Still Waters Posted May 29, 2015 #1 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Scientists have finally solved a mystery that has baffled them for a century - why does Swiss cheese have holes? The old wives' tale claimed mice were responsible - but it turns out the culprit is hay. These "microscopically small hay particles" get into the milk and create holes as the liquid matures into cheese. https://uk.news.yaho...29.html#webRNWW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted May 29, 2015 #2 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hay, the natural enemy of cheese. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted May 29, 2015 #3 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I don't get it. Wouldn't all milk have bits of hay in it? Why then wouldn't chedder have holes in it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltedmusician Posted May 29, 2015 #4 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hay holes. So if we put a bunch in there we'd have cheese foam. "Diet" cheese we could call it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted May 29, 2015 #5 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Finally. THat took WAY too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalmoxis Posted May 29, 2015 #6 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I thought it was so the cheese can breathe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted May 29, 2015 #7 Share Posted May 29, 2015 OK! All that has to be done is take the same milk bucket and filter half of it to capture the hay. Then make Swiss cheese out of it and see if the holes aren't in the filtered sample. Doesn't this make you wonder what in the stall touched the hay before it was in the bucket? Now that I think about it more, aren't most cows milked by machine with the milk going into a sealed container? Regardless, with or without holes, I still don't like the taste of Swiss cheese. Which is kind of ironic as some of my ancestors came from Switzerland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted May 30, 2015 #8 Share Posted May 30, 2015 not a realistic discovery . It is the bacteria . elders knows it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted May 30, 2015 #9 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I worked in the cheese making business in Monroe Wi. when younger and I submit the idea this story is more about the BULL , rather than the cheese from the cow . The holes are in Swiss Cheese because of the unique kind of bacteria used for it's texture and taste . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woopypooky Posted May 31, 2015 #10 Share Posted May 31, 2015 cheese without holes, arent cheese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted May 31, 2015 #11 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) MMMmmmm now I want french onion soup. Edited May 31, 2015 by She-ra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena1979 Posted June 1, 2015 #12 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Finally ! I may die in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted June 4, 2015 #13 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) I worked in the cheese making business in Monroe Wi. when younger and I submit the idea this story is more about the BULL , rather than the cheese from the cow . The holes are in Swiss Cheese because of the unique kind of bacteria used for it's texture and taste . exactly and for the records, the piece of cheese depicted in the image is Gruyere Edited June 4, 2015 by qxcontinuum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBeliever Posted June 12, 2015 #14 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Din know that was a mystery til now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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