area.
Now Monterey Jack tops every taco, every California-style salad
and every California hamburger. It is no more a regional northern
California cheese than Cheddar is an English cheese or Muenster is
German.
But dry Monterey Jack, an off-spring of the original Jack
cheese, is developing a fine reputation as a northern California
cheese.
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