Today is Goat’s Cheese Day. 10 things you might not know about goat’s cheese:
Goats were one of the earliest animals to be domesticated. Goat’s cheese has been made since at least 5,000 BC.
It possibly began when nomadic people carried goat’s milk with them in pouches made from animal stomachs. When the Milk curdled they discovered that the solidified milk was good to eat.
In Ancient Egypt, only priests knew how to make cheese from goat’s milk. Goat’s cheese has been found in Egyptian tombs dating back 3,000 years.
The Romans ate it raw or cooked with olive oil and white wine.
Goat’s milk has higher proportions of some fatty acids, such as caproic and caprylic, which contribute to the characteristic taste of the Cheese. These fatty acids take their name from the Latin for 'goat', capra. Goat’s cheese is also rich in Calcium, protein, and vitamin A.
It contains less lactose than cheese made from cow’s milk. Hence it is more easily digestible and some lactose intolerant people can therefore tolerate goat’s cheese better.
Common goat breeds used for cheese production include Alpine, Saanen, and Toggenburg.
Yagi cheese is a goat’s cheese made in Japan. Yagi is the Japanese word for goat.
Fresh goat’s cheese is soft, mild, and creamy, while aged goat’s cheese develops a stronger, more complex flavour as it matures.
In the Middle Ages, goat’s cheese was even used as currency by pilgrims going to Santiago de Compostela.
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