Cheesey Facts!

•  In 1840, two English villages gave Queen Victoria a giant cheese wheel that weighed 1,368-pounds and 11 feet tall! She sent the mammoth cheese on a tour of England for everyone to see.
  
  
•  Cheshire cheese is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and is perhaps one of the oldest UK cheeses.
  
  
•  Chasing the cheese was a popular game in various parts of England, usually on the Spring Bank Holiday cheeses would be rolled down hills for prizes.
  
  
•  In the past, cheese has been used as glue, with some very mature cheese being used as cement!
  
  
•  The French word ‘fromage’ has been used since 1180, to replace the word ‘formage’ from the slang Latin "Formaticus" meaning made in a mould
  
  
•  In 1968, cheese was advertised on television for the very first time with Boursin.
  
  
•  Red wine helps break down the cholesterol in cheese.
  
  
•  To make just 1 pound of cheese, a dairy cow must first eat 3 pounds of food.
  
  
•  France eats more cheese per capita than any other country in the world.
  
  
•  Cheddar is still the favourite British cheese, with mature varieties replacing milder types.
  
  
•  Cheese making in the UK can be dated back to at least 2000 BC.