Added: 05/30/2006 |
Enjoy Holland's creamy cheese of GoudaSuch countries as the USA and Japan like Gouda being virtually mesmerized by this creamy cheese. You can also find Gouda in your local supermarket, as it is widely distributed. The history of this creamy cheese is very interesting and holds a lot of unknown facts. The Dark Ages also known as the Middle Ages gave a start of the cheese era in Holland. In our days you can find cheese manufactories also called 'cheese weighhouses' in most cities. Creamy cheese began its history at one of these factories. And this cheese was Gouda. Gouda name takes after the name of the city. Nowadays there are some special manufactories for tourists in the locality, which are like monuments of Holland's prosperity. You can also find some real places, for example, cheese markets, where this product is still made, though the key part of the snack is produced abroad. The people of Netherlands have even organized the museum where you are told how the history of cheese began and what happened through centuries.
Creamy cheese is not the only thing to make people from all around the globe visit Holland. It is also rich in monuments, castles, fascinating sceneries and wide meadows. In these meadows herds of cattle pasture, and thus the inhabitants of Holland have wonderful milk, butter and, of course, creamy cheese. It is strange to realize that this small country is one of the best, perhaps, even the main, country to make cheese. Nowadays the Dutch dairies have some modernization processes passed, and it is interesting to see how old historical traditions are being connected with new modern conveniences and give birth to wonderful products. It seems that people who live there will never forget what exactly brought them prosperity. They are proud of their rich cheese-making heritage got from their forefathers. They keep traditions of a powerful cheese-making country and share the knowledge with the followers.
Beemster Classic Extra Aged Gouda is one of the renowned Gouda variants. Its history counts almost 800 years. This cheese is nice with cocktails; it is caramel-colored, so you can distinguish it from other Gouda variants and the rest of cheeses. Another variant of the melting full-flavored cheese is Old Texel. It is not very popular today, because people still do not know it very well. It was founded only 15 years ago, but it has all the prospects to become one of the favorites in future. The cheese making process takes a plenty of time - the cheese is to be aged more than a year. But the flavor is wonderful, so don't lose a chance to taste it. Old Texel is also particularly good with fruit and red wine. A Gouda recipe may become a real find for you in case you decided to astonish your friends when returning home after traveling. There are a lot of recipes to your choice, you may even try to make Gouda in a microwave or in the oven, and the taste will be great. So, make a choice to your liking and enjoy the taste of a true Gouda cheese.
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