Blue Cheese Offers Flavor and Versatility for Many Dishes
March 20th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Most people living in the United States are primarily familiar with blue cheese as a form of salad dressing. Blue cheese actually comes in a variety of types and is made using an interesting method of curing. It is highly possible that blue cheese was originally discovered quite by accident. At the time, many cheeses were stored in caves, and it is likely that the mold that grew on this type of cheese appeared because the cheese had been sitting in the cave too long. Someone may have had the courage to taste the moldy cheese, and realized that the flavors that the mold unlocked were rich and pungent. Blue cheese came into its own, and is often still aged in specially designed caves. Read the rest of this entry »
