Monday, November 3, 2008

Gag...Cheese

I liked the pictures in this chapter the most. I thought it was very interesting how they made a human hamster wheel for prisoners to mix the brine. it looks like they are being hhung but whatever keeps the brine from getting gross.

I never knew the difference between fresh cheese and aged cheese is salt. I dont really eat cheese because it is the most disgusting thing in the world. Its all gooing and smelly so I just avoid it most of the time.

I'm suprised the Chinese did not claim the invention of salt, becasue no one knows where it comes from. Brine prevents the cheese to spoil I guess, but salty cheese seems really gross.

Butter was next in line to cheese. I like butter more than cheese but i would never eat butter by itself because that is just disgusting. My sister used to do that and it made me gag. Butter was rare and hard to come by back in the day.

Although I'm not a fan of cheese, I am a fan of the Cheese Master. He probed the delicious cheese with his "knowing fingers" and found out if the cheese was good or not. He must have had some talented hands.

1 comment:

Irish said...

The "hampster wheel" seemed a bit mean, but I guess back in those days they really didn't care about being nice. Glad the pictures interest you.

That's too bad you don't like cheese. I can't imagine going through life never enjoying a good pizza. Sorry to hear it. Yeah, salt is one of the main ingreients for cheese, which was something the main thrust for this chapter.

Madeline likes butter eh? That's a funny story. It seems a lot of what Salt has in it isn't really good for your heart, and yet we need salt to survive. Strange paradox.

This was one of your better entries, compared to some the more recent others.

Mr. Farrell