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Why There Are Holes In Some Cheeses

Do you know why there are holes in some cheeses and not others? Read on to learn about the science and why not all cheeses have eyes.

If you want your soft cheese to ooze, you have to serve it when it is ripe. But what actually happens to soft cheese as it ripens?

Ever wondered what those crunchy bits in cheese are? Most of the time, they are caused by the presence of two types of cheese crystals.

Are you wondering whether you can eat mouldy cheese? Well, in many ways, cheese in mould. And if you have eaten cheese, you’ve eaten mould.

Back in the day, it was used to keep the flies away. Read on if you want to know why, in this day and age, there is ash in your cheese.

The name is linens, Brevibacterium linens. This bacteria is the reason why some cheeses smell like feet. But it’s not all bad.