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Article: Getting cheesy with it: Cheese tips 101
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- Chicago Defender
- Article date:
- March 11, 2009
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Chef D's Kitchen
Cheese is the result of the interaction among milk solids and naturally occurring micro-fauna, and the molds or cultures introduced by the cheese maker. For this reason, cheese made from raw milk has more life and flavor than cheese made from pasteurized milk. The slow interaction between milk solids and living molds or cultures, along with the environment in which they are matured and aged, are responsible for the diversity in appearance, flavor and texture of cheese. The living molds and cultures create the wonderfully diverse flavors across the spectrum of cheeses.
Some types of cheese can be aged for many years and flavor and texture improve with time. However, not all ...