Caerphilly cheese
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| Country of origin | Wales | |||
| Region, town | Caerphilly | |||
| Source of milk | Cows | |||
| Pasteurised | unknown | |||
| Texture | hard crumbly | |||
| Aging time | unknown | |||
| Certification | unknown | |||
Caerphilly cheese is a hard cheese that originates in the area around the town of Caerphilly in Wales. It was not originally made in the town, but was sold at market there, hence taking the town's name.
It is a light-coloured (almost white) crumbly cheese made from cows' milk, and generally has a fat content of around 48%.
It has a mild taste, but perhaps its most noticeable feature is its saltiness. It is rumoured that the cheese was developed over time to provide the miners with a convenient way of replenishing the salt lost through hard work underground and so was a staple of the diet of the coal-miners.
Caerphilly was made famous by the renowned "Cheese Shop" sketch from Monty Python in the 1970s. Caerphilly was the only cheese on the skit ordered by weight "4oz of Caerphilly if you please"
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