Scientists Discover Oldest Known Cheese
Scientists now think that the invention of cheese happened thousands of years before it was trendy among the Sumerians and Egyptians.
Scientists now think that the invention, or possibly the accidental discovery, of cheese happened thousands of years before it was trendy among the Sumerians and Egyptians.
While examining artifacts dug up in Poland, researchers came across some odd-looking broken pottery pieces riddled with holes.
Noting their resemblance to today’s cheese strainers, the scientists went ahead and tested them for residue.
They were quite excited to find evidence that dairy had once been in contact with them.
While they cannot confirm it was actually cheese, they believe that is the most logical dairy product and given the age of the pottery, it would date cheese-making to thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
They believe the making of cheese was stumbled upon about 7000 years ago.
Whether it was a process they cultivated or one they accidentally came upon remains unknown.
Milk becomes cheese when it’s combined with the rennet from the stomach of mammals.
The cheese could have initially occurred as a result of the common dairy storage vessels of the time – dehydrated animal stomachs.
Regardless, the experts feel that either way the presence of the still-loved food and the bowls used to make it mark a major turning point for Neolithic farmers, as they’re evidence of successful and specific design.
Scientists now think that the invention, or possibly the accidental discovery, of cheese happened thousands of years before it was trendy among the Sumerians and Egyptians.
While examining artifacts dug up in Poland, researchers came across some odd-looking broken pottery pieces riddled with holes.
Noting their resemblance to today’s cheese strainers, the scientists went ahead and tested them for residue.
They were quite excited to find evidence that dairy had once been in contact with them.
While they cannot confirm it was actually cheese, they believe that is the most logical dairy product and given the age of the pottery, it would date cheese-making to thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
They believe the making of cheese was stumbled upon about 7000 years ago.
Whether it was a process they cultivated or one they accidentally came upon remains unknown.
Milk becomes cheese when it’s combined with the rennet from the stomach of mammals.
The cheese could have initially occurred as a result of the common dairy storage vessels of the time – dehydrated animal stomachs.
Regardless, the experts feel that either way the presence of the still-loved food and the bowls used to make it mark a major turning point for Neolithic farmers, as they’re evidence of successful and specific design.