Cheese was first made by humans over 7,000 years ago
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[QUOTE]An international team of researchers, led by the University of Bristol in the U.K., analyzed fatty acids extracted from unglazed pottery found at archeological sites in Poland, and determined the vessels were used for dairy products."The presence of milk residues in sieves, which look like modern cheese-strainers, constitutes the earliest direct evidence for cheese-making," said Melanie Salque, a PhD student from the University of Bristol, in a statement.
"So far, early evidence for cheese-making were mostly iconographic, that is to say murals showing milk processing, which dates to several millennia later than the cheese strainers."
Prior to this study, these ancient shards of unglazed of pottery — which are perforated with small holes — were thought to be used to strain milk for cheese production, said Salque, one of the co-authors of the study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
However, it was unclear whether the ceramic vessels, from the region of Kuyavia (Poland) were used for other purposes, such as straining honey from the honeycomb.
Milk residues had been found in sites in Northwestern Anatolia, dating back to 8,000 years ago, and in Libya, stretching back 7,000 years, but scientists weren't sure whether the dairy products were used to make cheese.
But testing conducted by researchers at the University of Bristol, Princeton University, and scientists in Lodz, Gdansk and Poznan in Poland showed that their hunches were correct, Salque said.
The shards — with their randomly distributed holes — and the high concentration of milk residues embedded into the surface of the pottery points towards their use for the dairy delicacy, the researchers say.
"As well as showing that humans were making cheese 7,000 years ago, these results provide evidence of the consumption of low-lactose content milk products in Prehistory," said Peter Bogucki, one of the study's co-authors.
"Making cheese allowed them to reduce the lactose content of milk, and we know that at that time, most of the humans were not tolerant to lactose. Making cheese is a particularly efficient way to exploit the nutritional benefits of milk, without becoming ill because of the lactose."[/QUOTE]
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what'd the first person who milked a cow have to be thinking to do that
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[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;38811445]what'd the first person who milked a cow have to be thinking to do that[/QUOTE]
" The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty."
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;38811445]what'd the first person who milked a cow have to be thinking to do that[/QUOTE]
To milk the cow?
They probably saw the calf drinking from its mothers teat and said "Oh, that must be where that thing's milk is. Dang, I'm thirsty. I bet I could drink that shit."
To make cheese?
"OK cool that milk didn't kill me. I'll just leave this bucket of it in a dark room for a while."
And then they come back and it's cheese and they eat it and "Woah, that didn't kill me either! Today's a good day! Also this is delicious and I will make more."
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[QUOTE=TMBGFan;38811568]To milk the cow?
They probably saw the calf drinking from its mothers teat and said "Oh, that must be where that thing's milk is. Dang, I'm thirsty. I bet I could drink that shit."
To make cheese?
"OK cool that milk didn't kill me. I'll just leave this bucket of it in a dark room for a while."
And then they come back and it's cheese and they eat it and "Woah, that didn't kill me either! Today's a good day! Also this is delicious and I will make more."[/QUOTE]
Milk curdles when it expires, that's cheese. You can imagine someone left milk out too long and it curdled and the guy ate it and discovered he liked it.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;38811445]what'd the first person who milked a cow have to be thinking to do that[/QUOTE]
There are stranger things people eat that I've wondered. Like clams, for example. Someone walking along the shore and say, "Hey Garg, I found a rock with some snot in it. I'm gonna eat it!"
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[I]Dangerously Cheesy...[/I][/QUOTE]
look at that slick motherfucker.
i wonder what human cheese would taste like again
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;38811445]what'd the first person who milked a cow have to be thinking to do that[/QUOTE]
humans are mammals so milk is not something all that strange to us. it probably seemed pretty straight forward to make animals provide milk instead of trying to convince the female population to nurse for the good of the group.
blue cheese legitimately bothers me though. when do you see this:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bleu_de_Gex.jpg/235px-Bleu_de_Gex.jpg[/img]
and decide you are gonna fucking eat it.
I think some time, long ago in the past, some hunters used skins and organs like stomachs to carry back meat and milk from animals they harvested. Then one of these hunters, Grog, probably left the skin with the milk laying around untouched, maybe right before he was going to break it out his wife gave him a bj and he forgot. Anyways, by the time he remembered, cheese had formed, he tried some, and it was good. He put the word out in the tribe, by writing on the cave wall since Facebook hadn't been invented yet, that he was looking for a steady source of milk.
After that, he told his wife what happened and she demanded he make more cheese so she could try it. Of course he told her the cheese would be formed only if she gave him a bj before and after he went hunting, he wasn't stupid. Then one day when she was breast feeding his kid(or so she told him it was his), he realized he didn't have to go hunting in order to make cheese. That's when another guy in the tribe tried to sell him a cow but, well, you know how the saying goes.
Cheese is older than creation, take that abrahamic theists!
[QUOTE=Simski;38812611]Cheese is older than the Bible, take that abrahamic theists![/QUOTE]What, what if the first religion had a bible made from cheese?
Then they probably said "fuck it, we're hungry" and spread it on crackers.
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;38812620]If it looks tasty, I'd put it in my mouth.[/QUOTE]
I generally avoid food that looks rotted.
I've worked with blue cheese before.
All my co-workers dared me to eat it and I was fine. I kinda liked it but only in small amounts. Eating too much tastes like mold.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38812454]humans are mammals so milk is not something all that strange to us. it probably seemed pretty straight forward to make animals provide milk instead of trying to convince the female population to nurse for the good of the group.
blue cheese legitimately bothers me though. when do you see this:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bleu_de_Gex.jpg/235px-Bleu_de_Gex.jpg[/img]
and decide you are gonna fucking eat it.[/QUOTE]
We eat lots of things that harbour mold.
Beef gets better with age when you hang it for 28+ days, same with pork. Yogurt is a product of bacteria, you can't make it without dumping a bacteria breeding ground into milk.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38812454]humans are mammals so milk is not something all that strange to us. it probably seemed pretty straight forward to make animals provide milk instead of trying to convince the female population to nurse for the good of the group.
blue cheese legitimately bothers me though. when do you see this:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bleu_de_Gex.jpg/235px-Bleu_de_Gex.jpg[/img]
and decide you are gonna fucking eat it.[/QUOTE]
They probably dared each other to try blue cheese.
Then they probably discovered that blue cheese is fucking delicious.
[QUOTE=zombojoe;38812805]I've worked with blue cheese before.
All my co-workers dared me to eat it and I was fine. I kinda liked it but only in small amounts. Eating too much tastes like mold.[/QUOTE]
that's because it is mold
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38812454]humans are mammals so milk is not something all that strange to us. it probably seemed pretty straight forward to make animals provide milk instead of trying to convince the female population to nurse for the good of the group.
blue cheese legitimately bothers me though. when do you see this:
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Bleu_de_Gex.jpg/235px-Bleu_de_Gex.jpg[/IMG]
and decide you are gonna fucking eat it.[/QUOTE]
crumble it up and scatter it next time you have pizza
