LGC082 – Ancient Egyptian Cheese Discovered

I knew from my cheese research that cheese making originated in the fertile crescent, however, I didn't know that a sample of cheese from ancient time has been found preserved in a tomb.  Not edible of course, but they did find something interesting!

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World's oldest cheese found in Egyptian tomb

This week's Listener questions are from the following curd nerds; 

• John would like to know if there is such a thing as a pigs milk cheese, 
• Elisha wanted to know if you can mature cheese at room temperature 
• Rod is curious about early civilisation cheeses 
• Christin wants to know if humidity is a factor when maturing cheese in wax or vacuum-sealed.

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